Southern Illinois University
Southern Illinois University is a system of public universities in the southern region of the U.S. state of Illinois. Its headquarters is in Carbondale, Illinois.
Board of trustees
The university is governed by the nine member SIU Board of Trustees. Seven members are appointed by the governor and confirmed by the state senate. Two members are elected by the student bodies of the Carbondale and Edwardsville campuses.Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Founded in Carbondale in 1869 as Southern Illinois Normal College, Southern Illinois University Carbondale is the flagship campus of the Southern Illinois University system and is the third oldest of Illinois's twelve state universities.SIUC includes ten colleges,and three schools: the Graduate School and the School of Law in Carbondale, and the School of Medicine in Carbondale and Springfield. SIU offers 120 Baccalaureate, 80 Masters, and 40 Doctoral degree programs. Its Morris Library has 4 million volumes and 53,000 current periodical subscriptions.
In the fall of 2016, SIUC had 19,987 students – 13,682 undergraduates, 5,683 graduate students, and 622 professional doctoral students - and over 218,920 living alumni.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
is the St. Louis Metro East campus of the SIU system. The main campus in Edwardsville is situated on of scenic woodland and lakes with bicycle and walking paths throughout. SIUE also operates the School of Dental Medicine campus in Alton, the East St. Louis Center, the School of Nursing's satellite campus in Springfield, and the School of Nursing's program on the SIU Carbondale campus. Begun as residential centers of SIUC in 1957, SIUE celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2007. Once known as a "commuter school", SIUE has in recent years transformed itself into a residential university.SIUE includes the College of Arts and Sciences and seven schools, including the Graduate School and the new but highly regarded School of Pharmacy on the Edwardsville campus and the School of Dental Medicine in Alton.
The SIUE center in East St. Louis provides clinical and practicum experiences for SIUE students and a broad range of assistance to the community in the arts, education, health, and social services.
Considered to be a "Doctoral/Professional University", SIUE offers Baccalaureate, Post-Baccalaureate, Masters, and Doctoral degrees in 48 undergraduate programs and 65 graduate and professional practice programs. In addition, students may enroll in 62 undergraduate minors.
In the fall of 2016, SIUE had 14,142 students–11,720 undergraduates and 2,422 graduate students including 525 professional doctoral students, and 98,639 living alumni.
Satellite schools and facilities
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
The Southern Illinois University School of Medicine is a part of SIUC that operates its first-year program in Carbondale and the final three years in Springfield. The SIU-SOM also offers a wide range of medical residency programs including; Dermatology, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Medicine/Psychiatry, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Otolaryngology, Pediatrics, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Psychiatry, Radiology, and Urology.Simmons Cancer Institute
The Simmons Cancer Institute is a medical education, biomedical research, patient care, and community service facility in Springfield operated by the SIU-SOM.SIU Healthcare Clinics
The SIU-SOM operates five satellite family medicine clinics for residential training of family physicians in Carbondale, Decatur, Quincy, Springfield, and West Frankfort.Southern Illinois Aviation programs.
SIU Carbondale operates aviation programs at southern Illinois airport, about 15 minutes from main campus. They have a flight school, and an aviation mechanic school. Students learn to fly, read instruments, and fix aircraft. There are several donated planes that they use to work on, but don’t fly. Private citizens, airlines, and the navy has donated planes to SIU Carbondale.
Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine
The Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine is a part of SIUE and is located in Alton on the campus of the former Shurtleff College. The school opened in 1972 and enrolls about 200 dental students. The school also operates the East St. Louis Dental Clinic at SIUE's East St. Louis Center.Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Nursing
not only has academic programs on the Edwardsville campus, but it operates a cooperative program with SIUC in Carbondale, and it has a small campus in Springfield which offers graduate level courses nearby the SIU School of Medicine. The school also operates the Community Nursing Services office at SIUE's East St. Louis Center.East St. Louis Center
The SIUE East St. Louis Center offers services and training to more than 6,000 people annually. Programs include the SIUE East St. Louis Charter High School, a Head Start program, a Latchkey Program providing families with after-school care for children ages 6 to 12, the SIUE East St. Louis Center Performing Arts Program, the Community Nursing Services office of the SIUE School of Nursing, the East St. Louis Dental Clinic of the SIUE School of Dental Medicine, an eye care clinic, and the adjacent East St. Louis Higher Education Campus which houses the East St. Louis Community College Center.University Center of Lake County
SIUC and SIUE are among the twenty colleges and universities offering classes for degree completion and continuing education through the University Center of Lake County in Grayslake and Waukegan.Center for Workforce Development
The SIUC Center for Workforce Development in Springfield is operated by the Workforce Education and Development Department of the College of Education and Human Services at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Programs include Illinois workNet, providing adults and youth with disabilities the resources to help them reach educational and employment goals; the Website Development Project, working with the Illinois Department of Employment Security to redesign the agency's website to provide improved access to the department's services by individuals, businesses, and the departmental staff; Illinois Pathways, a STEM education improvement program supported by six other State of Illinois agencies; and the SIUC Workforce Education and Development program's Off Campus Undergraduate Program on the campus of Lincoln Land Community College, which provides a one-year degree completion program for students who have already received an Associate Arts or Associate of Science degrees from Illinois community colleges.Presidents and Chancellors of SIU
| SIUC Chancellors | Term |
| Allyn, Robert | 1874–1892 |
| Hull, John | 1892–1893 |
| Everest, Harvey W. | 1893–1897 |
| Parkinson, Daniel B. | 1897–1913 |
| Shryock, Henry W. | 1913–1935 |
| Pullium, Roscoe | 1935–1944 |
| Lay, Chester F. | 1945–1948 |
| Morris, Delyte W. | 1948–1970 |
| Layer, Robert G. | 1971–1972 |
| Derge, David R. | 1972–1974 |
| Lesar, Hiram H. | 1974 |
| Brandt, Warren W. | 1974–1979 |
| Lesar, Hiram H. | 1979–1980 |
| Somit, Albert | 1980–1987 |
| Guyon, John C. | 1987–1996 |
| Beggs, Don | 1996–1998 |
| Argersinger, Jo Ann E. | 1998–1999 |
| Jackson, John S. | 1999–2001 |
| Wendler, Walter V. | 2001–2006 |
| Dunn, John M. | 2006–2007 |
| Treviño, Fernando | 2007–2008 |
| Goldman, Samuel | 2008–2010 |
| Cheng, Rita | 2010–2014 |
| Sarvela, Paul D. | 2014–2015 |
| Colwell, William Bradley | 2015–2017 |
| Carlo Montemagno | 2017–2018 |