People In Business

RE/MAX Alliance Realtor Tara Riggs has recently received recognition at both the national and local levels. Riggs was named to the 2022 RealTrends ‘America’s Best Real Estate Professionals’ list and RE/MAX Torchbearer Top 40 Agents Under 40 for the second consecutive year. The ‘America’s Best Real Estate Professionals’ nationwide ranking is based on performance in…

Bitrode Corporation, a leader in the manufacturing of battery testing equipment has been acquired by the Schuler Group a world leader in metalforming. A company spokesperson further noted that Bitrode currently employs 78 people at their Green Park Industrial Drive facility in St. Louis and works closely with the engineering program at Southern Illinois University…

Two recent Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine (SIU SDM) graduates Tara Habibi, of Springfield, and Priya Sapra Kullar, of India, have made history as the first to receive a Specialty Certificate in Endodontics from the SIU SDM. The program, introduced in 2020, offers students an advanced educational curriculum and a clinical residency regimen…

by TIM CROSBY SIU Carbondale Sustainability is for everyone, and a Southern Illinois University Carbondale research team is creating a scholarship program aimed at bringing that mindset together with science and engineering training to target low-income transfer students who will become the next generation of geoscientists. Led by Ruopu Li, associate professor in the School…

Consistency, determination and striving to achieve are some of the attributes that make one a serial winner. Such is the story of Cristian Rodrigo Tolava Torrico, a second-year graduate student in the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering (SOE) Department of Civil Engineering. Tolava has been awarded the American Concrete Institute (ACI) Foundation Scholarship’s…

Evan Smith, Master of Fine Arts (MFA) candidate at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, was past the age of 20 when he took keen interest in drawings and paintings. But years later, with more training in conceptual art at SIUE, Smith’s recent project, Guise, has attracted the attention of the International Sculpture Center (ISC), which selected…

Bank of Monroe County in Waterloo, Ill., a division of Bank of Belleville, has announced the hiring of its newest management team member, Diane Sinn, as Vice President. Sinn comes to Bank of Monroe Country with 26 years of banking experience including roles as branch manager and business development officer with a strong focus on…

Armstrong Teasdale has announced that over 130 of the firm’s lawyers are listed among The Best Lawyers in America® and Ones to Watch – 2023 edition. The lawyers were ranked across more than 50 practice areas and a dozen jurisdictions including Edwardsville, Ill.;  St. Louis, Jefferson City, Kansas City, Mo.; Boston, Mass.; Miami, Fla.; Denver,…

John and Connie Cavaletto of Salem, Ill., recently donated $5,000 to the Michele Cavaletto Memorial Scholarship at Kaskaskia College. “I’m an alumna of Kaskaskia College and so is Michele’s daughter Rachel,” said Connie Cavaletto. “We are proud to present this donation to the scholarship on behalf of Michele’s granddaughter Harlann Michele.” This scholarship was established…

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Chancellor James T. Minor, Ph.D., has announced the appointment of Derrick Brown as Interim Director of Athletics following the departure of Tim Hall. Brown assumed the senior leadership position, effective Sunday, Aug. 14. Brown is the second-longest tenured head coach at SIUE, now entering his 14th season guiding the SIUE Cougars…