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Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, (commonly abbreviated SIUE or The "e"), is a coeducational, public Master's college and university in Edwardsville, Illinois, United States about northeast of St. Louis, Missouri. SIUE was established in 1957 as an extension of Southern Illinois University Carbondale, and is the younger and smaller of the two major institutions of Southern Illinois University system. The University offers graduate programs through its Graduate School. In fiscal year 2014, SIUE faculty and staff received 185 grants and contracts for research, teaching, and service initiatives worth more than $34 million— which ranked 8th among more than 680 comparable public and private universities in the country. The grants awarded were from agencies that included the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Endowment for the Arts , the Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Departments of Education and Health and Human Services, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.siue.edu/research/l )〕 Fielding athletic teams known as the SIU Edwardsville Cougars, the university participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level as a member of Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). The majority of SIUE's students are from Illinois, with out-of-state and foreign students accounting for 11.45% of enrollment. The university offers numerous extracurricular activities to its students, including athletics, honor societies, student clubs and organizations, as well as fraternities and sororities. The university has an alumni base of more than 98,000. Alumni and former students have gone on to prominent careers in government, business, science, medicine, education, sports, and entertainment. == History == During the Post–World War II economic expansion, a lack of public higher education was noticeable in the growing Metro-East area.〔Butler, David L. "Retrospect at a Tenth Anniversary: Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville". Southern Illinois University Press, 1976, p. 3-4.〕 Organizations from across the area took it upon themselves to relieve this lack. Southern Illinois University (SIU), over to the region's south, opened a residence center in Belleville in 1949.〔Butler 1976, p. 5.〕 In 1955, the Edwardsville Chamber of Commerce founded the Southwestern Illinois Council for Higher Education (SWICHE), tasked with creating a more permanent solution to the problem.〔Butler 1976, p. 6.〕 SWICHE and the SIU Board of Trustees met and stated their agreement in goals in 1956, and, that same year, an Executive Committee from the Board of Education in Alton invited Dr. Alonzo Myers, Chairman of the Department of Higher Education for Higher Education at New York University, to perform a study of the need for higher education in the Metro-East.〔 Dr. Myers's 1957 report, ''The Extent and the Nature of Needs for Higher Education in Madison and St. Clair Counties,'' outlined the precise need:〔Butler 1976, p. 9〕 the 1950 census showed that students in the region in question were only half as likely as those in other regions of the country to finish a four-year college degree program (owing specifically to the lack of a nearby university and the financial difficulties of going to school away from home at other state universities).〔Butler 1976, p. 10〕 Businesses in the area were in need of college-trained employees, but were forced to hire outside of the area,〔Butler 1976, p. 11〕 especially in the fields of business administration, nursing, education, and industrial technology.〔Butler 1976, pp. 11–13〕 Myers concluded that, rather than more residence centers, private schools, or junior colleges, a branch of a four-year public university would best serve the needs of the area.〔Butler 1976, pp. 13–15〕 He recommended SIU, the closest large public university, as the best candidate.〔Butler 1976, p. 16〕 Acting on the report, in 1957, SIU purchased both a former building of East St. Louis High School and the campus of Shurtleff College in Alton as temporary facilities. Even with all of the research and planning that had gone before, the true need had been underestimated. When the new campuses opened, officials planned on having about 800 students; 1776 enrolled, and enrollment doubled within two years.〔Butler 1976, p. 18〕 The dual campus solution was temporary mostly because both facilities were in urban areas with little room for expansion even at the time of purchase. Land for the permanent campus was purchased in 1960--- of farmland. Money for the purchase came from A) contributions from individuals, businesses, industries, labor unions, civic organizations, and PTAs; B) loans from 14 Metro-East banks; and C) state funding.〔Butler 1976, p. 19.〕 The location, west of Edwardsville, was chosen due to its accessibility via highways, its usability as an educational campus, and its proximity to the major urban areas of the Metro-East.〔Butler 1976, pp. 19–20.〕 In 1960, a bond issue was voted upon by the citizens of Illinois; the measure passed by more than 100,000 votes, providing funds for the construction of the campuses of SIUE and the school now known as the University of Illinois Chicago.〔Butler 1976, p. 21〕 A conference entitled Environmental Planning-Edwardsville Campus (EPEC) took place in 1961, highlighting the architectural and spatial design of the future campus.〔Butler 1976, pp. 23–32〕 The campus was designed by architects Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum. Ground was broken in 1963〔Butler 1976, p. 22〕 and, with the first two buildings (Peck Hall and Lovejoy Library) completed, classes were first held on the Edwardsville campus in fall 1965.〔Butler 1976, pp. 33–34〕 A series of dedication ceremonies from 1966 to 1969 highlighted the ongoing growth of the campus.〔Butler 1976, pp.35–37〕 Prior to the development of the Edwardsville campus, six "Divisions of Academic Programs" were established for the SIU Residential Centers in Alton and East St. Louis on March 4, 1960. When the move was made to the new campus in 1965, the "Divisions" became the Schools of Business, Education, Fine Arts, Humanities, Science and Technology, and Social Sciences. The nursing program, which was to become the School of Nursing when the new campus opened, was established in March 29, 1964.〔 On April 18, 1969, the Board of Trustees voted to establish the School of Dental Medicine, which opened in 1972.〔 The School of Engineering originated as the Engineering Department of the School of Science and Technology and was elevated to School status in 1982.〔 Between September 9, 1993 and July 1, 1995 the Schools of Fine Arts, Humanities, Sciences, and Social Sciences and the University College merged to become the College of Arts and Sciences.〔 The newest of SIUE's schools, the School of Pharmacy, began classes in 2005. Growing rapidly and maturing, the school became increasingly independent of its parent school in Carbondale. In 1971, the SIU Board of Trustees made official the campus's name of Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville.〔Butler 1976, p. 39〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Southern Illinois University Edwardsville」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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