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Defining Excellence, SIUE’s major gifts campaign, is about propelling the University to a new level of prominence and performance. Great things are happening all around SIUE: outstanding national rankings, transition to NCAA Division I athletics competition and the largest enrollment in the University’s history. Peers, community members and students all recognize SIUE’s momentum as an institution that is raising the bar in higher education. With the decline of state funding, SIUE needs the support of private gifts from alumni, friends, citizens and corporate partners. The SIUE School of Education continues to serve as a leader in the preparation of educators and other professionals. The Defining Excellence Campaign priorities focus on initiatives that support the academic success of students and provide outreach to the community.
Campaign Goals: Student Scholarships and Graduate Assistantships: $1 Million Scholarships provide students with the financial assistance they need to succeed in college by minimizing tuition debt and helping them to complete their degree on time. Graduate assistantships provide students with tuition assistance while they work part-time as they pursue an advanced degree.
Attention and Behavior Clinic: $16,000 The Attention and Behavior Clinic provides comprehensive ADHD assessments to children and consultation to parents and schools for management of inattentive, hyperactive and disruptive childhood behavior.
Cougar Literacy Clinic: $15,000 The Cougar Literacy Clinic helps improve the literacy development of elementary through high school-aged students who have reading and writing difficulties. Individualized assessment and instruction are provided by qualified graduate students in the literacy/reading master’s program under the direction of literacy professors in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. The clinic also serves as a library, providing text and media resources for students, children and families.
Speech-Language-Hearing Center: $300,000 Speech-language pathology students begin their clinical experiences in the SpeechLanguage-Hearing Center. The on-campus center provides community residents of all ages with diagnostic and treatment services for a variety of communication problems.
Weight Management Clinic: $1.5 Million Through services provided by the Weight Management Clinic, members of the SIUE and Metro East communities learn to lose a modest amount of weight and prevent further weight gain.
SIUE East St. Louis Charter High School: $1 Million The SIUE East St. Louis Charter High School provides underrepresented students with the opportunity to succeed through a rigorous curriculum that prepares them to be college-and career-ready. Please contact Angela Thorp, Director of Development, for more information on how to support the School of Education’s campaign priorities. She can be reached by email at anthorp@siue.edu or by phone at 618-650-2432.