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Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Former name
Southern Illinois Normal University (1869–1947)
MottoDeo Volente
("God willing")
TypePublic Research University
Established1869; 155 years ago (1869)
AccreditationHLC
Endowment$190,098,063 (FY2021)[1]
Budget$554,225,700 (FY2021)[2]
ChancellorAustin A. Lane
PresidentDaniel F. Mahony
Academic staff
1,392 (2021)[3]
Administrative staff
4,383 (2021)[3]
Students11,366 (Spring 2022)[4]
Undergraduates8,299 (Fall 2022)[5]
Postgraduates3,067 (Fall 2022)[4]
Location
Carbondale
,
Illinois
,
United States
CampusCollege Town, Rural, 1,133 acres (459 ha)
ColorsMaroon and white[6]
   
NicknameSalukis
Sporting affiliations
NCAA Division I FCS — MVC
MascotSaluki
Websitesiu.edu

Southern Illinois University (SIU or SIUC) is a public research university in Carbondale, Illinois. Founded in 1869, SIU is the oldest and flagship campus of the Southern Illinois University system.[7] The university enrolls students from all 50 states as well as more than 100 countries. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".[8] SIU offers 3 associate, 100 bachelor's, 73 master's, and 36 Ph.D. programs in addition to professional degrees in architecture, law, and medicine.[9][10][11]

History

The Pulliam Hall clock tower plays the Westminster Quarters chime and others on holidays and special occasions. The landmark tower is a symbol of the university was previously incorporated into SIU's logo.

Founding - 1869-1874

An Act of the Twenty-sixth General Assembly of Illinois, approved March 9, 1869, approved the creation of Southern Illinois Normal College, the second state-supported normal school in Illinois.[12] Various proposed sites for the new university included Centralia and DuQuoin, among others.[13] Carbondale was eventually selected and held the ceremony of cornerstone laying on May 17, 1870.[14] Costly delays and the accidental death of a construction site contractor prevented the university's opening until 1874. The first historic session of Southern Illinois Normal University was a summer institute, with a first faculty of eight members and an enrollment of 53 students.[15]

Early History - 1874-1914

SIU and the surrounding community expanded slowly with time. In 1876, SIU admitted its first African-American student, Alexander Lane.[16] In 1878 SIU established a program for the Douglas Corps Cadets, beginning a relationship with ROTC programs which has lasted into the present day. The original "Old Main" building was destroyed by fire in 1883, and a new one built in the same spot. The Old Science Building (now Altgeld Hall) was completed in 1896, Wheeler Library (now Wheeler Hall) in 1904, the Allyn Training School (now Allyn Building) in 1908, and Anthony Hall in 1913. The university's first student newspaper, The Normal Gazette, was published in 1888 and it's first yearbook, the Sphinx, in 1899.[17][18] SIU's first sports teams, informally known as the "Maroons", began forming in the 1913-1914 school year.[19]

Morris Period - 1914-1970

Decline - 1970-2010

Present - 2010-2023


An Act of the Twenty-sixth General Assembly of Illinois, approved March 9, 1869, created Southern Illinois Normal College, the second state-supported normal school in Illinois.[12] Carbondale held the ceremony of cornerstone laying, May 17, 1870.[14] The first historic session of Southern Illinois Normal University was a summer institute, with a first faculty of eight members and an enrollment of 53 students.[15] It was renamed Southern Illinois University in 1947.

The university continued primarily as a teacher's college until Delyte W. Morris took office as president of the university in 1948. Morris was SIU's longest-serving president (1948–1970).[20] During his presidency, Morris transformed SIU, adding Colleges of Law, Medicine and Dentistry. Southern Illinois University grew rapidly in size from 3,500 to over 24,800 students between 1950 and 1991.[21]

In 1957, a second campus of SIU was established at Edwardsville. This school, now known as Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, is an independent university within the SIU system.

SIU offered the first program to provide support to students with specific learning disabilities at a college level. "Project Achieve" was founded at SIU by Barbara Cordoni Kupiec in 1978. She pursued a career in the field initially to help her own children, and left behind a legacy that has assisted several thousand other students in earning their degrees. In 1983, Project Achieve became the Clinical Center Achieve program when SIUC decided to institutionalize the program, making it a permanent part of the university's structure.

  1. ^ "Forward Together SIU Foundation Annual Report". Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  2. ^ "Quick Facts". siu.edu. Archived from the original on April 20, 2021. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Employee OVERVIEW". Archived from the original on April 20, 2021. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  4. ^ a b "College Navigator - Southern Illinois University-Carbondale". Archived from the original on June 10, 2022. Retrieved June 10, 2022.
  5. ^ "College Navigator - Southern Illinois University-Carbondale". Archived from the original on June 10, 2022. Retrieved June 10, 2022.
  6. ^ "Brand Colors | The Brand | SIU". Brand.siu.edu. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  7. ^ "Morris Library at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | Illinois Collections Preservation Network". icpn.museum.state.il.us. Archived from the original on January 3, 2014. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
  8. ^ "Carnegie Classifications Institution Lookup". carnegieclassifications.iu.edu. Center for Postsecondary Education. Archived from the original on October 30, 2020. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  9. ^ "Factbook 2016-2017" (PDF). irs.siu.edu. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 10, 2017. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
  10. ^ "Undergraduate Programs | 2017-2018 Academic Catalog | SIU". 2017-2018 Academic Catalog. Archived from the original on January 21, 2018. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
  11. ^ "Degree Programs | Graduate School | SIU". Graduate School. Archived from the original on December 16, 2017. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
  12. ^ a b Robert P. Howard, Illinois: A History of the Prairie State (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1972), 341.
  13. ^ Lentz, Eli, G. (1955). Seventy Five Years in Retrospect. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University. p. 9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ a b Lentz, Eli G. (1955). Seventy Five Years in Retrospect, Carbondale, IL.: Southern Illinois University. p. 11-13
  15. ^ a b ""Southern Illinois University: the First Seventy-Five Years." ( Jan 1949)". Archived from the original on December 16, 2017. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
  16. ^ "Timeline of Major SIU Historical Events". SIU's 150th Anniversary. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
  17. ^ "Daily Egyptian | Southern Illinois University Carbondale Research | OpenSIUC". opensiuc.lib.siu.edu. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
  18. ^ Lentz, Eli, G. (1955). Seventy Five Years in Retrospect. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University. pp. xix–xx.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  19. ^ "What's a Saluki?". Southern Illinois University Athletics. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
  20. ^ "Delyte Morris special issue". October 10, 1999. Archived from the original on October 10, 1999.
  21. ^ [1] Archived March 28, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
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