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Southern Illinois University
TypeSystem of public universities
Established1869; 155 years ago (1869)
Endowment$548.1 million (2020)[1]
PresidentDaniel F. Mahony
Location, ,
United States
Websitesiusystem.edu
Southern Illinois University Locations.

Southern Illinois University is a system of public universities in the southern region of the U.S. state of Illinois. Its headquarters is in Carbondale, Illinois.

Board of trustees

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The university is governed by the nine member SIU Board of Trustees. Seven members are appointed by the governor and confirmed by the state senate. Two members are elected by the student bodies of the Carbondale and Edwardsville campuses.

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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Founded in Carbondale in 1869 as Southern Illinois Normal College, Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC, usually referred to as SIU) is the flagship campus of the Southern Illinois University system and is the third oldest of Illinois's twelve state universities.

SIUC includes eight colleges: the College of Agriculture, The College of Science, the College of Arts and Media, the College of Business and Analytics, the College of Engineering, the College of Health and Human Sciences, the College of Social Sciences, and the College of Humanities. It also includes four schools: the Graduate School, the School of Education, the School of Law in Carbondale, and the School of Medicine in Carbondale and Springfield (see below). SIU offers 120 Baccalaureate, 80 Master, and 40 Doctoral degree programs. Its Morris Library has 4 million volumes and 53,000 current periodical subscriptions, placing it in the top 50 research libraries in the United States.

In the fall of 2021, SIUC enrolled 18,667 students – 12,647 undergraduates, 5,568 graduate students, and 551 professional doctoral students.[2] It has over 250,000 alumni.[3]

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

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Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) is the St. Louis Metro East campus of the SIU system. The main campus in Edwardsville is situated on 2,660 acres (1,080 ha) of scenic woodland and lakes with bicycle and walking paths throughout. SIUE also operates the School of Dental Medicine campus in Alton, the East St. Louis Center, the School of Nursing's satellite campus in Springfield, and the School of Nursing's program on the SIU Carbondale campus. Begun as residential centers of SIUC in 1957, SIUE celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2007. Once known as a "commuter school", SIUE has in recent years transformed itself into a residential university.

SIUE includes the College of Arts and Sciences and seven schools, including the Graduate School and the new but highly regarded School of Pharmacy on the Edwardsville campus and the School of Dental Medicine in Alton.

The SIUE center in East St. Louis provides clinical and practicum experiences for SIUE students and a broad range of assistance to the community in the arts, education, health, and social services.

Considered to be a "Doctoral/Professional University", SIUE offers Baccalaureate, Post-Baccalaureate, Masters, and Doctoral degrees in 48 undergraduate programs and 65 graduate and professional practice programs. In addition, students may enroll in 62 undergraduate minors.[4]

In the fall of 2021, SIUE had 13,010 students – 9,967 undergraduates and 3,043 graduate students including 312 professional doctoral students, and 118,029 alumni.[5]

Satellite schools and facilities

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Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

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The Southern Illinois University School of Medicine (SIU-SOM) is a part of SIUC that operates its first-year program in Carbondale and the final three years in Springfield. The SIU-SOM also offers a wide range of medical residency programs including; Dermatology, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Medicine/Psychiatry, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Otolaryngology, Pediatrics, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Psychiatry, Radiology, and Urology.[6]

Simmons Cancer Institute

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The Simmons Cancer Institute is a medical education, biomedical research, patient care, and community service facility in Springfield operated by the SIU-SOM.[7]

SIU Healthcare Clinics

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The SIU-SOM operates five satellite family medicine clinics for residential training of family physicians in Carbondale, Decatur,[8] Quincy,[9] Springfield, and West Frankfort.

Southern Illinois Aviation programs. SIU Carbondale operates aviation programs at southern Illinois airport, about 15 minutes from main campus. They have a flight school, and an aviation mechanic school. Students learn to fly, read instruments, and fix aircraft. There are several donated planes that they use to work on, but do not fly. Private citizens, airlines, and the navy has donated planes to SIU Carbondale.

Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine

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The Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine (SIU-SDM or SDM) is a part of SIUE and is located in Alton on the campus of the former Shurtleff College. The school opened in 1972 and enrolls about 200 dental students. The school also operates the East St. Louis Dental Clinic at SIUE's East St. Louis Center.[10]

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Nursing

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Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Nursing not only has academic programs on the Edwardsville campus, but it operates a cooperative program with SIUC in Carbondale, and it has a small campus in Springfield which offers graduate level courses nearby the SIU School of Medicine. The school also operates the Community Nursing Services office at SIUE's East St. Louis Center.[11]

East St. Louis Center

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The SIUE East St. Louis Center offers services and training to more than 6,000 people annually. Programs include the SIUE East St. Louis Charter High School, a Head Start program, a Latchkey Program providing families with after-school care for children ages 6 to 12, the SIUE East St. Louis Center Performing Arts Program, the Community Nursing Services office of the SIUE School of Nursing, the East St. Louis Dental Clinic of the SIUE School of Dental Medicine, an eye care clinic, and the adjacent East St. Louis Higher Education Campus which houses the East St. Louis Community College Center.[12]

University Center of Lake County

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SIUC and SIUE are among the twenty colleges and universities offering classes for degree completion and continuing education through the University Center of Lake County in Grayslake and Waukegan.[13]

Center for Workforce Development

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The SIUC Center for Workforce Development in Springfield is operated by the Workforce Education and Development Department of the College of Education and Human Services at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Programs include Illinois workNet, providing adults and youth with disabilities the resources to help them reach educational and employment goals; the Website Development Project, working with the Illinois Department of Employment Security to redesign the agency's website to provide improved access to the department's services by individuals, businesses, and the departmental staff; Illinois Pathways, a STEM education improvement program supported by six other State of Illinois agencies; and the SIUC Workforce Education and Development program's Off Campus Undergraduate Program on the campus of Lincoln Land Community College, which provides a one-year degree completion program for students who have already received an Associate Arts or Associate of Science degrees from Illinois community colleges.[14]

Presidents and Chancellors of SIU

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President SIU System [15] Term
Delyte Morris 1948–1970
Kenneth Shaw 1979–1986
Lawrence Pettit 1986–1991
James Brown 1992–1995
Ted Sanders 1995–2000
James Walker 2000–2006
Glenn Poshard 2006–2014
Randy Dunn 2014–2018
J. Kevin Dorsey 2018–2019 (interim)
Daniel F. Mahony 2019–present
SIUC Chancellors[16] Term
Allyn, Robert 1874–1892
Hull, John 1892–1893
Everest, Harvey W. 1893–1897
Parkinson, Daniel B. 1897–1913
Shryock, Henry W. 1913–1935
Pullium, Roscoe 1935–1944
Lay, Chester F. 1945–1948
Morris, Delyte W. 1948–1970
Layer, Robert G. 1971–1972
Derge, David R. 1972–1974
Lesar, Hiram H. 1974 (interim)
Brandt, Warren W. 1974–1979
Lesar, Hiram H. 1979–1980 (interim)
Somit, Albert 1980–1987
Guyon, John C. 1987–1996
Beggs, Don 1996–1998
Argersinger, Jo Ann E. 1998–1999
Jackson, John S. 1999–2001 (interim)
Wendler, Walter V. 2001–2006
Dunn, John M. 2006–2007 (interim)
Treviño, Fernando 2007–2008
Goldman, Samuel 2008–2010
Cheng, Rita 2010–2014
Sarvela, Paul D. 2014–2015 (interim)
Colwell, William Bradley 2015–2017 (interim)
Carlo Montemagno 2017–2018
Lane, Austin A. 2020–present
SIUE Chancellors [17]
(Other titles used)
Term
Delyte W. Morris
(SIU President)
1949–1955
(1948–1970)
Harold W. See
(Southwest Illinois Campus VP)
1955–1960
Clarence W. Stephens
(Operations VP)
1961–1964
John S. Rendleman
(Chancellor then President, 1971)
1968–1976
Andrew J. Kochman
(Acting President)
1976
Ralph W. Ruffner
(Acting President)
1976–1977
Kenneth Shaw
(President)
1977–1979
Earl Lazerson
(President)
1979–1993
Nancy Belck
(President then Chancellor 1995)
1994–1997
David Werner 1997–2004
Vaughn Vandegrift 2004–2012
Julie A. Furst-Bowe 2012–2015
Stephen Hansen 2015–2016 (interim)
Randy Pembrook 2016–2022
James T. Minor 2022–present

References

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  1. ^ As of June 30, 2020. U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2020 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY19 to FY20 (Report). National Association of College and University Business Officers and TIAA. February 19, 2021. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  2. ^ "Student Demographics | Institutional Research and Studies | SIU". Institutional Research and Studies. Retrieved 2022-08-26.
  3. ^ "About the Association | SIU Alumni Association | SIU". SIU Alumni Association. Retrieved 2022-08-26.
  4. ^ "Fact Book". SIU Edwardsville. Archived from the original on October 10, 2017. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
  5. ^ "Fact Book - Current Fact Book". www.siue.edu. Retrieved 2022-08-26.
  6. ^ "SIU School of Medicine". Board of Trustees, Southern Illinois University. Archived from the original on April 21, 2015. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  7. ^ "Simmons Cancer Institute at SIU". Board of Trustees, Southern Illinois University. Archived from the original on June 17, 2015. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  8. ^ "Decatur Family Medicine". Board of Trustees, Southern Illinois University. Archived from the original on April 19, 2015. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  9. ^ "Quincy Family Medicine". Board of Trustees, Southern Illinois University. Archived from the original on April 18, 2015. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  10. ^ "SIU School of Dental Medicine – Home". SIUE. Archived from the original on November 15, 2012. Retrieved September 18, 2012.
  11. ^ "SIUE School of Nursing – Home Page". Siue.edu. Archived from the original on 2012-09-08. Retrieved 2012-09-18.
  12. ^ "East St. Louis Center". SIUE. Archived from the original on April 9, 2015. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  13. ^ "University Center of Lake County". University Center of Lake County. Archived from the original on April 15, 2015. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  14. ^ "Center for Workforce Development". SIU Board of Trustees. Archived from the original on April 22, 2015. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  15. ^ "History/Hall of Presidents". Board of Trustees, Southern Illinois University. Archived from the original on 24 September 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  16. ^ "Hall Of Chancellors". Board of Trustees, Southern Illinois University. Archived from the original on 29 March 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  17. ^ "A Tradition of Excellent Leadership". Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
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