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THE DAILY EGYPTIAN SERVING THE SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY SINCE 1916
WWW.DAILYEGYPTIAN.COM
VOL. 102, ISSUE 82
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2019
PRITZKER APPOINTS FIVE MEMBERS TO SIU BOARD OF TRUSTEES Brian Munoz | @brianmmunoz
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The SIU Board of Trustees will see five new faces after Gov. JB Pritzker chose to not reappoint trustees Randal Thomas, Shirley Portwood and Joel Sambursky. Pritzker has also dismissed trustees Marsha Ryan and Tom Britton, who were never formally approved through the Illinois Senate. Filling the five trustee positions, upon Senate confirmation are Subhash Sharma, Roger Tedrick,
Edgar J. Curtis, Ed Hightower and John Simmons. “Serving on the SIU Board of Trustees has been a great honor. I approached this responsibility as I have all other areas of my life and gave it everything I had,” Sambursky said. “I am truly thankful for the opportunity to have served during a critical time in the University’s history.” Sambursky said despite challenges the board faced, he is proud of the colleagues who stood by him in defense of the
SIU System. “I am disappointed that I will not continue my service on the board. Yet, I leave confident in Judge Gilbert’s leadership. I will continue to offer my support to a University that has done so much for me and my family,” Sambursky said. “I wish the new Trustees the best. It’s important to all of us throughout southern Illinois that they are successful.” Sharma is a former professor and former chair in the Department of Economics at
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Southern Illinois University Carbondale and retired Fall 2018. He started at the university in 1983, according to his CV. He worked on a 2008 study estimating the economic impact of a proposed capital spending plan, which was advocated by then-governor Rod Blagojevich and was considered by the Illinois General Assembly. Tedrick, a 1970 graduate of Southern Illinois University, is the president and CEO of Tedrick Insurance Agency in Mount Vernon.
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SIU literary works nominated for 50th annual NAACP Imagery Awards Emily Cooper | @ECooper212
Keymera Clay from Dallas, Texas looks at her mother, on Saturday during the Under The Sea Pageant at the University Mall. Keymera will be going on to the state pageant in Bloomington. Keymera’s mother said that she wanted her to have a day that’s all for herself. See more on page 9.
He has served on the SIU Foundation Board and as the group’s president, he has also served as chair of the Saluki Futures Campaign for athletic facilities. Tedrick was a member of the SIU Board of Trustees from 2004 to 2011, serving as board as chair for six years. Last February, Tedrick and his wife, Sally, pledged donating $250 thousand over five years to help add undergraduate research opportunities through the REACH program.
Two SIU literary works are nominated for the 50th annual NAACP Imagery Awards, the ceremony for which will be held March 29 and 30 at Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, California. Allison Joseph’s ‘Confessions of a Bare Faced Woman’ and Cyrus Cassells’ “The Gospel According to Wild Indigo” are two nominees with connections to Southern. “The NAACP Imagery Awards are similar to the Oscars, except there are literature categories,” Joseph said. “There’s a category for books of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and instructional work. It’s really fascinating.” Joseph, who is also the director of the creative writing department at SIU, said the university community is going to be represented on one of the biggest entertainment stages there is. “The interesting thing as opposed to other entertainment awards this one is put on by an American institution,” Joseph said. “The NAACP is all about the quality and fairness.” Confessions of a Bare Faced Woman Joseph said her book, ‘Confessions of a Bare Faced Woman,' is about growing up black and female. She takes on issues of feminism, body image, family and the complex relationships between mothers and daughters. The title of the book is actually in reference to not wearing makeup.
“I have been very lucky,” Joseph said. “I have published books for over 20 years and for some reason, [this book] has struck a chord. It’s great to publish a book and particularly something is as obscure as poetry.” Joseph’s book was published by Red Hen Press in Pasadena, California. She said usually poetry collections are expected to sell maybe a couple hundred copies, but sales for her book which was published around this time last year, have continued to climb. “It has been reviewed more than any other book I have written,” Joseph said. “I’m really grateful and pleased.” She said her book was rejected at first and students and anyone looking to be a writer should know they will face rejection. “I was venting on Facebook, as one does, about having that book rejected and the publisher at Red Hen Press, who was a friend of mine, Kate Gale, contacted me about sending her my manuscripts,” Joseph said. “I sent her several manuscripts and the one she really like was the ‘Confessions of a Bare Faced Woman.’” "The Gospel According to Wild Indigo" Cassells, a Pulitzer Prize nominee, is a professor of creative writing at Texas State University in San Marcos and his book, "The Gospel According to Wild Indigo," was recently published by SIU Press. Please see NAACP | 2