Randolph County News

SIU Carbondale to launch accelerated online graduate programs supported by Academic Partnerships

CARBONDALE, Ill. – Southern Illinois University Carbondale has signed a new partnership with Academic Partnerships (AP) to launch and support 12 online master’s programs that can be completed in as little as one year.   By working together, SIU and AP will expand access to SIU’s high-quality, high return on investment programs for working adults […]

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SIU’s Shryock Auditorium hosts Halloween Extravaganza of organ, flute music on Oct. 29

by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — The works of composers, including Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonín Dvořák, Jehan Alain and Maurice Duruflé, will envelop Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Shryock Auditorium on Sunday, Oct. 29, with a Halloween Extravaganza of music.   Presented by the Southern Illinois Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, the concert, which

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SIU Carbondale research funds spike to $95.7M in 2022-23

by Tim Crosby CARBONDALE, Ill. – Research funding from outside sources skyrocketed at Southern Illinois University Carbondale during the last fiscal year, according to records from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research.     Giovanni Molinari, a doctoral student in zoology, works in the laboratory of Karolina Kwasek, associate professor in the School

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National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day is Oct. 28

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is encouraging Illinoisans to take advantage of events taking place on Saturday, October 28th, as part of National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. IDPH is joined in the awareness effort by Chicago High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA), and the Overdose Response Strategy program, led by

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Businesses invited to SIU’s supply chain and transportation roundtable

by Christi MathisCARBONDALE, Ill. — The Southern Illinois Supply Chain and Transportation Roundtable is coming to Southern Illinois University Carbondale on Nov. 2, courtesy of the College of Business and Analytics and its management program, in cooperation with the St. Louis chapter of the Association for Supply Chain Management. This is the inaugural gathering of

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COS LHS FFA members participate in Ag/Ed/Job Interview CDE

EVANSVILLE – The Christ Our Savior Lutheran High School participated in the Ag Ed/Job Interview CDE’s at Red Bud High School recently.     Pictured is (left to right): Charlie Rahlfs and Isaac Luebkemann.    Alyssa participated in the Agriculture Education CDE, while Charlie Rahlfs and Isaac Luebkemann took part in the Job interview CDE.

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SIU-C Homecoming 2023 winners announced

by Christi Mathis CARBONDALE, Ill. — Several Southern Illinois University Carbondale alumni, current students, student organizations and community groups were honored during Homecoming 2023 – Salukis in Paradise. Festivities took place Oct. 16-21.     (Top): SIU Carbondale’s Homecoming parade drew many entries and a large crowd. (University Communications and Marketing and provided photos)  

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SIU’s Paul Simon Institute hosts Pulitzer Prize novelist Richard Russo on Nov. 7

CARBONDALE, Ill. – Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and screenwriter Richard Russo, who taught in the Southern Illinois University Carbondale English department in the 1980s, returns to campus next month for a conversation hosted by the university’s Paul Simon Public Policy Institute.   Russo and John Shaw, institute director, will discuss Russo’s teaching and literary career and

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