Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Susanne James, PhD, associate professor and graduate program director in the School of Education, Health and Human Behavior’s Department of Teaching and Learning, was presented the national Teaching with Technology Award this past month at the Focus on Teaching and Technology Conference in St. Louis. The award recognizes her use of…

SIHF Healthcare says pediatrician Rachel Han, M.D. has joined its team at 2166 Madison Ave., Granite City. “I strive in every way to understand my patients’ full needs as a whole person, not just their illness or concern at the time. I give them my full presence, my undivided attention and respect,” said Han. She…

Rick Lallish, program director of Water Pollution Control at the Environmental Resources Training Center at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, has been nominated by the Illinois Association of Water Pollution Control Operators for its Outstanding Operator of the Year award. Lallish is one of five nominees for the award to be presented during the IAWPCO’s annual…

Marino Engineering Associates Inc. of St. Louis has hired a geotechnical engineer Dr. Majid Talebi, P.E., and is planning a Southern Illinois presentation on mine subsidence. He oversees geotechnical analyses, designs, project budgets and schedules, and project specifications. Talebi comes to MEA from the University of Delaware, where he earned his Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engineering.…

FGM Architects has announced that Annalise Smith has joined the firm in its St. Louis office as a business development leader supporting FGM’s growing practice in Missouri. Prior to joining FGM, she spent two years in the AEC industry working on corporate interiors projects. She graduated from the University of Missouri with a Bachelor of…

ST. LOUIS — Gardner Capital has promoted Wakeel Rahman to development manager, Midwest Region. He will oversee all aspects of project development and due diligence from origination to close for Gardner Capital’s housing developments in the Midwest Region. Rahman served previously as senior development analyst with Gardner Capital’s Midwest development team for nearly two years,…

Amanda Payne has joined Horner & Shifrin as business development manager.She will support business development efforts for the company’s Water and GIS groups. Payne obtained her Bachelor of Science in Management (Marketing) from Webster University. She previously held business development and marketing roles at several A/E firms in the St. Louis area. She also acted…

EDWARDSVILLE — Ellsworth Insurance Agency recently hired Shelly Pruett as an insurance advisor. Prior to joining the company, Pruett served as an office manager and agent at an Illinois insurance agency. She previously worked as a sales manager at a management company, as well as in various managerial positions in the hospitality industry. Ellsworth Insurance…

EDWARDSVILLE – Jonathan Fowler, vice president of J.F. Electric in Edwardsville, served as chairman Thursday at the annual SIUE Day Breakfast, a fund-raiser for the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Foundation. Fowler spoke on his fond memories of the university and the value of his education there. Here is a video released in association with the…

Ron E. Foster of the Edwardsville law firm Walton Telken Foster has received the prestigious “AV preeminent recognition” of Martindale Hubbell, an honor only 5 percent of attorneys nationwide receive. This excellence rating recognizes Foster’s high ethical standards and exceptional legal abilities. “Recognition is always humbling but it’s especially so when it comes from my…

    Angie Zahn is the 2017-2018 president of the Shiloh-based Realtor Association of Southwestern Illinois.    Zahn is a Realtor and managing broker with Strano & Associates Real Estate in New Baden and has been a member of the Realtor Association for 27 years. She has served on the board of directors and its committees for…

    ALTON – Simmons Hanly Conroy shareholder Perry J. Browder served as co-chair of Perrin Conferences’ “Asbestos Litigation Conference: A National Overview & Outlook,” and firm shareholder James “Jim” M. Kramer participated in a mock trial at the event in September in San Francisco.    The conference featured numerous panels, presentations and demonstrations involving leaders in…

    Dr. Robert Garner has joined Memorial Medical Group and is now available to see patients.    Garner is an internal medicine physician with clinical interest in family care, pediatrics, operational medicine, sports injuries, and military medicine. He completed his medical education at Ohio University and his medical residency at Saint Louis University.    His office is…

    Angie Bertelsman, of Millstadt, has rejoined First Bank as a vice president, commercial loan officer in the Agricultural Lending Group. Her office is located at First Bank’s Red Bud branch, 1411 S. Main St.    Bertelsman, who served in a variety of capacities for First Bank from 2006 to 2012, will be responsible for portfolio…

    The Illinois Council of Health-System Pharmacists has presented its President’s Award to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Carrie Vogler, PharmD, clinical associate professor in the SIUE School of Pharmacy Department of Pharmacy Practice.     Vogler received the award at the council’s annual meeting in September in Oak Brook.    The President’s Award recognizes a member for…