Bruce Closser will set new Guinness World Record with completion of this ride BY JIM BEERS, Contributing Writer CHESTER – The Chester Eagles Club Aerie 3252 hosted a 78-year-old “young” man, Bruce Closser, Wednesday night June 7 when he stopped in the City of Chester for a nights’ rest on his cross-country bicycle trip. […]
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by Christi Mathis CARBONDALE, Ill. — Southern Illinois University Carbondale has earned a five-year renewal of its Level II Arboretum Accreditation from the ArbNet Arboretum Accreditation Program and the Morton Arboretum. The university is also featured in the Morton Register of Arboreta, the only global initiative that officially recognizes arboreta for development, capacity and professionalism. SIU was
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by Tim Crosby CARBONDALE, Ill. – Deer and other wild animals moved more freely during the COVID-19 lockdowns, according to a new study, which included work from a researcher at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The study, published Friday (June 9) in the journal Science, reflected another impact of the lockdowns, which kept people indoors more
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CARBONDALE – Southern Illinois University-Carbondale has released the names of students earning a spot on the Dean’s List: Please note: In the deans’ lists, the number following each student’s name designates year in school (1 = freshman; 2 = sophomore; 3 = junior; 4 = senior). A “9” denotes a student who is either a
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UNIVERSITY, Miss. — The University of Mississippi announced students named to the Spring 2023 Honor Roll lists, including Chancellor’s Honor Roll. The following local students made the list: Chloe Bergman, of Perryville, MO, majoring in Pharmaceutical Sciences. Marissa Cooper, of Perryville, MO, majoring in Integrated Marketing Comm.. Graci Porter, of Red Bud,
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CHESTER – Memorial Hospital welcomes Cassandra Chambers, Family Nurse Practitioner, to the Rural Health Clinic staff. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Bradley University Peoria, IL in 2011 and her Doctor of Nursing Practice with a Family Nurse Practitioner Specialty in 2019 from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. She has a background
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CHESTER – The Chester Eagles Club Aerie 3252 initiated seven new members Wednesday June 7th at their regularly scheduled bi-monthly meeting. The ceremony took place in the meeting room and welcomed the new members following the business portion of the evening. Pictured (left to right) are new members Donovan Richardson, Nick Meyer, Michael Wingerter,
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by Tim Crosby CARBONDALE, Ill. – Karen Jones, a longtime faculty member and administrator at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, has been appointed associate dean and director of the Graduate School. Jones will focus on enhancing communication within the graduate school among graduate students and programs, strengthening international recruitment efforts and identifying technologies to reduce paperwork
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New program honors students that make an impact on teachers and staff BY JIM BEERS Contributing Writer CHESTER – With the advent of a new principal at Chester High School, a new program has been launched that recognizes students that make a difference or impact on teachers and staff. Jeremy Blechle brought the idea with
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by Tim Crosby CARBONDALE, Ill. – A team of up-and-coming soil scientists from Southern Illinois University Carbondale placed second in a national soil judging competition recently. Members of the SIU Soil Judging team who finished second at the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) competition in Modesto, California, include, left to right: Amanda
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