Jim Grzesik of St. Louis has joined Knoebel Construction as preconstruction manager. He is responsible for reviewing plans and specifications of projects in order to provide optimal bids in a competitive industry while maintaining client goals identified throughout the bidding process. Grzesik has over five years of construction industry experience. He holds a Master of…

Researchers, parents and practitioners may soon be privy to interesting and revealing data related to tween television programming, specifically its portrayals of gender and race. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Ashton Speno, PhD, assistant professor in the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Mass Communications, has earned the SIUE Graduate School’s 2021-22 Vaughnie Lindsay New…

First Mid Bancshares Inc. says the 2020 Chairman’s Award for Excellence has been awarded to Joni Picklesimer, mortgage loan operations manager of the Edwardsville Goshen banking center located at 6814 Goshen Road. In the past year, Picklesimer has consistently demonstrated First Mid’s core values in her everyday work and has made exceptional contributions to the…

From left, Lincoln Shenje, an interventional cardiologist, Rebecca Riepshoff, a physician assistant, and Frederick Ochieng’, a cardiologist. More than 40 years ago, Prairie Cardiovascular was established with a vision to extend access to world-class care throughout rural Illinois. Since then, Prairie has grown to include more than 70 cardiologists and 50 advanced practice providers who…

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Denise Cobb has announced that Lydia Jackson will serve as an assistant to the provost for library and community engagement and an associate dean in Library and Information Services. In this split appointment, Jackson will focus 60 percent of her efforts as an assistant…