SIU recognizes members for 2024 SIU System Collaboration Award

(ILLINOIS) – Four faculty members from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and Southern Illinois University Carbondale were awarded the Southern Illinois University System’s 2024 Faculty Collaboration Award at the SIU Board of Trustees meeting on Sept. 12.

“The SIU System Faculty Collaboration Award was created to highlight and encourage faculty collaboration across SIU campuses,” said SIU System President Dan Mahony. “We are fortunate to have so many intelligent, innovative leaders who are making progress at SIU with their collective expertise.”

Natasha Flowers (SIU Edwardsville) and Christie McIntyre (SIU Carbondale) were awarded for their work with the Illinois Tutoring Initiative.

Flowers and McIntyre have worked together on this state-funded project to offer thousands of tutoring sessions to students who may have fallen behind in recent years with COVID and remote learning in the Carbondale and Edwardsville communities.

The other SIU collaboration award winners are Mohtashim Shamsi (SIU Carbondale) and Mina Sumita (SIU Edwardsville).

Their work is focused on designing biomolecular probes that will detect genetic biomarkers. Biomarker tests can identify genetic changes you may have that increase your risk of cancer or other diseases.