ALTON, Ill. (AP) — Crews are putting the final touches on Southern Illinois University’s new $11.5 million dental clinic. The project was announced in 2019 and work began the following year with the demolition of a building which was no longer in use. The Alton Telegraph reports university officials expect the School of Dental Medicine’s…
CARBONDALE, IL (AP) — Documents show that the former Southern Illinois University president might have hindered student recruitment efforts for its Carbondale campus by not approving a mailing list purchase. The Southern Illinoisan reports emails show then-President Randy Dunn didn’t take action during his final two months in office on spending $499,000 to buy contact information…
CARBONDALE, IL (AP) — Enrollment is continuing a steep decline at Southern Illinois University’s Carbondale campus, with nearly 12 percent fewer students this fall semester. The drop to 12,817 students follows enrollment declines of 7.5 percent in 2016 and 9 percent in 2017. The Southern Illinoisan reports the Carbondale enrollment about half of its 1991 peak of…
CARBONDALE, IL (AP) — The search for a new president for Southern Illinois University could take a year following the resignation of its previous leader following a contentious dispute over shifting state funding between its campuses. The (Carbondale) Southern Illinoisan reports Board of Trustees members met in a private session for nearly three hours Tuesday to…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The newly appointed leader of Southern Illinois University says he wants to heal divisions following the polarizing tenure of the school system’s former president. The Southern Illinoisan in Carbondale reports that interim President J. Kevin Dorsey sees a big task ahead of him after taking over for former President Randy Dunn, whose…
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Southern Illinois University President Randy Dunn survived a vote by the school’s board of trustees on Thursday to place him on administrative leave. The vote came after the board spent more than three hours in a private session discussing Dunn’s future. He declined to comment after the vote. Dunn has been…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Southern Illinois University has approved a financial sustainability plan that includes recommendations to close seven programs at the Carbondale campus. The Board of Trustees during its meeting Thursday in Springfield signed off on the new financial strategy that calls for $26 million in cuts, including permanent budget reductions totaling $19 million.…
Carbondale, IL (KTRS) – Southern Illinois University is cutting its men’s and women’s tennis programs and reducing scholarships for the men’s swimming and diving teams. University leaders announced the reductions on Thursday, citing a declining enrollment and the state’s budget crisis. School officials say the move will save about $660,000 annually starting next school year.…
CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) – Southern Illinois University officials say fall enrollment is down 7.5 percent from the same period a year ago. Interim Chancellor Brad Colwell says 15,987 have enrolled this fall, compared to 17,292 last year. University officials said Tuesday they aren’t surprised by the drop in enrollment. University officials say the loss of…
Carbondale, IL (KTRS) Hundreds of Southern Illinois University employees could be laid off if the university loses over $45 million in state funding in the budget for fiscal year 2017. President Randy Dunn issued a report Wednesday that detailed how the university’s three campuses would be affected if Governor Bruce Rauner’s proposed 20 percent reduction in…