People In Business

Srinivasarao Yaganti, M.D., a board-certified internal medicine physician and hospitalist with BJC Medical Group received the Matthew B. Eisele, M.D. Physician Excellence Award on March 30, during Memorial Hospital’s Doctor’s Day Recognition. This award was established in 2007 to recognize a physician on Memorial’s Medical Staff who exemplifies dedication to medicine, delivery of quality care…

The SIUE School of Business celebrated academic achievement and expressed appreciation for donor support at its annual Scholarships and Awards Program held recently in the Morris University Center Meridian Ballroom. Scholarship awards of over $340,000 were presented to more than 130 students in honor of their meritorious work and commitment to academic excellence. Recipients are…

BAM Marketing Agency is the recipient of 10 prestigious awards at the 52nd Creativity International Awards. The 10 submissions awarded were a part of “Watch Me,” an integrated multimedia patient acquisition campaign BAM Marketing Agency created for their client, Shriners Children’s. The annual advertising competition draws thousands of entries from agencies around the world, representing…

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s John Matta, PhD, has earned the SIUE Graduate School’s 2022-23 Vaughnie Lindsay New Investigator Award in support of his innovative research on equity and inclusion in computer science. Matta is an assistant professor in the School of Engineering (SOE) Department of Computer Science. His scholarly interests focus on complex networks, machine…

Travis Schwartz, project manager, and Jordan Grant, senior project engineer at IMPACT Strategies in Fairview Heights have recently completed in-depth continuing education courses to further their construction knowledge and enhance IMPACT’s client services. Travis Schwartz (right) completed the Project Manager Academy through Fails Management Institute in Raleigh, N.C., in February. The four-day intensive training focused…

By ANTHONY JONES Making your debut in a sport in a venue with over 168,000 seats may sound like a nightmare to some — but that’s exactly what Triad High School graduate John McGee did earlier this year as part of a NASCAR pit crew at Daytona Speedway. Long before he found himself changing tires…

Brian Hahn of St. Charles, Mo., has joined Wiegmann Associates as a project engineer. He is responsible for designing and engineering energy-efficient, cost-effective and high-performing HVAC systems for Wiegmann Associates projects. He will perform heating and cooling loads for HVAC systems, select appropriate HVAC equipment and use 3D modeling software to generate design and construction…

HSHS Medical Group cut the ribbon this month at a Chamber Business After Hours event to celebrate their new location for Orthopedic and Sports Medicine. Physicians and providers at the practice include Richard Derby, MD, sports medicine; Travis Junge, MD, orthopedic surgery; Andres Lerner, MD, hand surgery; Kevin McCarthy, MD, orthopedic surgery; Donald Weimer, MD,…

Kaskaskia College English Professor Josh Woods has been awarded an Individual Artist Support Grant by the Illinois Arts Council Agency. The grant is intended to help Woods further develop his novel, “The Black Palace,” both as a marketed book and as a potential adaptation into a series. “A grant award from the IACA is a…

Centerstone, a national leader in behavioral health care, will rename its Marion (Ill.) Halfway House to Recovery Transitional Housing effective April 1. The new name reflects services provided at the facility, including the planned expansion of services to include recovery homes for woman and children later this year. For more than 40 years, Centerstone has…