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The Daily Egyptian
from The Daily Egyptian
Print Edition: September 23, 2020
SIU Board of Trustees approves tuition waivers for low-income students
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The SIU Board of Trustees met Thursday via Zoom and approved the SIU System Commitment plan to attract low-income students by fully covering their tuition.
In order to be eligible for the waiver, students need to come from a family with an annual income of $63,575 and have less than $50,000 in assets determined by FAFSA.
“A high priority of this board has been to provide higher education access to all, without regard to age, race, gender or economic status,” J. Phil Gilbert, chair of the SIU board of Trustees, said. “I think what we’re doing here as a system is going a long way in providing that access to everyone who wants a college education.”
These tuition waivers are designed to cover everything left after financial aid such as Pell grants and state grants, for all four years.
The grants cover mandatory fees and tuition, they do not cover other costs including housing, course costs, and textbooks.
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“Once they get need from all those other places, the institution will cover whatever’s remaining on their tuition and mandatory fees,” President of the SIU system, Dan Mahony said.
In order to be eligible for the tuition waivers, students must also be from Illinois, attend a high school in Illinois and apply before the priority deadline of March 1.
The SIU System Commitment will be offered to freshmen in fall 2021 at both the Edwardsville and Carbondale campuses.
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Staff reporter Danny Connolly can be reached at danieljconnolly17@gmail. com or on Twitter at @DConnollyTV
COVID-19 rules, restrictions impact local tattoo shops
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Guidelines and restrictions have been placed on businesses statewide and tattoo parlors are no exception, but local shops in Carbondale are taking different approaches to these rules.
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Staff reporter Madison Taylor can be reached at mtaylor@dailyegyptian.com or on Twitter at @taylorm08
Women for Change continues to help community amid pandemic
Volunteer, Scarlett, makes hand-picked flower bouquets from the Red Hen community garden in Carbondale, IL on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020. The Women for Change group hosts the Big Event each year to bring the community together and reap the benefits of having a local community garden.
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SIUC releases its Underrepresented Groups Report
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Staff reporter Danny Connolly can be reached at danieljconnolly17@gmail.com or on Twitter at @DConnollyTV.
61 SIU Carbondale students placed in quarantine or isolation on campus in August
Since Aug. 9, 110 students were placed in quarantine and 34 students were placed in isolation in SIU Housing, according to information obtained by the Daily Egyptian through a Freedom of Information Act request.
The Daily Egyptian previously reported 48 students were quarantined and 13 students were placed in isolation in the month of August, based on data from a previous FOIA request.
New data obtained indicates between Sept. 1 through 19, 62 students were placed in quarantine and 21 students were placed in isolation in university housing.
According to the CDC, people who have had close contact with someone with COVID-19 are placed in quarantine, while people who are sick or have tested positive for COVID-19 (with or without symptoms) are placed in isolation.
Since Aug. 9, 144 students have been placed in quarantine or isolation in SIU Housing, with 76% of them being in quarantine and 24% being in isolation.
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Managing Editor Rana Schenke can be reached at rschenke@ dailyegyptian.com
Saluki Unity sponsors a run / walk event for social injustices
Saluki Unity, a student-athlete led group, sponsored a Run/Walk event on Saturday, Sept. 19 at the Banterra Center at SIU to bring awareness to social injustices and systematic racism in the United States and helped raise money for the Boys and Girls Club of Southern Illinois.
Athletes from different sport teams at SIU came out to show their support.
Kyra Hunter, SIU volleyball player, walks among other student-athletes at SIU during the Run/Walk event put on by the Saluki Unity on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020 at SIU. Hunter wears a face mask with "I can't breathe," a phrase that is associated with the Black Lives Matter movement as it has been a phrase used by victims of police brutality. Hunt said, "I'm here to support the social injustices and everything is happening in this country. I'm here to show my support and be a voice for the community who don't have a voice." The Walk/Run event raised money for the Boys and Girls Club of Southern Illinois.
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