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Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

Southern Illinois University Carbondale
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Former name
Southern Illinois Normal University
Motto Deo Volente
("God willing")
Type PublicFlagship
Established 1869
Endowment $117,774,359 (2016)
President Randy Dunn
Students 15,987 (Fall 2016)
Undergraduates 12,182 (Fall 2016)
Postgraduates 3,805 (Fall 2016)
Location Carbondale, Illinois, U.S.
Campus Rural,
1,133 acres (459 ha)
Colors Maroon and White
         
Nickname Salukis
Mascot Saluki
Sporting affiliations
Division I FCS Missouri Valley Conference
Website www.siu.edu
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Intercollegiate athletics
Men's Teams
Baseball
Basketball
Cross Country
Football
Golf
Swimming
Tennis
Track
Women's Teams
Basketball
Cross Country
Golf
Soccer
Softball
Tennis
Track
Volleyball

Southern Illinois University is a public research university located in Carbondale, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1869, SIU is the flagship campus of the Southern Illinois University system. The university is known as SIU Carbondale, but colloquially as SIU or Southern.

The University is categorized as an RU/H Research University (high research activity) in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. SIU is recognized in the U.S. News & World Report rankings as a "National University," that is, a university which grants a variety of doctoral degrees and strongly emphasizes research; SIU's ranking in the 2017 US News ratings is No. 214. Additionally, the National Science Foundation ranks SIU No. 171 among public universities in the U.S. for total research and development expenditures, and No. 107 among earned doctorates. SIU enrolls students from all 50 states and more than 100 countries. The University offers 192 undergraduate, 80 master’s and 32 doctoral programs in addition to professional degrees in law and medicine.

An Act of the Twenty-sixth General Assembly of Illinois, approved March 9, 1869, created Southern Illinois Normal College, the second state-supported normal school in Illinois. Carbondale held the ceremony of cornerstone laying, May 17, 1870. It began with twelve academic departments and an initial class of 1,143.

The university continued primarily as a teacher's college until Delyte W. Morris took office as president of the university in 1948. Morris was SIU's longest-serving president (1948–1970). During his presidency, Morris transformed SIU, adding Colleges of Law, Medicine and Dentistry. Since World War II, higher education has been emphasized as a goal for more students. Southern Illinois University grew rapidly in size from 3,500 to over 24,800 students between 1950 and 1991.

In 1957, a second campus of SIU was established at Edwardsville. This school, now known as Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, is an independent university within the SIU system.


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