| Name | Southern Illinois University Carbondale |
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| Motto | Deo Volente ("God willing") |
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| Established | 1869 |
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| Type | Public |
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| Endowment | $100 million |
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| Chancellor | Rita Cheng |
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| President | Glenn Poshard |
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| City | Carbondale |
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| State | Illinois |
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| Country | USA |
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| Campus | Rural,
1,133 acres (4.6 km²) |
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| Former names | Southern Illinois Normal University |
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| Students | 20,350 |
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| Undergrad | 15,551 |
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| Colors | Maroon and White |
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| Website | www.siuc.edu |
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Southern Illinois University Carbondale is the flagship campus of the Southern Illinois University system. (The other members are Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and Southern Illinois University School of Medicine.) Located in Carbondale, the university is known in official parlance as SIUC but colloquially as SIU. SIU's total undergraduate enrollment is around 20,000. Among public universities in Illinois awarding doctorate degrees, only the University of Illinois ranks higher. Additionally, SIU is ranked by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as “Doctoral Research Extensive.” The University offers the full range of degree programs from the bachelor’s to the doctoral level, as well as professional degrees in law and medicine. It began with twelve academic departments and an initial class of 143. The university continued as a teacher's college until Delyte W. Morris took office as president of the university in 1948. Morris was SIU's longest serving president (1948–1970). During his presidency, Morris transformed SIU, adding Colleges of Law, Medicine, and Dentistry.
In 1957, a second campus of SIU was established at Edwardsville. This school, now known as Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, is now an independent university with the SIU system.
In 2005, then-SIU chancellor Walter Wendler unveiled a comprehensive plan called the Saluki Way, which will reshape the Carbondale campus over a 15-year period.
Leadership
On November 18, 2005, the SIU Board of Trustees unanimously selected former congressman and three-degree SIU alumnus
Glenn Poshard to serve as the new President of Southern Illinois University. Poshard took office in January 2006.
Southern Illinois University President Glenn Poshard announced Rita Hartung Cheng as the new chancellor of the Carbondale campus during a press conference on Tuesday, November 17, 2009. Cheng took over from interim chancellor Samuel Goldman on June 1, 2010, inheriting the greatest budget crisis in the university's history, resulting in the elimination of many non-tenured teaching positions and mandatory furloughs for administrative personnel. However, Cheng has come under fire for implementing these cost-cutting measures unilaterally, with no input from student or faculty advisory bodies.
Academic programs and rankings
Typical of public research universities, SIU offers more than 170 academic degree programs across all levels; associates, bachelors, masters, and doctoral. It also offers professional programs in
business,
law and
medicine. Since 1989, SIU has offered an
MD/JD dual degree program, leading to the concurrent award of both degrees after six years.
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching recognizes Southern Illinois University, Carbondale as an elite institution of higher education, based on breadth of research and academic programs. Carnegie categorizes Southern as: "RU/H: Research Universities (high research activity)."
Departmental and program rankings
The College of Business and Administration ranks among the best in the United States, with the finance department among the top 5 percent.
The Automotive Industry Planning Council ranks the Automotive Technology Program as No. 1 in the country.
SIUC ranks second in the nation in American Philosophy.
U.S. News and World Reports ranks the Rehabilitation Institute counseling program sixth in the nation. In addition, the program won the 2006 Commissioner’s Award for Excellence in Education and Training from the Federal Rehabilitation Services Administration.
The Department of Workforce Education is among the Top 10 in the country, joining Ohio State, Wisconsin and Penn State in that category.
The School of Law’s Legal Research and Writing Program tied Rutgers University for 22nd in the nation among 184 law schools.
Campus
Morris Library
Morris Library is the main library for SIUC. The Library holds more than 2.6 million volumes, 3.6 million microform units, and over 36,000 current periodicals and serials. Library users have access to I-Share (the statewide automated library system) and to a comprehensive array of databases and other electronic data files. As the campus center for access to academic information and collaborative academic technology projects, Morris Library provides a wide range of services, including reference assistance, instructional and technical support, distance learning, geographic information systems (GIS), and multimedia courseware development. Morris Library is a member of the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI), Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and the Greater Western Library Alliance (GWLA).
In 2009, Morris Library completed a massive renovation and expansion at a cost of $41 million with the architectural design team of PSA Dewberry and Woollen, Molzan and Partners. The building’s original façade and the HVAC and elevator systems were completely replaced. Every floor of the seven-story building was completely overhauled to drastically improve accessibility and remove confusion. An additional of space was added to the north side of the library. A new coffee shop Delyte's (named after former SIU President Delyte W. Morris) now operates in a portion of the new space.
Student Center
With over eight acres of floor space, the SIU Student Center is one of the largest student unions in the nation. The programs and services offered provide SIU students, faculty, and staff a place to relax, gather a group to study or grab a bite to eat. The Student Center hosts multiple dining locations, the University Bookstore, ATM and Western Union stations, check cashing services, the ID Card office, and Debit Dawg activations and deposits all under one roof. The Student Center offers several ballrooms and smaller, expandable conference rooms for small or large gatherings. Student-run radio station
WIDB 104.3 FM broadcasts from the Student Center, and the Black Affairs Office, International Student Council, Student Programming Council or "SPC," student governments and the Greek Council are among the organizations with their offices in the building.
The Student Center operates a Bowling & Billiards facility that completed a major renovation in 2009, including electronic scoring, new lanes, glow-in-the-dark flooring, flat-screen TVs, drop-down screens, and new seating areas. Each lane is equipped with bumpers, and three IKAN Bowling Ramps will be available to attach to any model of wheelchair, allowing the occupant to control the speed, direction, and timing of the bowling ball's release. Twelve new Olhausen pool tables along with new lighting and an updated sound system are featured on the billiards side of the facility.
Recreation Center
The
Student Recreation Center, or "Rec," is the university's primary hub for intramural and fitness activities.
The building is one of the largest of its kind in the United States on a college campus. Access to the Recreational Center is free to all SIU students and for a membership fee to Alumni, Faculty and the general community.
Indoor facilities include a 880,000 gallon natatorium (home to the SIU Salukis swimming and diving team), two weight rooms, an aerobics room, martial arts room, a rock climbing wall, tennis court, racquetball courts, squash courts, volleyball courts, basketball courts, and two running tracks.
Outdoor facilities include several lighted hard-surface tennis courts, Jean Stehr Field (used for intramural baseball, flag football and soccer), a Frisbee golf course, the campus boat dock and campus beach...
Health Center
On February 3, 2006, SIU opened a new,
health center adjacent to the Recreational Center. The $9.6 million dollar facility provides medical services to the university community and houses the medical clinic, pharmacy, wellness resources, mental health clinic, and sports medicine and physical therapy facilities. Community partners Southern Illinois Dermatology and the Marion Eye Center also provide services in the new health center.
The Saluki Way
In 2005, former SIU chancellor Walter Wendler unveiled a massive plan to reshape the core of the Carbondale campus. The plan, called "
Saluki Way," is a part of the larger "
Southern at 150" project. Saluki Way was approved in September 2006 by the SIU Board of Trustees and integrated into the university land use plan.
The $500 million plan is divided intro three phases and is expected to take 15 years to complete.
:*Phase 1: included construction of a new football stadium to replace McAndrew Stadium and renovations to SIU Arena, the home of the men's and women's basketball teams.
On March 3, 2009 the official groundbreaking for the first phase of Saluki Way took place. Shortly afterward, construction commenced on the new Saluki Stadium, athletic support building and renovations to the SIU Arena. Saluki Stadium was completed in August 2010, and opened on September 2, 2010 for the inaugural game. Construction of the athletic support facilities and renovations of the SIU Arena are scheduled for completion in late September/early October 2010. The Salukis will play their first game in the "new" arena on November 1, 2010.
:*Phase 2: The second phase calls for the construction of new classroom buildings where the current football stadium is, re-routing roads and renovating existing structures. Woody Hall, the university's hub for Student Services, will be moved to the new construction along with the Alumni reception center. No timetable has been announced for this phase of the project.
:*Phase 3: The third phase of Saluki Way will include the building of new dormitories. No timetable has been announced for this phase of the project.
The Salukis sponsor 16 varsity teams. Most compete in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC), specifically in men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's golf, softball, women's swimming, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's track and field, and volleyball. The football program competes in the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC). Men's swimming is part of the Mid-American Conference(MAC).
Athletic highlights
The men’s basketball team advanced to the NCAA Tournament for six straight seasons between 2002–07, including two trips to the Sweet Sixteen.
The women’s team was Missouri Valley Conference champion in 2007.
Football has been ranked in the Top 10 in the Football Championship Subdivision for the past four years, advancing to the playoffs for seven straight years.
Softball has been ranked in the Top 25 in the nation for the past two years and has advanced to the NCAA Tournament five straight seasons.
SIU's student-athletes lead the MVC in overall grade point average.
Student life
Southern Illinois University has a vibrant student culture and is home to over 400 Registered Student Organizations (RSO). Organizations include honor societies, sports clubs and student activity groups, and 11 fraternities, 8 multicultural fraternities and 9 sororities. The largest RSO on campus is the Student Programming Council (SPC).
Student government
SIU has two primary bodies of student government responsible for distributing part of the Student Activity Fee to the RSO's:
The Undergraduate Student Government (USG)
Graduate Professional Student Council (GPSC)
Additionally, one student is elected to be the "Student Trustee"; a voting member of the SIU Board of Trustees.
The Daily Egyptian
The
Daily Egyptian or "DE" for short, is an award-winning student-run newspaper. The
DE is published every weekday with a distribution of 20,000 copies, making it the largest college paper in the state of Illinois. The
Daily Egyptian has received more than 25 awards from the Illinois College Press Association. In 2002, the paper was the recipient of the
National Newspaper Pacemaker Award for General Excellence, the nation's most prestigious college journalism award.
Saluki Patrol
Founded in 1959, the Saluki Patrol is one of the oldest student security teams in the country. The student members assist the University Police in their duties.
Residences
There are four main undergraduate residence hall areas, each with their own common buildings and dining halls: Brush Towers, Thompson Point, University Hall, and University Park, for a total of 18 residential buildings. Residence hall rooms are fully-furnished, and many have been modified to meet the needs of specific types of disability.
Graduate, single parent, domestic partner, and married student housing is available in Evergreen Terrace, Southern Hills, and Elizabeth Apartments.
Wall & Grand, SIU's first apartment-style residence halls, opened in 2007. The apartments are all fully-furnished, including washers and dryers, and are fully accessible to students with disabilities. Students are considered to hold freshman status if they have earned fewer than 26 credit hours after high school. These restrictions do not apply to students over the age of 21, veterans, married students, single parents, or students with 26 or more credit hours.
Cardboard Boat Regatta
The Cardboard Boat Regatta is an event held every spring semester at Campus Lake. Participants include university students and community members both young and old. The goal is to complete three trips around a 200-yard course on the lake using makeshift cardboard boats. There are three different categories for entries: canoes or kayaks, experimental boats and instant boats (boats created on-site the day of the event).
The idea for a Cardboard Regatta first originated in 1974 at Southern Illinois University. Richard Archer, a professor of Art and Design, dreamed up a final examination for students in his freshman design class. Buckminster Fuller, then a Distinguished Professor at SIU, had espoused the principle of "doing the most with the least," and faculty members found it intriguing to apply these principles in their classes. Archer felt it would be a real test of students' creativity and three-dimensional design skills to build human-sized boats made only of cardboard, and more than 20 years later, it is still happening. Many communities, organizations and other universities around the country have joined in on the fun and now organize their own Cardboard Boat Regattas.
Competitive programs
National Debate Champions. Under the direction of debate coach Todd Graham, Kevin Calderwood and Kyle Dennis won the National Parliamentary Tournament of Excellence in 2008.
The SIU Flying Salukis Flight Team became the first team in
National Intercollegiate Flying Association Region 8 modern history to win first place in regional competition three years in a row (2007–2009). At NIFA SAFCON 2010, the Flying Salukis placed number 4 in the nation out of the 29 teams who qualified for the competition.
The aviation program has been one of the best nationally for many years, with SIU's young pilots winning the International Aerobatic Club Collegiate National Team Award five of the last six years.
SIU's Radio/TV Department has won National awards (Student EMMYS) on a yearly basis for nearly a decade.
Miscellaneous facts
SIU was the first major university in the United States to be handicapped accessible in the early 1960s.
The Princeton Review ranks SIUC as one of the Best Midwestern Universities and one of the Best Valued Colleges in the nation.
U.S. News and World Reports ranked SIUC, alongside Princeton, West Virginia and North Carolina State, as one of the top schools for graduating students with the least amount of debt.
* SIUC is ranked 30th in the nation for economic diversity (enrolling undergraduates with family incomes less than $40,000 per year), joining UCLA, Kentucky, Brigham Young and others in this category.
Less than one year after graduation, 80 percent of SIU graduates are employed full time.
Ninety-three percent of alumni have either a positive or strongly positive attitude toward SIUC.
Notable alumni
There are currently over 220,000 graduates of Southern Illinois University Carbondale worldwide.
Notable SIU alumni include:
* Sami Amin Al-Arian, pleaded guilty in 2006 to conspiracy to contribute services to or for the benefit of a Specially Designated Terrorist organization, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad
Jim Belushi, actor/comedian
Jim Bittermann, CNN European correspondent based in Paris
Roland Burris, former Illinois Comptroller and Attorney General, current U.S. Senator
Randy Daniels, former New York Secretary of State
Don S. Davis, actor and theatre professor, best known for his role of General Hammond on the TV series Stargate SG-1
Lee Feinswog, Author and TV host.
Steve Finley,
Major League Baseball center fielder, 5-time
Gold Glove winner, 2-time
All-Star
John Fleming, Basketball Shooting Coach, Known as "The Free Throw Guru"
Dennis Franz, actor best known for his work on
NYPD Blue
Walt Frazier,
Basketball Hall of Famer and named one of the
50 Greatest Players in NBA History
Joan Higginbotham, American astronaut.
Muhammad Ijaz-ul-Haq, Pakistani politician and son of former President General Zia-ul-Haq
Brandon Jacobs, NFL running back
Curt Jones, founder of
Dippin' Dots
Darryl Jones, bassist of The Rolling Stones
Deji Karim, NFL running back for the Jacksonville Jaguars
Rodney P. Kelly, retired Major General, U.S. Air Force
Donald McHenry, United States ambassador to the
United Nations (from 1979 to 1981) and former president of the Royal Musical Association
Richard Roundtree, actor (
Shaft)
Bart Scott, NFL Pro-Bowl Selectee
Sam Silas, NFL Pro-Bowl Selectee
Chad Simpson, Micro Award winning short and flash fiction author
Jackie Spinner, author, journalist
Dave Stieb, Retired Major League Baseball pitcher, 7 Time All-Star, Pitched No-Hitter on 9/2/1990. Notable faculty
Dr. Buckminster Fuller (July 12, 1895 – July 1, 1983). Fuller taught at Southern Illinois University Carbondale from 1959 to 1970. Beginning as an assistant professor in the School of Art and Design, he gained full professorship in 1968. Buckminster Fuller is widely renowned for his geodesic dome design.
Paul Martin Simon (November 29, 1928 – December 9, 2003). Former U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator & U.S. Presidential candidate. He was the director of the SIU Public Policy Institute (now the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute). Simon taught classes in politics, history and journalism.
Dr. William M. Lewis, Senior (November 26, 1921 - May 15, 2010), Director of the Cooperative Fisheries Research Unit during 1950-1983 (now called the Fisheries and Illinois Aquaculture Center). He was Chair of the Department of Zoology, President of the American Fisheries Society, and received the American Fisheries Society Award of Excellence in 1995.
Harry T. Moore, founder of the first branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in Brevard County, Florida.
Dr. Robert S. Corruccini, Distinguished Professor and 1994 Outstanding Scholar, Corruccini has been teaching at Southern Illinois University since 1978 in the College of Liberal Arts, Department of Anthropology. Throughout his tenure at the university, he has been renowned for his expertise in both dental anthropology and epidemiology, formulating a Theory of Malocclusion.
Popular culture
In the cult hit-comedy movie
Animal House the famous "College" shirt worn by actor
John Belushi was created for him while attending house parties with his brother, actor
Jim Belushi, who was a student at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
See also
WSIU-TV
WIDB
New Media Center
SIU College of Business
SIU School of Law
College of Mass Communication & Media Arts
List of Southern Illinois University alumni
Southern Illinois University Press
Fisheries and Illinois Aquaculture Center
SIU Aviation Programs
Southern Illinois Salukis
References
External links
Official SIU System site
Official SIUC site
Official SIU athletics site
About Morris Library
SalukiTalk.net, unofficial site of all things related to Southern Illinois University
Campus map
The Daily Egyptian, SIU's student-run newspaper
– SIUC News
SIUC Aviation
School of Journalism
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