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CARBONDALE, Ill. – An engineering duo at Southern Illinois University Carbondale is using high technology to solve a problem for an avian conservation group in Central Illinois: monitoring nesting kestrels in hard-to-reach places. SIU electrical engineering technology graduates Bradley Thompson and Melissa Flores hold the transmitter and receiver for a new system they developed to […]

by Christi Mathis CARBONDALE, Ill. — Children learn and express themselves in myriad ways, but traditional education often stifles them, according to education professors at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. A grant-funded project at SIU aims to draw on children’s natural curiosity while addressing the teacher shortage for the youngest learners. Kimberly Myers, a Child Development

CHESTER – The following Chester Grade School students were recognized Friday April 28 for demonstrating the character trait of the month, “Having Good Decision-Making Skills”. Pictured (front row, left to right) are Fermina Gonzalez, Summer Thompson, Raven Park, Dusty Reid, and Ben Westbrook. (Back row, left to right) are Justice Baker, Javari Heinemeyer, Callie Eckert,