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Southern Illinois University at 150 Years

Southern Illinois University at 150 Years

Growth, Accomplishments, and Challenges

Edited by John S Jackson

384 Pages, 8.00 x 10.00 in, 313 illustrations

Hardcover
9780809337040
Published: 03/11/2019

$40.00

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9780809337057
Published: 03/11/2019

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Chartered in 1869, Southern Illinois University has been a stalwart presence on the southern Illinois landscape for a century and a half. This book celebrates the 150th anniversary of the university’s founding by exploring in depth its history since 1969, when the last book to celebrate a major anniversary was published.

Chapters reflect on SIU’s successful athletics program, the various colleges and departments within the university, the diverse holdings and collections of the library, the unique innovative research enterprises, and special programs such as the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute and Touch of Nature Environmental Center.

Although SIU may be a typical large public university in many ways, its unique location, history, and culture have made it a distinct institution of higher education. Located close to the Shawnee National Forest and Giant City State Park, the landscape is an indelible part of SIU, contributing to both the beauty of the university grounds and the campus culture.

The university’s sesquicentennial provides a wonderful opportunity to revisit all that makes SIU amazing. Illustrated with 306 photographs of theater and music performances, art, sports, past and present students, faculty, staff, administration, politicians, community members, successful alums, distinguished visitors, and patrons of the university buildings, and landscapes, Southern Illinois University at 150 Years captures the university’s story in all its vivid color.

Contents

List of Illustrations

Foreword Carlo Montemagno

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction and Overview John S. Jackson

2. The Setting: Carbondale and Southern IllinoisP. Michael Kimmel

3. The Illinois Board of Higher Education and the Office of the PresidentJohn S. Haller Jr.

4. The Graduate School and Graduate ProgramsDavid L. Wilson

5. Student AffairsLori Stettler

6. The SIU Alumni Association and the SIU FoundationCaleb Hale

7. The Physical Plant and GroundsBrad Dillard and Kathy Dillard

8. Research at Southern Illinois UniversityJames E. Garvey

9. The School of MedicineJ. Kevin Dorsey, Phillip V. Davis, J. Hurley Myers, and Pamela J. Charlson Speer

10. The School of LawThomas C. Britton

11. Morris LibraryHoward Carter, Pam Hackbart-Dean, Aaron Lisec, John Pollitz, and Susan Tulis

12. Intercollegiate AthleticsTom Weber and John Lock

13. The Budget Judith Marshall

14. Special Programs of Distinction

Center for Archaeological Investigations Mark J. Wagner

Continuing Education Pat Eckert

Paul Simon Public Policy Institute John S. Jackson and Lester E. (Jak) Tichenor

Aviation, Automotive Programs, and Transportation Education Center Elaine M. Vitello

Touch of Nature Environmental Center Mark (Skip) Cosgrove and Dale O. Ritzel

University Honors Program Lori Merrill-Fink

Military and Veterans Programs Paul Copeland

Southern Illinois University Press Amy Etcheson, Wayne Larsen, and Kristine Priddy

Advanced Coal and Energy Research Center Tomasz Wiltowski

LGBT Programs Paulette Curkin

15. ConclusionJohn S. Jackson

Contributors

John S. Jackson is a professor of political science emeritus at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He is currently a visiting professor at the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute.

Carlo Montemagno was the chancellor of Southern Illinois University from 2017 to 2018.

Steve Buhman started at SIU in 1984 as the university photographer and retired in December 2018.

Vanessa A. Sneed has been the director of university events and protocol with the Office of the Chancellor since 2014.

Other contributors include Tom Britton, Howard Carter, Paul Copeland, Mark (Skip) Cosgrove, Paulette Curkin, Phillip V. Davis, Brad Dillard, Kathy Dillard, J. Kevin Dorsey, Pat Eckert, Amy Etcheson, James E. Garvey, Pam Hackbart-Dean, Caleb Hale, John S. Haller Jr., P. Michael Kimmel, Wayne Larsen, Aaron Lisec, John Lock, Judith Marshall, Lori Merrill-Fink, J. Hurley Myers, John Pollitz, Kristine Priddy, Dale O. Ritzell, Pamela J. Charlson Speer, Lori Stettler, Lester E. (Jak) Tichenor, Susan Tulis, Elaine M. Vitello, Mark J. Wagner, Tom Weber, David L. Wilson, and Tomasz Wiltowski.

“Accounting for one institution is a formidable, multifaceted project perhaps best accomplished by a team of experts. John S. Jackson brings five decades of experience as emeritus professor of political science, dean of his college and of the graduate school, and interim chancellor to the task of assembling contributors to this study. . . . This story, while focused on Southern Illinois University Carbondale, begins to answer questions regarding public higher education throughout the state and beyond.”—Michael Batinski, Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society