Podcasts by Saluki Stories: Oral Histories from SIU

Joe Eddy Brown, 1970, School of Design graduate from 2023-10-05T18:58:16

Joe Eddy Brown is a 1970, SIU School of Design graduate. He attended SIU during the days when Buckminster Fuller was here. He was friends with Buzz Spector and is the creator of the Rayfield Whi...

Buzz Spector, BA 1972 Art from 2023-09-15T18:49:02

Buzz Spector is an acclaimed artist, educator, and critical writer. He has had shows in galleries and museums including the Art Institute of Chicago, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Corcor...

Dr. Crystal Kuykendall, 1970 Graduate, Part 2 from 2023-09-07T10:33:38

Crystal Kuykendall grew up on the south-side of Chicago, the first in her family to go to college. While at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, she found her strength and motivation to beco...

Crystal Kuykendall, 1970 graduate. Educator, Lawyer, Minister, and so much more. from 2023-09-01T10:28:57

Crystal Kuykendall grew up on the south-side of Chicago, the first in her family to go to college. While at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, she found her strength and motivation to beco...

Jimmy Wright Redux, Episode 2 from 2023-08-21T00:38:56

On Friday August 25 at 6pm in the University Museum Auditorium, Jimmy will be giving a talk at the reception for Trajectory the artwork of Jimmy Wright and Arch Connelly. The sh...

Jimmy Wright Redux. Episode 1 from 2023-08-21T00:25:58

On Friday August 25 at 6pm in the University Museum Auditorium, Jimmy will be giving a talk at the reception for Trajectory the artwork of Jimmy Wright and Arch Connelly. The sh...

Special Video Episode - Digital Narrative Showcase from 2023-04-24T02:14:31

Digital Narratives are born in Morris Library in the Digital Xpressions Lab. Students and faculty are building new ways to tell stories, present scholarship, design games, and explore their curi...

Michael Batinski Part 2 - Redux from 2023-04-13T05:05:43

SIU emeritus History Professor Michael Batinski is back in town talking about the forgotten stories of Jackson County, Illinois. His book, Forgetting and the Forgotten A Thousand Years of Contes...

Michael Batinski Part 1 - Redux from 2023-04-13T04:59:56

SIU emeritus History Professor Michael Batinski is back in town talking about the forgotten stories of Jackson County, Illinois. His book, Forgetting and the Forgotten A Thousand Years of Contes...

Day of Giving Special Collections Research Center - Morris Library from 2023-03-24T12:46:48

The Special Collections Research Center is a key contact point for Morris Library, a place where we engage with surrounding communities and scholars from around the world. We preserve the univer...

Day of Giving - SIU Press from 2023-03-16T13:51:16

The SIU Day of Giving has provided funds that helped the SIU Press embark on innovative ways to bring their books to readers. The Press and WSIU created Blanket Fort Radio Theater with creative ...

Raf Frumkin talks about his new novel, Confidence from 2023-03-10T01:53:22

Raf Frumkin, assistant professor at Southern Illinois University in creative writing talks about his his new novel, Confidence, published March 7, 2023 by Simon & Schuster.  Make sure t...

Day of Giving Tuesday March 28 from 2023-03-02T23:09:33

#SIUDAY The SIUC Day of Giving is coming up on Tuesday March 28, 2023. Please support Library Affairs with your investment in Morris Library, the Special Collections Research Center, the SIU Pre...

Jeffery Leving, 1974 graduate with an SIUC Radio and Television degree. from 2023-02-11T18:27:06

Jeffery Leving is a successful family practice lawyer in Chicago. He focuses in keeping fathers in the lives of their children, even after a divorce. He was part of the team ensured Elian Gonzal...

Vera (Graddy) Vasudevan, 1958 History/Education from 2022-12-19T21:14:19

Vera Graddy, graduated from SIUC with a degree in History with a concentration in Library Science in 1958. Her SIUC degree took her to teaching positions around the world. We learn about the tim...

Tammera Holmes, 2000 graduate, SIU School of Aviation from 2022-11-10T16:49:10

Tammera Holmes is the founder, president, and CEO of Aerostar Avion Institute an aviation, education, and training organization with the mission of recruiting more students of color into careers...

Enjoli Johnson-Figueroa, 2005 Grad, Dental Hygiene from 2022-11-03T16:39:05

Enjoli came to SIU as a non-traditional student in 1999. She struggled at first but quickly learned that there were people at SIU who cared and wanted her to succeed.  She is a Senior regio...

Tommie Van - 1986, SIU -College of Agricultural, Life and Physical Sciences, BS Plant and Soil Sciences from 2022-10-27T13:02:15

Tommie Van graduated from SIUC in 1986 and immediately went to work for the USDA where he had an internship as an undergraduate. He soon realized that his talent was in working with people not d...

Cheryl Russell - 1987 Graduate, BA History/Education from 2022-10-20T09:38:17

Cheryl Russell grew up in the small village of Tamms, Illinois and took music lessons in Carbondale before enrolling at SIUC. Cheryl fondly remembers band director Mike Hanes and others who serv...

Robert Murphy - Part 2 from 2022-10-13T12:25:44

Robert Murphy tells his story about his career as an infectious disease researcher and international medicine.

#HIV, #John Philip Phair Professor of Infectious Diseases. #GlobalHealth, #L...

Robert L. Murphy, BA Geography, 1974 from 2022-10-07T02:29:38

Robert (Rob) Murphy came to SIUC to study aviation. He graduated in 1974 with a BA in Geography and went on to become an MD specializing in infectious diseases at Northwestern University. He is ...

D. Gorton - Part 2 from 2022-09-29T17:02:51

D. Gorton talks about how he became a photographer at the New York Times. While working there he was assigned to Daniel Moynihan, Bella Abzug, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan. More recently he h...

D. Gorton - Social Justice Activist & Photographer from 2022-09-22T12:47:29

D. Gorton, Carbondale native, grew up in the segregated Mississippi Delta town of Greenville, Mississippi. He talks about his life in that environment and his journey to his life as a social jus...

Edna Patterson-Petty - Artist from 2022-09-15T11:38:37

In this episode Edna Patterson-Petty speaks about her growth as an artist and her relationship with the art of Senegal.

Reginald Petty and Edna Paterson-Petty talk about life. from 2022-09-08T12:47:20

Today we speak with Reginald Petty and Edna Paterson-Petty about how they met, collecting African Art, and their hopes for East St. Louis.

Reginald Petty - BA Sociology, 1956 & MA Education, 1966 from 2022-09-02T00:50:24

This episode was recorded at the Petty home in East St. Louis during the spring of 2022. Mr. Petty relates how Dick Gregory convinced him to come to SIUC. His story provides a window to race rel...

Richard Hunt Redux Part 2 from 2022-05-20T15:12:05

This is a repeat of our interview with sculptor, Richard Hunt that aired August 11, 2021. Richard Hunt received an Honorary Degree in Public Arts from SIUC on Saturday, May, 7 at the spring comm...

Richard Hunt Redux from 2022-05-12T05:13:35

On Saturday, May 7, SIUC awarded Richard Hunt an Honorary Doctorate in Public Art at the spring commencement. We are revisiting the August, 2021 episode to allow more people to hear from this in...

Scott Furtwengler - 1988 BA, English & 1995 MA, English from 2022-05-05T12:14:25

Scott Furtwengler talks about his time in Carbondale where he worked in Morris Library, the people who influenced his life, and his part in the music scene in Carbondale during the 80s and 90s.

Jimmy Wright - MFA 1971, Part 2 from 2022-04-28T10:54:19

Jimmy Wright talks about life after SIU. In this episode we hear about Jimmy's life in New York City, Jean-Michel Basquiat, his series of drawings of gay life before AIDS, Gay art, and how he be...

Jimmy Wright - MFA 1971 from 2022-04-21T12:01:38

Jimmy came to SIU after a BFA from the School of the Art Institute. He had just completed a world tour fellowship from the School of the Art Institute. He focused on an MFA in bronze sculpture a...

Amelia Blakely, 2020 graduate with dual degrees in Journalism and Philosophy from 2022-04-14T11:42:42

Amelia Blakely, a Pulitzer Center Fellow, credits her degree in Philosophy as the inspiration behind her investigative reporting. She spent her final semester in isolation because of the Covid 1...

Richard C. Lindberg - Author of Tales of Forgotten Chicago from 2022-04-07T06:00

In Tales of Forgotten Chicago, Richard Lindberg shines light on the many small folklore and big stories that make up the rich tapestry that is Chicago. In every engaging chapter gives new insigh...

H.B. Koplowitz - 1977 Journalism degree. Author of Carbondale After Dark from 2022-03-17T13:20:23

H. B. Koplowitz talks about growing up in Carbondale, working at the Daily Egyptian, Morris Library, and his career in journalism.

He is the author of the iconic history of Ca...

Dr. Michael Batinski, SIU History Professor Emeritus: author of Forgetting and the Forgotten: A Thousand Years of Contested Histories in the Heartland from 2022-03-03T14:43:16

Dr. Batinski discusses his new book Forgetting and the Forgotten: A Thousand Years of Contested Histories in the Heartland. It is a history of Jackson County Illinois, published by the SIU Pres...

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Dr. Michael Batinski, SIU History Professor, author. Forgetting and the Forgotten A Thousand Years of Contested Histories in the Heartland. Published by the SIU Press from 2022-02-24T13:55:02

Dr. Batinski speaks about his time at SIU and his book, Forgetting and the Forgotten: A Thousand Years of Contested Histories in the Heartland. His book is available at your local books...

Special Black History Month - Return to General Larry O. Spencer from 2022-02-17T14:11:07

Today we return to the Story of retired Air Force Four Star General, Larry O. Spencer. General Spencer has such an inspirational Saluki Story, we decided to revisit our conversation last Novembe...

Keith Davis - 1974 Graduate of SIUC with a degree in Cinema and Photography with a minor in Psychology. from 2022-02-10T12:42:02

Keith Davis talks about his time at SIUC as a Cinema and Photography major. He credits the faculty in C&P having a major influence on his career that lead to his role as chief curator of pho...

Jarrin Williams, 1994 graduate with a degree in Mass Communications from 2022-02-03T07:00

Jarrin is a 1994 Graduate of SIUC with a Degree in Mass Communications. He was the Missouri Valley Conference 400 meter hurdles champion in both 1991 (52.83) and 1992 (51.96). ...

Kathryn Harris 1969 graduate in French. Part 2 from 2022-01-27T07:00

In this episode Kathryn Harris speaks about how she became a librarian and how that decision culminated in her position as Library Services Director at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library a...

Kathryn Harris 1969 graduate in French from 2022-01-20T19:08:06

Kathryn Harris, retired Director of Library Services at the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum speaks about her life and family growing up in Carbondale. She also tells me how her experience as ...

Greg Nejmanowski - Dual Degree Saluki from 2022-01-13T13:13:19

Greg graduated in 2008 with a BS in Zoology and a 2019 masters degree in Outdoor Recreation and Resource Management. He discusses his mentors at Touch of Nature, Eric Oberg and Steve Garipy. His...

Robert Hartley - Author of Death Underground: The Centralia and West Frankfort Mine Disasters from 2021-12-09T07:00

Robert Hartley co-authored Death Underground with David Kenney, published by the Southern Illinois University Press in 2006. We speak with him this week because December 22 will be the 70th anni...

Steven Dew - 2017 Video Production & Financial Economics. from 2021-12-03T02:11:02

Steven Dew was the Lincoln Academy Laureate from SIU while an undergraduate. He talks about his Honors Program classes and the faculty who made an impact on his life. The faculty he mentions are...

Jeremy Finley - 1995, Radio & Television, Part 2 from 2021-11-18T07:00

Jeremy Finley talks about his career as an investigative reporter for WSMV in Nashville, TN. He has gone undercover to document corruption and traveled the world to report his stories.

Jeremy Finley - 1995, Radio & Television from 2021-11-11T19:04:14

Jeremy is the Chief Investigative Reporter for WSMV TV in Nashville, TN. He has received a National Edward 4 Murrow award for investigative reporting and a National Emmy nomination for investiga...

General Larry O. Spencer - 1979, Engineering from 2021-11-04T12:03:20

General Larry O. Spencer completed his SIUC undergraduate degree in Industrial Technology without ever stepping on the Carbondale campus. He took his classes on one of the many military bases se...

Juana Duran Charicata, 2015 Art Education from 2021-10-28T13:46:20

Juana and her family immigrated from Cheran, Michoaca, Mexico in 1995. They settled in Cobden, IL where they found work in the many apple orchards. They also found a growing community made up of...

Todd Doughty 1995 graduate. Theater major, English Minor. from 2021-10-21T10:51:26

Todd talks about his time at SIU and how he and his roommate loaded up a trailer and, the day after graduation, headed for fame and fortune in New York City. The fame and fortune was not as plan...

Michael Tow, History/Education 2004 and 2014 History MA from 2021-10-14T16:08:07

Michael Tow grew up in Jackson County. While in high school he received a prestigious Horatio Alger scholarship that allowed him to attend John A. Logan College before transferring to SIUC. His ...

Shawn Clankie, 1990 part 2 from 2021-10-07T13:25:14

In this episode Shawn talks about his life on campus as well as his career and life in Japan. His early influence came from another Saluki, Bill Barth, the long-time editor for the Beloit Daily ...

Shawn Clankie, 1990 College of Liberal Arts Graduate, French Major from 2021-09-23T15:12:57

Shawn Clankie, talks about his life, studying at SIU, and how he came to live and teach in Japan. He started his undergraduate studies as a photography major then switched to French. Shawn had a...

Brian Munoz, 2019 Graduate in Journalism/Photojournalism from 2021-09-09T15:00:11

Brian talks abut the friends he made in the SIU Marching Band, being Editor and Chief of the Daily Egyptian, and his career post-graduation.

Richard Hunt: American Sculptor, Illinois Treasure, Part 2 from 2021-08-12T04:26:58

This is the second part of my interview with renown sculptor, Richard Hunt in his studio in Chicago. We talk about books in the works that catalog his life's work and tell his personal story. He...

Richard Hunt - American Sculptor, Illinois Treasure. from 2021-08-05T06:00

Saluki Stories continues our summer wanderings off the path of pure alumni interviews. Don't worry we will be back on track beginning fall semester with Season 3. But summers are for fun. This w...

Special Summer Episode from 2021-06-10T04:21:54

In this special episode we speak with E. Faye Williams author of Dick Gregory, Wake up and Stay Woke: Running for Life. Listen

End of Semester Blues from 2021-04-22T02:26:46

As this spring semester winds down the Saluki Stories team needs to put school work first.

Jerry Gelsomino, 1974 Self-Developed Major from 2021-04-14T21:02:26

Today we’re talking to Jerry Gelsomino 1974 Art and Design Graduate.

Jerry worked as an RA and as a lighting technician in broadcasting during his time on campus. The majority of his cour...

Joe Wilkins part 2 from 2021-03-31T19:09:07

Today we’re following up with Part 2 of Joe Wilkins episode. In this episode, we will be focused on Joe’s travels post-graduation and into retirement. Joe was a member of ROTC during his tim...