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4 days ago | 
wsiu.org | Pete Rosenbery
The talents of Illinois high school juniors and seniors were evident at the second Southern Illinois University Carbondale School of Art and Design statewide online art competition. Winners in the second Creative Futures were announced May 5, with the top three finishers in areas from each of the three categories selected by SIU faculty.
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4 days ago | 
news.siu.edu | Pete Rosenbery
A short digital animation (above) by Rebekah Neussl of Washington Community High School was the top winner in the design/digital art category of the 2025 Creative Futures online high school art contest sponsored by the SIU Carbondale School of Art and Design. Other winners were Tommy Pinski of Civic Memorial High School in 2D art and Keegan Medlock of Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School. (Images provided) Three Illinois high school students win 2025 SIU Creative Futures art awards CARBONDALE, Ill.
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1 week ago | 
thesouthern.com | Pete Rosenbery
CARBONDALE — Powerful operas by Italian master composer Gaetano Donizetti, along with celebrating the first two of Austrian composer Joseph Haydn’s “London Symphonies,” are among the highlights for the 21st Southern Illinois Music Festival (SIFest), May 23-June 8.
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1 week ago | 
thesouthern.com | Pete Rosenbery
CARBONDALE — Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff, will likely carry on the mission of his predecessor and serve as an inspiration to young people to “make a positive difference,” says Father Joseph A. Brown, a professor and coordinator of Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Africana studies program and director of the School of Africana & Multicultural Studies.
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1 week ago | 
news.siu.edu | Pete Rosenbery
One of the highlights of the 2024 Southern Illinois Music Festival was the finale from Mozart’s “Marriage of Figaro” at Shryock Auditorium. Two operas are planned at this year’s SIFest. (Photo by Kara Benyas) SIFest’s 21st season promises magical operas, tribute to Haydn and more CARBONDALE, Ill.
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1 week ago | 
news.siu.edu | Pete Rosenbery
SIU’s Father Brown: First American pope a leader “this complicated age needs” CARBONDALE, Ill. — Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff, will likely carry on the mission of his predecessor and serve as an inspiration to young people to “make a positive difference,” says Father Joseph A. Brown, a professor and coordinator of Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Africana studies program and director of the School of Africana & Multicultural Studies.
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1 week ago | 
thesouthern.com | Pete Rosenbery
CARBONDALE — An exhibition this week is highlighting the work of 20 seniors in Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s School of Art and Design. The works are on display today through Friday, May 9, from noon to 4 p.m. in the Glove Factory Studio Art Building at the Surplus Gallery on campus. A closing reception, also open to the public, is in the gallery from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 10, following commencement ceremonies for students in the College of Arts and Media.
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1 week ago | 
thesouthern.com | Pete Rosenbery
CARBONDALE — Two students in Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s nationally recognized automotive technology program recently placed in the top three in automotive service technology in the SkillsUSA Illinois competition. Ed Walenga, a junior from Frankfort, was second, and Steven Komendanchik, a senior from Downers Grove, was third. Three other SIU students finished in the top 20 among 60 postsecondary students in the category. kAm“w2G:?8 @FC DEF56?ED 4@>A6E6 :?
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1 week ago | 
wsiu.org | Pete Rosenbery
Two students in Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s nationally recognized automotive technology program recently placed in the top three in automotive service technology in the SkillsUSA Illinois competition. Ed Walenga, a junior from Frankfort, Illinois, was second, and Steven Komendanchik, a senior from Downers Grove, Illinois, was third. Three other SIU students finished in the top 20 among 60 postsecondary students in the category.
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1 week ago | 
blog.news.siu.edu | Pete Rosenbery
Two students in Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s nationally recognized automotive technology program recently placed in the top three in automotive service technology in the SkillsUSA Illinois competition. Ed Walenga, a junior from Frankfort, Illinois, was second, and Steven Komendanchik, a senior from Downers Grove, Illinois, was third. Three other SIU students finished in the top 20 among 60 postsecondary students in the category.
