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The latest SIU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION MAGAZINE

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SIU Carbondale @siucarbondale.bsky.social · 23d

After working hard for years to end the tradition of celebrating Halloween on the Strip at SIU, the school, the city, and the alumni are working hard to resurrect it. Remember when they used to shut the University down and send students home during Halloween in an effort to stop the partying?

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SIU Carbondale @siucarbondale.bsky.social · Aug 25

Anybody remember this retro futuristic installation on the second floor of the Student Center, just outside the theater? The solar panels revolved. What was it for? What was it called?

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SIU Carbondale @siucarbondale.bsky.social · Aug 23

Bailey Hall at Thompson Point. Student Housing with a waterfront view.

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SIU Carbondale @siucarbondale.bsky.social · Aug 7

Television coverage of the Greek Row Demolition that began yesterday.

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SIU Carbondale hosts Old Greek Row demolition party

SIU Carbondale celebrated both the future and the legacy of campus life on Wednesday.

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SIU Carbondale @siucarbondale.bsky.social · Aug 6

The Pulliam Hall Clocktower, the way to say Southern Illinois University without uttering the words.

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SIU Carbondale @siucarbondale.bsky.social · Aug 4

The escalators and staircase at the south end of the Student Center

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SIU Carbondale @siucarbondale.bsky.social · Aug 1

Built originally as a women's residence hall in 1953, Woody Hall was converted to office use in 1968. In 2013, a new Student Services building opened where the old parking deck across from the old stadium used to be. So, a lot of what used to bring you to Woody takes place somewhere else.

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SIU Carbondale @siucarbondale.bsky.social · Aug 1

It's not an uncommon sight around Campus, scattered electric scooters.

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SIU Carbondale @siucarbondale.bsky.social · Aug 1

Boat House on Campus Lake behind the Ralph E. Becker Pavilion, where you can rent paddle boats and canoes.

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SIU Carbondale @siucarbondale.bsky.social · Jul 17

The Big Chill replaced the Dairy Queen on the Strip. Multiple DQ'S across Illinois were forced to give up their franchise when Dairy Queen corporate demanded changes their owners didn't agree to.

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SIU Carbondale @siucarbondale.bsky.social · Jul 16

Faner Hall, primarily housing the College of Liberal Arts, was built in 1974. It's 278,000 square feet of Brutalist architecture and measures 914 feet long.

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SIU Carbondale @siucarbondale.bsky.social · Jul 15

Saluki Village is the proposed replacement for Greek Row. The mixed use housing would include 898 new beds, a community building, and 4 to 5 houses for special interest housing. Target opening August 2027.

SIU Carbondale @siucarbondale.bsky.social · Jul 14

SIU College of Business and Analytics Rehn Hall. Starting with bookkeeping classes in 1894, the business school came into its own in 1957. Rehn Hall was dedicated in 1983.

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SIU Carbondale @siucarbondale.bsky.social · Jul 13

2025 Cardboard Boat Regatta at SIU. This year was the 50th Anniversary. Here you see entrants paddling in front of Thompson Point. Good times on the Campus Lake.

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SIU Carbondale @siucarbondale.bsky.social · Jul 11

Greek Row to be torn down (finally) and replaced with new housing.

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SIU-Carbondale and SIU Foundation to partner on new student housing project

It will be named Saluki Village and be located along the area formerly known as Greek Row, across from the Simmons Law School.

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SIU Carbondale @siucarbondale.bsky.social · Jul 9

The Buckminster Fuller Dome Home is celebrating his birthday with a block party.

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SIU Carbondale @siucarbondale.bsky.social · Jun 27

More Good News For SIU!

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SIU Carbondale’s summer enrollment rises almost 15% since 2021

Southern Illinois University Carbondale is enjoying increasing enrollment this summer, up almost 5% from last year and almost 15% compared to 2021. It is the sixth semester in a row that enrollment co...

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SIU Carbondale @siucarbondale.bsky.social · Jun 21

SIUC's stately Wheeler Hall turns 100 years old share.google/CQQsUIlALZFE...

SIUC's stately Wheeler Hall turns 100 years old

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SIU Carbondale @siucarbondale.bsky.social · Jun 21

Wheeler Hall. Home to the SIU School of Medicine offices. Built in 1904, it's the 3rd structure built on Campus. It was also the first stand-alone library on Campus, known for decades as Wheeler Library.

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SIU Carbondale @siucarbondale.bsky.social · Jun 12

Saluki Formula Racing? Walking around campus not long ago, I noticed an open door, and inside, they were working on this. I had no idea.

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SIU Carbondale @siucarbondale.bsky.social · Jun 9

The Allyn Building on the Quad at SIU is home to the Art Education & Art History departments.

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SIU Carbondale @siucarbondale.bsky.social · Jun 8

Thompson Point viewed from across Campus Lake, where the beach used to be.

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SIU Carbondale @siucarbondale.bsky.social · Jun 7

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How Little Grassy drawdown impacts camps, recreation

MAKANDA — When they found out about the Little Grassy Lake drawdown in November, Touch of Nature had only a few months to adapt to the lake's uncertain fate.

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SIU Carbondale @siucarbondale.bsky.social · May 31

Another successful deer sighting in Thompson Woods, behind the Student Center. This was one of four deer lounging about on Campus early one morning recently.

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