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3 unusual facts about Southern Illinois University Carbondale


Boskydell, Illinois

Boskydell sandstone was valued for its warm, reddish-brown color, and was used in the construction of several prominent buildings in Illinois, including: the foundation of the Southern Illinois University in nearby Carbondale; a Methodist church in Murphysboro; the First Presbyterian Church in Carbondale; and the former First Baptist Church of Carbondale.

Nakajō, Niigata

Nakajo was the home of a Southern Illinois University Carbondale branch campus until late 2006, when the company NSG which bought out the school decided to close the program.

Southern Illinois University

Founded in Carbondale in 1869 as Southern Illinois Normal College, Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC, usually referred to as SIU) is the flagship campus of the Southern Illinois University system and is the fourth oldest of Illinois's thirteen state universities.


Alexandre Yokochi

Professor Yokochi received an M.S. in 1992 from Southern Illinois University Carbondale under the direction of Prof. Conrad C. Hickley and his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University in 1997 under the direction of F. Albert Cotton.

Alt.news 26:46

alt.news 26:46 is a student-run television program from the College of Mass Communication & Media Arts at Southern Illinois University Carbondale that airs on the University's PBS member station, WSIU.

Shekhar Chaudhuri

During August 1989 and August 1991, he was a Visiting Professor in the Department of Management at the College of Business and Administration, Southern Illinois University Carbondale; Visiting Professor in the Strategy, Organization and Human Resources Group at ESCP Europe in its Paris campus during October – December, 1998; and Dean of the Vinod Gupta School of Management, IIT Kharagpur during the period of May 2000 to December 2001.

William M. Lewis, Senior

In 1950 he became a professor at Southern Illinois University, where he founded and directed the Southern Illinois University Carbondale Cooperative Fisheries Research Program now called the Fisheries and Illinois Aquaculture Center.


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