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Grant will help Veterans Service upgrade office

A $10,000 grant will help upgrade the existing Veterans Service office at Southern Illinois University Carbondale into a Veterans Center.

Students shine at NASA’s ‘Rover Challenge’

Engineering students at Southern Illinois University Carbondale finished in two of the three top spots at NASA’s annual Human Exploration Rover Challenge last week in Huntsville, Ala.

Smith named Student Employee of the Year

Southern Illinois University Carbondale honored outstanding student employees at a breakfast recognition ceremony April 17 as part of its observance of the annual National Student Employee Recognition Week.

Workshop will look toward ‘creative economies’

Building a creative economy in Southern Illinois is the focus of an April 29 symposium sponsored by Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Paul Simon Public Policy Institute.

Advisers instrumental in student success

Every member of the faculty and staff at SIU plays a role in helping our students realize their dreams. In recent years, we have put a renewed focus on the success of our new freshmen, because that critical first year sets the stage for the rest of their college experience.

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LSAT Preparation Course - Saturday April 19, 2014 from 8:00 am to 3:30 pm @ Southern Illinois University

Master the Law School Admission test by attending the LSAT Preparation Course at Southern Illinois University. The LSAT Prep course will meet on two successive weekends from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. ea...

Drop, Trickle, Flow - Interactive Installation - Saturday April 19, 2014 starting at 8:00 am @ Rotunda, Morris Library

Interactive installation by Karla Berry (Radio, TV, Digital Media) and Don Barth (MCMA), part of Imagining Geographies....

Outdoor RAKU pottery firing - Saturday April 19, 2014 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm @ Student Center

Our outdoor RAKU firing will take place TOMORROW from 10am?4pm. This exciting event happens only twice a year! Handmade pots will be for sale that you paint and then watch them transform in the outdoo...

Basic Bike Repair - Saturday April 19, 2014 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm @ Craft Shop

Think green, healthy, and economical and keep your bike road ready. Learn how to adjust seats, brakes, shifters, handlebars, oil chains and fix flats. Learn about safety, rules of the road, and bike p...

Looking Back: Opera and Song with Stephen Kuhn - Saturday April 19, 2014 starting at 7:30 pm @ Old Baptist Foundation Recital Hall

Stephen Kuhn, Graduate Masters student and baritone vocalist, will perform with piano accompanists Yun Xin Lee and Tim DePriest. The program includes pieces by Bach, Franz, Offenbach, Warlock, and Ros...

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Aviation Program Earns Key FAA Certificate

Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s aviation flight and aviation management programs recently received Federal Aviation Administration certification that reduces the required flight time for graduates interested in becoming airline pilots. SIU is among a group of about 40 universities in the nation to receive the FAA certification, David A. NewMyer, department chair, said.

Security dawgs to impress at regionals

The Security Dawgs will continue to protect systems and their reputations at the Midwest Regional Cyber Defense competition. The SIU Security Dawgs are bound for regionals after their win at the state competition on Feb. 15. This was their second consecutive win and sixth title overall. Tom Imboden, assistant professor of Information Systems Technologies and coach to the SIU Security Dawgs said the team will not receive compensation for winning, but employers are influenced by students’ abilities in competitions. “We don’t receive any funding for winning these competitions, but students do have the reward of displaying their skills before employers from large companies,” Imboden said. “These employers want resumes from competing students before the competition and then watch each individual perform to see if they have potential to be hired.”

Dawgs compete to protect against Internet crime

In the wake of the Target Corp. security breach and other online identity fraud cases, SIU's Security Dawgs are the type of anti-hackers businesses covet in the digital age. The Security Dawgs are a Registered Student Organization on campus that focuses on and competes in computer and network security. The team won the Illinois Cyber Defense Competition on Feb. 15 for its second consecutive state title and third since 2006.

How to Get a Job at Google

LAST June, in an interview with Adam Bryant of The Times, Laszlo Bock, the senior vice president of people operations for Google — i.e., the guy in charge of hiring for one of the world’s most successful companies — noted that Google had determined that “G.P.A.’s are worthless as a criteria for hiring, and test scores are worthless. ... We found that they don’t predict anything.” He also noted that the “proportion of people without any college education at Google has increased over time” — now as high as 14 percent on some teams. At a time when many people are asking, “How’s my kid gonna get a job?” I thought it would be useful to visit Google and hear how Bock would answer.

Cyber Security Dawgs capture state title

The Southern Illinois University Carbondale “Security Dawgs” are once again state champions. The registered student organization defeated six other teams to win the Illinois Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition on Feb. 15 for a second consecutive year.

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