People In Business

Holland Construction Services has hired John Gillespie as its newest project director. Gillespie will primarily focus on Holland’s healthcare-related projects. He joins Holland with more than 28 years of experience working on a variety of projects, including several major medical facilities. Gillespie will bring his short and long-term strategic thinking skills to Holland’s project management…

Holland Construction Services has begun construction on Keystone Place at Magnolia Commons, a new senior living community in Glen Carbon. The 180,000-square-foot project will be located at 245 Magnolia Ave., just off Illinois Route 157 in an area known for its medical, senior living, and professional service facilities. “We are excited to offer a new…

R.L.P. Development has announced plans to break ground on a 188-room hotel property in Edwardsville. The dual-brand Home2Suites and Hilton Garden Inn will be conveniently located near the SIUE (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville) campus at the northeast corner of Illinois Route 157 and Governors’ Parkway. The property will feature an additional outparcel development offering commercial…

TheOther40 business plan competition gives Southern Illinois University Edwardsville students real-world experience to develop business plans, pitch business ideas, and learn what it takes to launch a new business. The SIUE School of Business and Entrepreneurs’ Club hosted its 12th competition in 2022, which concluded on April 21. Eight finalists competed for $10,000 in prize…

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Graduate School has presented its 2022-24 Hoppe Research Professor Award to Elizabeth McKenney, PhD, associate professor in the School of Education, Health and Human Behavior’s Department of Psychology. Her research project entitled, “Advocating for socially just multi-tiered systems of support: School psychologists’ skills and needs,” will advance school psychologists’ understanding…

The Illinois Metropolitan Investment Fund Board has again selected Madison County Treasurer Chris Slusser to serve as a trustee as well as named him one of its newest officers. “It’s an honor to continue to serve on the IMET Board as well as be selected by my peers as the board’s Secretary,” Slusser said. IMET…

Educators continued to battle the distraction of cellphones in the classroom, but one teacher may have a system to help. Bill Henricks, a teacher in the Granite City School District, has developed a solution to help maintain the privacy of the student but cut back on the distraction they bring to the learning process. Henricks…

OSF HealthCare Saint Anthony’s Health Center and OSF Medical Group have expanded office hours at all three primary care offices in the River Bend area. The move helps accommodate busy schedules of its patients, the hospital said. The OSF Medical Group – Primary Care office in Alton is located at 2 Saint Anthony’s Way. PCPs…

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is partnering with U.S. Bank to bring banking services to the campus community via an on-campus branch located in the Morris University Center. The U.S. Bank digital first advisory center is slated to open around July 1, 2022. It will include a customer engagement zone where bankers will provide one-on-one consultative…

Edwardsville-based R.P. Lumber Co. Inc. has opened a new location in Mount Vernon, Mo. This is the family-owned hardware and building materials retailer’s 83rd location and its 17th in Missouri. R.P. Lumber opened its first location in Staunton in 1977, the company has continued to grow throughout the states of Illinois, Missouri, Wyoming, Iowa, and…