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Crowning achievement: SIU Carbondale glass MFA student earns top award

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by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — An intricate glass headdress by a Southern Illinois University Carbondale Master of Fine Arts student that represents desire, glory and the emptiness that they can bring, recently earned top honors in a student exhibition at the international Glass Art Society (GAS) conference.     “Crown of Glass: Yang Guifei” by […]

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SIU’s Archaeology Field School seeks one of Southern Illinois’ earliest homesteads

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by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — A Southern Illinois University Carbondale student team is searching for possibly one of the earliest Anglo-American homesteads in Southern Illinois.     Gretchen Farrell, left, and Noelle Ridolfi (top photo) excavate a section of soil as students in the SIU Carbondale Archaeology Field School search for artifacts. Natalie Eves

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Saluki Pride: K. Allison Hammer earns SIU’s Emerging Leader Award

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CARBONDALE – In just their second year on Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s faculty, K. Allison Hammer’s deep commitment to advancing diversity, gender equity and inclusion both in the classroom and the community is making a positive difference.     Since arriving at SIU Carbondale in August 2023, Hammer, the university’s 2025 Excellence Award Emerging Leader

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Breakout country sensation Tucker Wetmore set to headline Du Quoin State Fair grandstand

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DU QUOIN, IL – The Du Quoin State Fair is excited to welcome Tucker Wetmore to the Grandstand stage on Saturday, August 30. With an explosive rise in the country music scene, Wetmore brings his powerhouse vocals and hit-filled setlist to one of Southern Illinois’ biggest summer stages.   Wetmore has rapidly cemented himself as a breakout country star,

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SIU Alumni Association celebrates 618 Day with community events, scholarship drive

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by Caleb Hale CARBONDALE, Ill. — The SIU Alumni Association is marking 618 Day with a series of events and a fundraising campaign aimed at expanding scholarship support for local students attending Southern Illinois University Carbondale. June 18, 618 Day, is a regional celebration of pride in Southern Illinois, named after the area code that

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Braun makes Spring 2025 Dean’s List at Monmouth College

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MONMOUTH, IL — Kayla Braun of Evansville has made the Dean’s List at Monmouth College for the Spring 2025 semester.   Founded in 1853 and affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Monmouth College offers 44 majors, 41 minors and 14 pre-professional programs. A residential liberal arts college that is the birthplace of the women’s fraternity movement, Monmouth

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Magic Mile Showdown: Memphis Shades DuQuoin Mile Caps Independence Week Racing on July 5

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — One of flat track’s most fabled battlegrounds is ready to light the fuse on America’s birthday bash when the Memphis Shades DuQuoin Mile rockets into the Magic Mile at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds on Saturday, July 5. The Mile’s sweeping clay, legendary draft-passes, and century-old coal-mine roots have produced icons for generations—and 2025 promises another fireworks

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