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<li><strong><a href="#summer">SIUE
SummerArts Workshops Continue To Serve Area
Youth</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a href="#SOB">School Of Business
Entrepreneurship Center To Conduct
Forum</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a href="#springfield">SIUE Student From
Springfield Receives Housing
Scholarship</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a href="#photo">MEDIA ADVISORY/PHOTO
OPPORTUNITY</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a href="#cruiser">SIUE To Run The
'Cougar Cruiser' In The NASC This
Summer</a></strong></li>
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<h2><a name="summer" id="summer">May 20, 2005</a></h2>
<h2>SIUE SummerArts Workshops Continue To Serve Area
Youth<br /></h2>
<p>(EDWARDSVILLE, Ill.) Since 1995, a total of 1,515
youngsters have attended workshops presented by the
Department of Art and Design’s Art Education program
at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. The workshops
are part of the SummerArts 2005 program.</p>
<p>Assistant Art and Design Professor Dennis Taylor is head
of the department’s art education area, which offers
the “Children’s Summer Arts Workshops”
each year. The program actually dates back to 1975 when the
“Summer Visual Art Workshops for Youth” began.
That series was co-sponsored by the department and The
Friends of Art.</p>
<p>“The purpose was to provide quality, intensive,
affordable art experiences for young students in the metro
area during the summer months,” according to the
program’s history.</p>
<p>In the beginning, the program focused on primary and
intermediate age workshops, Taylor said, “because of
a lack of facility space until the new Art and Design
Building was completed.”</p>
<p>Now, the summer art workshop program offers sessions for
primary ages through junior and senior high. One of the
offerings for older students is the Jr./Sr. High Ceramics/
Sculpture Workshop. “It is being offered again
because it is very popular,” according to workshop
Coordinator Chris Short. Other popular junior-senior high
workshops include the Drawing-Painting session and the
Computer Graphics session.</p>
<p>Each year, the workshops draw students from throughout
the area including Granite City, Alton, Godfrey, Staunton,
Dorsey, Mascoutah, Belleville, and Fairview Heights, as
well as Collinsville, Edwardsville and Glen Carbon, Short
said. “Each year, parents see the announcement in the
paper and the phone starts ringing.” Apparently,
that’s been going on for 30 years.</p>
<p>For further information about the workshops, please call
the Department of Art and Design, (618)
650-3183.<br /><br /> <a href="#top">Back to
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<h2><a name="SOB" id="SOB">May 13, 2005</a></h2>
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<h2>School Of Business Entrepreneurship Center To Conduct
Forum<br /></h2>
<p>(EDWARDSVILLE, Ill.) .The Entrepreneurship Center,
sponsored by the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
School of Business, will conduct a May 25 forum, the second
in a four-part series of forums with topics ranging from
assisting entrepreneurs seeking equity investment to
putting together a management team.</p>
<p>The May 25 forum, Getting the Most from Your Business
Banking Relationship, will help entrepreneurs and current
business owners learn how to utilize all the commercial
banking services available in the region. The forum, set
for 5:30-7:30 p.m. that Wednesday, at the Collinsville
Holiday Inn, will feature banking professionals who will
explain what services and banking products a business owner
may expect from a lending institution.</p>
<p>The cost is $15 per person, which includes refreshments.
For more information or for advanced registration, contact
the center by telephone: (618) 650-2929. The series is
co-sponsored by First Bank and the Illinois
Entrepreneurship Network.<br /><br /> <a href="#top">Back
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<h2><a name="springfield" id="springfield">May 11,
2005</a></h2>
<h2>SIUE Student From Springfield Receives Housing
Scholarship<br /></h2>
<p>(EDWARDSVILLE, Ill.) University Housing at Southern
Illinois University Edwardsville has chosen Springfield
native Kendra Chapman-Small as the 2005-06 James R.
Anderson Housing Scholarship recipient. Chapman-Small is a
sophomore studying Biological Sciences, with a 4.0
grade-point average.</p>
<p>The award is given annually to an academically motivated
student with a grade-point average of 3.0 or higher (based
on a 4.0 scale) who has demonstrated civic leadership in
community service and Housing activities.</p>
<p>In addition to being a resident assistant at SIUE's
Bluff Residence Hall, Chapman-Small is a Springboard to
Success leader, a STAR (STudents Assisting with Recruiting)
in the Office of Admissions, a member of the SIUE
Pre-Dental Association, a volunteer with the Kimmel Student
Leadership Development Program, and chair for fundraising
and volunteering with Women of Ambition, an SIUE student
organization.</p>
<p>Chapman-Small also is very active in her church and
plans to attend dental school after she graduates.</p>
<p>The James R. Anderson Housing Scholarship Award was
created in memory of Anderson, a former associate director
of University Housing at SIUE.</p>
<p>Recipients are granted a $500 per semester stipend.
"We're pleased to be able to honor Jim in such a manner as
this award," said SIUE Housing Director Michael Schultz.
"Jim believed not only in the value of education in and out
of the classroom, but also valued family, community
involvement, and service."</p>
<p>For more information regarding the James R. Anderson
Housing scholarship, call (618) 650-4628.<br /><br /> <a
href="#top">Back to top</a><br /></p>
<h2><a name="photo" id="photo">May 11, 2005</a></h2>
<h2>MEDIA ADVISORY/PHOTO OPPORTUNITY<br /></h2>
<p>Children Explore Tankers, Tractors At SIUE Vehicle
DayEarly Childhood Center’s Eighth Annual Event</p>
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<li><strong>Who:</strong> Staff and faculty of the SIUE
Early Childhood Center (ECC) conducting the event for ECC
children and their parents, OR any parent</li>
<li>and their child, to experience various modes of
transportation</li>
<li><strong>What:</strong> SIUE Vehicle Day</li>
<li><strong>When:</strong> 9 a.m.-noon, Friday, May
13</li>
<li><strong>Where:</strong> Parking Lot F, at the SIUE
Student Fitness Center</li>
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<p>More than 250 children are expected to explore vehicles
of all types, including a 1918 Ford tank truck and the
Gateway Grizzlies Baseball Team mascot on a scooter, as
well as dump trucks, tractors, a police motorcycle, a fire
truck with a 100-foot extended ladder, and more.</p>
<p>More than 25 organizations have volunteered vehicles for
the event, which is sponsored by the Advisory Board of the
EEC.</p>
<p>For more information, contact the Early Childhood
Center, (618) 650-2556.<br /><br /> <a href="#top">Back to
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<h2><a name="cruiser" id="cruiser">May 4, 2005</a></h2>
<h2>SIUE To Run The 'Cougar Cruiser' In The NASC This
Summer<br /></h2>
<p>(EDWARDSVILLE, Ill.) Participants in the 2005 North
American Solar Challenge (NASC) in July will make history
as the first solar car racers to cross an international
border. The upcoming race also sets a new standard for
length-2500 miles, beating the 2001 and 2003 NASC races by
more than 100 miles-and is still the longest solar car race
in the world.</p>
<p>The race begins in Austin, Texas, July 17, 2005, and
will finish July 27 in Calgary, Alberta. Teams from
universities, companies, and organizations around the world
will compete in what each hopes will be the fastest
solar-powered car.</p>
<p>One of the entries is the Cougar Cruiser, the creation
of a 15-person team of Southern Illinois University
Edwardsville Engineering students. It's not exactly
something you'd see at your neighborhood car dealership.
It's shaped like a flying saucer and runs close to the
ground. "We got from 0 to 48mph in only two tenths of a
mile in a recent test drive," said Jacob Van Roekel,
associate dean of the SIUE School of Engineering and Solar
Team advisor.</p>
<p>"When we get everything fine tuned and on the open road,
we hope to coax the car up to 70mph." They'll need it.</p>
<p>The race follows U.S. Route 75 and the Trans-Canada
Highway (Highway 1), with checkpoints in Weatherford,
Texas; Tulsa, Oklahoma.; Topeka, Kansas; Omaha, Nebraska.;
Sioux Falls, S.D.; Fargo, N.D.; Winnipeg, Manitoba;
Brandon, Manitoba; Regina, Saskatchewan; and Medicine Hat,
Alberta, before reaching the finish in Calgary.</p>
<p>NASC cars must be powered solely by sunshine. The racers
use photovoltaic (solar) cells to convert sunlight into
electricity to power the cars. Weather and energy
management play important roles in the race. In general,
the sunnier the day, the faster and farther the cars can
travel. Brighter days also allow the cars to recharge
batteries for cloudy or rainy days.</p>
<p>"We are extremely proud of the fact that we will have a
competitive car with a total project cost of less than
$50,000." According to Van Roekel, "it is not unusual for a
team to spend several hundred thousand dollars on a solar
car and then not even qualify for the race."</p>
<p>NASC sponsors include the U.S. Department of Energy
(DOE), Natural Resources Canada, and the DOE's National
Renewable Energy Laboratory.<br /><br /> <a
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