🌱 How will SIU’s new 2% tuition hike hit Carbondale freshmen?
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In today's newsletter:
- How will SIU’s new 2% tuition hike hit Carbondale freshmen?
- How one SIU Carbondale law professor is reshaping immigrant support locally.
Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: A p.m. t-storm in spots, with a high of 85 and low of 56 degrees.
- Saturday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, temps: high: 65, low: 41.
- Sunday: Breezy in the morning; sunny, with a high of 68 and low of 42 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• SIU Trustees approve a 2% tuition increase for incoming freshmen at SIU-Carbondale (wsiu.org) — Incoming freshmen at Southern Illinois University Carbondale this fall will face a 2% tuition increase, the first hike in eight years, approved Thursday by the SIU Board of Trustees meeting in Carbondale. Current students are unaffected thanks to Illinois’ Truth-in-Tuition law, and Chancellor Austin Lane says expanded scholarships aim to soften the impact while supporting campus operations. 
• SIU's 2026 Sturgis Award recipient strives to make the world a better place (siu.edu) — An SIU Carbondale law professor, Cindy Buys, has received the 2026 Lindell W. Sturgis Memorial Public Service Award for her extensive community work in Southern Illinois, including refugee resettlement and immigrant rights. Her efforts with groups like Carbondale Area Interfaith Refugee Support and local churches highlight how campus and community collaborate to welcome newcomers and mentor future lawyers.
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- Just got back from vacay and have to give aHUGE shout out about Flamms Family Pet sitters in Anna..
I have a large unruly red 1 yr old who just spent a week with them...in their home with a fenced in yard and evidently had a lot of fun!!!!No… (Nextdoor Carbondale)
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- Deaconess Illinois to unveil first-in-the-nation 3T MRI technology in Marion (wsiltv.com)
- Signing Day at Marion High School (wsiltv.com)
- Honeysuckle Holler Boutique announces grand opening in Marion (wsiltv.com)
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