e-news for Feb. 28, 2007
SIUC to observe Women's History Month
Salukis look to improve NCAA tourney seed
River Region Evening Edition wins national award
Debate team captures championship
Science dean candidate visits this week
SIUC employee credited with saving boy's life
SIUC Web site opinions and ideas sought
Performance evaluation sessions postponed
Rivera memorial poetry contest entries sought
Coming eventsRivera memorial poetry contest entries sought
Undergraduate and graduate level poets may enter the 2007 Roxana Rivera Memorial Poetry Contest, sponsored by the English department and the Women's Studies program.
The annual contest honors Roxana Rivera (1977-2003), a graduate student in creative writing at SIUC in 2003, when she died in car accident.
Rivera held a bachelor's degree in women's studies and English from California State University, Long Beach. While at SIUC, Roxana was a PROMPT Scholar and a graduate teaching assistant in the Department of English.
The poetry contest is open to all students currently enrolled at SIUC. Poems should address this year's theme "All a Woman Can Be." Top prizewinners will receive gift cards valued at $80, $40 and $25, respectively.
There is no entry fee but there is a limit of three poems per entrant. Poems, each on a separate piece of paper, along with cover letters that include the contestants' names, local and e-mail addresses, phone numbers, poem titles and academic status (undergraduate or graduate student) must be sent to Allison E. Joseph at the English department (mail code 4503) by Friday, March 23. Winners will be honored at an awards ceremony on March 30.