Author: KWins
SIU Student Reflects on Trip to Ghana
As students at SIUC begin their final week of the 2018 Spring Semester, SIUC student Brandon Azim looks back at a critical event in the past academic year: https://cpa.ds.npr.org/wsiu/audio/2018/05/20180507_azim_feature_web.mp3
Read MoreRequest for Research Participation
Request for Research Participation from an SIUC student
Read MoreChicago Transit Authority Oppurtunities
For college and graduate students, we offer year-round paid internship opportunities; during the summer, our internships are for 40 hours per week and during the school year, they are 20 hours per week. We offer internships in departments throughout the Authority—Human Resources, Law, Engineering/Infrastructure, etc.—and give students real-world projects with meaningful impact. To be eligible, students must currently be enrolled…
Read MoreLetter to the editor: Eliminating Africana studies is eliminating SIU’s history
Current SIUC Africana Studies major Marissa Jackson’s Op-Ed to the Daily Egyptian
Read MoreCondolence Statement to the Family of Dick Gregory
To the Friends and Family of Dick Gregory
Read MoreOpen letter to Chancellor Carlo Montemagno
An open letter from the President of SIUC BAG to the new SIUC Chancellor Montemagno.
Read MoreSaluki Dick Gregory dies at 84
On August 19, activist and comedian Dick Gregory died at age 84. Gregory attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale, as noted in his obituary in the Washington Post: He was accepted at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, where he was captain of the cross-country and track teams and continued winning championships. After his sophomore year, he left college and spent two…
Read More2017 BAG Presidential Inaugural Address
2017 Black Alumni Group Inaugural Address to the general membership.
Read MoreFeature your business at the 2019 BAG Reunion
The SIUC Black Alumni Group Board is interested in business owners who want to participate in the BAG 2019
Read MoreThree Salukis set for 2016 Olympics in Rio – Southern Illinois Athletics
Three former Saluki student-athletes will compete in the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, beginning with the opening ceremony on Friday, August 5. Competition begins on August 6 and concludes on August 20. They will be joined by women’s head coach for Team USA at the 2016 Olympics is none other than SIU alumna and four-time Olympian Connie Price-Smith.
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