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SIUE Incoming Students To Pay More Next Year

WSIU — Thu, 09 May 2013 20:23:45 +0000

Reporting from Jennifer Fuller, WSIU.

Incoming students at SIU Edwardsville will pay more next year. The SIU Board of Trustees approved a 5 percent tuition increase for next year's new students, which is a 2 percent decrease over what administrators had proposed.

SIUE Chancellor Julie Furst-Bowe says they'll have to make due with what the Board has decided, but this choice will send her back to the drawing board.

Abrupt Protest At SIU Trustees Meeting Leaves Group Without Chairperson

WSIU — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 22:35:37 +0000

Reporting from WSIU's Jennifer Fuller.

Southern Illinois University's embattled Board of Trustees tried to meet again Wednesday, but the meeting ended abruptly when two members walked out - before a chairperson could be elected.

SIU Edwardsville student trustee David Hamilton made a motion to postpone the officer and committee chair nominations until a full board is seated.

Police, FBI investigating threat mailed to Ill. university

WSIU — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 18:30:03 +0000

WSIU's Jennifer Fuller contributed reporting to this story.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation and police at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale are investigating after someone mailed a threat to the university last night.

The threat prompted an safety alert to students, faculty and staff, but SIU-C spokesman Rod Sievers called that a precaution.

Morning headlines - Friday, May 11, 2012

Joseph Leahy, The Associated Press, Illinois Public Radio and WSIU — Fri, 11 May 2012 11:35:35 +0000

Judge approves settlement in lawsuit over mental health care for the deaf

A federal judge has approved a settlement in a class action lawsuit brought against two Missouri state agencies on behalf of more than a thousand deaf residents.

Plaintiffs in the 2010 lawsuit alleged that the state departments of Mental Health and Social Services failed to provide adequate mental health care for deaf persons in crisis.

The departments were sued under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Deaths, damage following sweep of severe storms through Branson, Mo., Harrisburg, Ill.

Julie Bierach, The Associated Press, Rachel Lippmann, WSIU and Kelsey Proud — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:28:51 +0000

If you have photos of the storms in Harrisburg, Ill. or Branson, Mo., please email web producer Kelsey Proud at kproud@stlpublicradio.org.

Updated 4:22 p.m. with National Weather Service map:

Here's a map released by the National Weather Service of the path of the tornado that roared through Branson. You can track the path of the storm as it gained speed: