Fulbright professor Reham Othman is bringing Arabic language and culture to SIUE this year through a new course in the Foreign Language and Literature Department. Othman said she is teaching at SIUE as part of the Fulbright Scholar Program, an international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.… 6 Comments

Korey L. Rush, a former employee of SIUE, pled guilty to misusing federal grant monies while he was the assistant program director of the Talent Search Program. In a news release sent out by the Office of the State Attorney, the Talent Search Program is a program that is "designed to identify individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds who have the potential to succeed in higher education and assist those individuals in completing high school and enrolling in post-secondary education.… Post the First Comment

Peck Hall is currently under construction as new classrooms are createdfrom space made available by the departments that moved to the new Student Success Center. Director of Facilities Management Bob Washburn said the classrooms are part of the pledge SIUE made to students when the SCC was proposed.… Post the First Comment

Student Government, along with approximately 90 other SIUE students Thursday, will travel to Springfield for Lobby Day to convince state legislators to revive the Monetary Award Program. Students will spend most of Thursday in Springfield, talking to different legislators explaining their personal stories and how the MAP grant affects their education.… Post the First Comment

Since Oct. 5, when SIUE students log into the CougarNet Secure Area, a prompt emerges asking the student to select his or her ethnicity. Paul Pitts, assistant chancellor of The Office of Institutional Compliance, said the reasoning behind the prompt has to do with new subgroups for certain ethnicities.… Post the First Comment

Drew Russell, a junior computer management and information services major from St. Louis, has accumulated a few tickets in his time at SIUE. "I've had 15 to 20 citations over three years," Russell said, "and most of them are just meter citations. We need more leeway.… Post the First Comment