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Southern Illinois University

 
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Southern Illinois University
425 Clocktower Dr.
Carbondale, IL 62901
IL Tel. 618-536-3331
Fax 618-536-3404

Type: School
On the web: http://www.siu.edu
Employees: 3,975

Southern Illinois University helps to train future doctors, dentists, and other other professionals. The university enrolls some 35,000 students at its two institutions -- Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (which includes a School of Medicine) and Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville (which includes a School of Dental Medicine). The Carbondale campus oversees a university program in Niigata, Japan. The university offers associate, baccalaureate, master's, doctoral, and professional degrees. The university was chartered as a teachers college in 1869.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending June, 2008:
Sales: $532.7M

Officers:
Chair: Roger B. Tedrick
President: Glenn Poshard
SVP Financial and Administrative Affairs and Treasurer: Duane Stucky

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Southern Illinois University is a state university located in southern Illinois with two institutions and multiple campuses. Glenn Poshard is President of Southern Illinois University.

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC) is the flagship campus of the Southern Illinois University system and is located in Carbondale, Illinois. SIUC operates the Southern Illinois University School of Law in Carbondale and the School of Medicine in Springfield. SIUC is home to over 20,000 students who enroll in 186 academic programs.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Main page: Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) is the Edwardsville, Illinois campus of the system. In addition to a variety of undergraduate and graduate degrees, the institution features a new but highly regarded School of Pharmacy, a School of Dental Medicine at Alton and a center in East St. Louis that provides clinical and practicum experiences for SIUE students in the arts, education, health, and social services.

The main campus in Edwardsville is situated on 2,660 acres (4.16 sq mi), with bicycle and walking paths throughout. SIUE is home to 13,500 students. At one time, SIUE was known as a "commuter school", but in recent years has transformed itself into a residential university.

SIUE is known (highly rated in USNEWS) for its Senior Assessment Program.

SIUE celebrated its 52nd anniversary in 2009.

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