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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 on a regular basis and others on holidays and special occasions. The landmark tower is a symbol of the university and was previously used in SIU's logo.

Proposals to found an institution to train teachers in Southern Illinois gained traction as the nation recovered from the Civil War. Many regional leaders were influenced by progressive theories of education, as evidenced by the bust of Horace Mann housed in SIU's School of Education. 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]

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]

As with other universities, a large number of SIU's student body was mobilized for World War I. The completion of Shryock Auditorium in 1918, dedicated by President Taft with a speech in support of the war effort, marks the end of SIU's early history. Resulting post-war prosperity aided the university's growth, and by 1922 the university surpassed 1,000 students for the first time.[20] Stagnation in the 1930s caused by the on-going Great Depression greatly imperiled the university, as did the sudden deaths of university presidents Shryock and Pulliam. In 1944, SIU was granted limited university status to offer graduate degrees, and internal and external forces began to shift the university's focus towards other educational programs. In 1947 the Illinois General Assembly officially changed the name of the institution to Southern Illinois University.[16] Budget concerns and leadership challenges dogged the presidency of Chester F. Lay, Pulliam's successor, until his resignation in 1948.[21] In that same year, the first formal research conducted at SIU began with Lay’s appointment of geneticist Carl C. Lindegren and Delyte W. Morris was chosen to serve as university president.[22][23]

Delyte W. Morris was inaugurated in 1949, the occasion marked by an address from Illinois governor Adlai Stevenson, among others.[24] Morris was SIU's longest-serving president, from 1948 until 1970, and his tenure oversaw the expansion and transformation of the university.[25][26] Post-war prosperity again played a role, as did the passage of the G.I. Bill for education. New educational programs, administrative positions, and physical facilities were added, financed by the growth in student population and state-supported bonds.[27] Housing and other amenities for students received particular focus as the local housing market struggled to keep up with the university's growth.[28][29][30] In 1957 a second campus of SIU was established at Edwardsville, near St. Louis. This school would develop into Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, now a public university within the SIU system.[31]

President Morris left office in 1970. Formal explanations for this decision focused on Morris' declining health, but continuing campus unrest due to the Vietnam War, the burning of the historic Old Main Building in 1969, controversial financial scandals, and distrust amongst SIU’s Board of Trustees were purported to have played a role.[32][33] The university continued to grow with the creation of law, medical, and dental schools. Other achievements included the opening of the long-awaited recreation center in 1977, the foundation of Project Achieve by Barbara Kupiec in 1978, and the Saluki men's football team NCAA I-AA national football championship title win in 1983.

SIU's enrollment reached a record of 24,869 students in 1991, a time when SIU became known for its "party school" reputation.[20][34] Tensions with the surrounding community resulted in a ban on Halloween celebrations in the mid-1990s and thousands of students living in university dormitories were sent home for a mandatory five-day break.[35] Funding issues due to Illinois' state budget issues, including the 2015-2017 budget impasse, and declining student enrollment exacerbated a situation made worse by the unexpected deaths of university presidents Sarvela and Montemagno.[36] In recent years, a focus on research, building renovations and expansions, and stabilizing enrollment numbers has improved the university's position.[37][38] Student celebrations like the ones seen in Saturday Night Live's Roadshow, as presented by comedian John Candy, have now largely been replaced with the traditions of "Unofficial Halloween", "Solar Bear", and "Polar Bear".[39] Despite this, SIU was still named ninth in a list of "The Top 10 Schools that Party All Day, Everyday" by College Magazine in 2015.[40]

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  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.
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  12. ^ 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. ^ Lentz, Eli G. (1955). Seventy Five Years in Retrospect, Carbondale, IL.: Southern Illinois University. p. 11-13
  15. ^ ""Southern Illinois University: the First Seventy-Five Years." ( Jan 1949)". Archived from the original on December 16, 2017. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
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  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. ^ a b Mitchell, Betty (1993). Southern Illinois University: A Pictorial History. St. Louis, MO: G. Bradley.
  21. ^ Lentz, Eli, G. (1955). Seventy Five Years in Retrospect. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University. p. 108.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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  25. ^ Robert Harper, The University That Shouldn't Have Happened, but Did: Southern Illinois University during the Morris Years, 1948-1970 (Carbondale IL: Devil's Kitchen Press, 1998).
  26. ^ George Kimball Plochmann, The Ordeal of Southern Illinois University (Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1959).
  27. ^ Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees, Annual Report of the Board of (1952).
  28. ^ Frances DeSimone Becque, “A History of the Fraternity System at Southern Illinois University from 1948 through 1960” (thesis, 1995)
  29. ^ Jurich, Ryan (2022). "The Bust and Boom of University Housing at Southern Illinois University, 1948-1991". Legacy. 22: 55-74.
  30. ^ Charles Pulley, A Residence Halls Program for Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Illinois (Chicago, IL: Perkins & Will, 1953).
  31. ^ David L. Butler, Retrospect at a Tenth Anniversary, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville (Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1976).
  32. ^ James Fuller and Kelly Hertlein, “Stone House Scandal Bring Morris' Tenure to a Close,” Daily Egyptian, October 18, 1998, https://dailyegyptian.com/43010/archives/stone-house-scandal-brings-morris-tenure-to-a-close/.
  33. ^ Griswold, John (September 30, 2021). "The Rise and Fall of The "Empire" of One American University". Common Reader. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  34. ^ "SIU TELLS PLAYBOY THE PARTY`S OVER". Chicago Tribune. November 5, 1992. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  35. ^ Jurich, Ryan. "A Historical Look at SIU: When Halloween was Official". The Daily Egyptian. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  36. ^ Kumar, Kavita (2009-12-11). "SIU leaders seek growth, stability, from new Carbondale chancellor Rita Hartung Cheng is the campus' fifth leader in less than four years". STLtoday.com. Retrieved 2023-06-08. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= requires |archive-url= (help); Check date values in: |archive-date= (help)
  37. ^ "SIU research team wins $1.33M NSF grant to train sustainability-focused geoscientists". SIU News. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  38. ^ "SIU Carbondale enrolls largest freshman class in 6 years". SIU News. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  39. ^ Roadshow - Carbondale Illinois Halloween 1980, retrieved June 8, 2023
  40. ^ Siu, Valerie (December 3, 2015). "The Top 10 Schools that Party All Day, Everyday ⋆ College Magazine". College Magazine. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
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