Students

Originally a mechanical engineering major, Adriane Matkovich earned her associates in science but decided not to pursue engineering further.  Instead, waited to continue her education and went to work.  She also traveled, visiting Guatemala, Portugal, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Kenya.

After living and doing international aid work in Africa for two years, she decided to return to school to study photojournalism. She graduate from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in May.

These image links will take you to my profile pages. Hope to see you there!!!

Hello my name is Alejandro Gonzalez. I was born in Houston and raised in Chicago in the southwest side neighborhood, Pilsen.

I am a senior in journalism and I would like to work for a news publication after graduation.

Ben is an undergraduate at SIUC studying journalism due to graduate in 2011.  Ben has been writing for himself for years, but he is otherwise unpublished. Ben is an avid rock climber, and outdoor enthusiast.  His project this semester surrounds one the greatest sets of bouldering problems that southern Illinois has to offer, The Standard.

Bouldering is simply climbing without the ropes, or the height. Climbers find problems in the rock face, set a goal, and learn the moves it takes to "top-out" a problem.  It takes practice and repetition to form the muscle memory it takes to dial in and stick each hold.

Located in Giant City, many local climbers frequent this tough piece of rock multiple times a week.  Some have been coming to the rock for years, and can do every problem on the face with awe inspiring ease.

The Standard can be found in Giant City's "Devil's Standtable" hiking trail.  Look for this sign that marks the trail.    Just go left at the beginning where the path forks and you walk right under the roof of the infamous "Standard".

Conquering The Standard with Connor Sullivan, Mike Justich, Charlie Foxx, Bacon, and the dogs.

For more stuff on bouldering, check out http://www.soillbouldering.com/ These guys wrote the book on Southern Illinois climbing. Literally. The book is called Sandstone Warrior written by Matt Bliss, it provides directions to 12 great spots, including The Standard, and depicts routes and gives advice for these beautiful rocks.

Casey Levan is a senior from the St. Louis area studying music theater and digital communication, graduating in May 2010. After graduation, Casey plans to move to Chicago to pursue a job as a graphic designer while singing and dancing on the side.  She designed the logo you see at the top of this site.

You can find more of my work here.

♥My name is Crystal Rivera.  I am a junior studying Photo-Journalism. I want to be a sports photographer, football in-particular, and eventually be a crime scene investigator.  I have a passion for taking pictures and trying out new things.  I love to travel and capture every moment with a camera!

I love listening to music take a look at what I'm listening to on my ♫ iPod Touch!

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Jim Bowe is a junior at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Jim got into journalism when he was completing his associates degree at Waubonsee Community College in fall 2008. After completing his degree, Jim transferred to SIU where he is majoring in journalism news editorial.

Jim currently works for the schools paper, the Daily Egyptian where he covers SIU men and woman's tennis as well reports for the Saluki Insider. Jim's ultimate goal would be reporting for a professional sports team in some aspect. In his free time, Jim likes to play baseball, watch all kinds of sports and enjoys spending time with friends.

Jim needs a test H2 so we can ipod this.

Lita Wilson has been in journalism all her life.  Coming from a family of journalists, Lita knew she wanted to be a writer.  She began writing poetry and short stories when she was 13 years old, and took her first journalism course in January 2006.  She graduated from high school with honors and attended Shawnee Community College for a year before transferring to Southern Illinois University Carbondale.  At SCC, Lita wrote, designed and edited The Tempo, the student-run newspaper.  Lita transferred to SIU in 2007 and began working at the Daily Egyptian as a copy editor.  She now works as the assistant voices editor in addition to her copy editing duties.  Upon graduation in May, Lita hopes to work as a copy editor and page designer near Effingham, and eventually hopes to work up to being a copy editor and page designer for a larger newspaper.

Melanie earned an Associate in Arts degree at John A. Logan college, dabbling in everything from art to political science. During her first semester at SIUC she found herself drawn to the field of journalism, more specifically web related journalism and advertising.

In her spare time she enjoys spending time with friends, playing on the internet and obsessing over any number of things. As far as hobbies go she loves gardening and working on things. She is a gear head wanna-be with fantasies of home remodeling and muscle cars.

Currently, she is a senior majoring in digital communications and new media. In the future she hopes to work producing media for the web that incorporates her high interest in entertainment, webTV and LGBT issues.

Originally from Oak Park, Rachel Thomas is a journalism senior about to graduate from the journalism program at Southern Illinois University. She is great at working with people and analyzing situations. Rachel is a great team player and is very creative.

Ray Sitkowski is a Senior graduating in May  2010.  His hometown is Plainfield, IL which is a  southwest suburb of Chicago.  Ray's passion for  journalism came about in 2008 upon enrolling in his first journalism class  at SIU. From there,  Ray has taken a special interests in sports writing and hopes to one day pursue a career as  a sports journalist.  In his spare time, Ray enjoys participating in numerous outdoor activities that  include biking, hiking, fishing and playing  sports.

I'm a journalism student specializing in new media technology. I'm a jazzy, non-traditional student.

I'm a mother and an entreprenuer by by heart.

Hopefully, I'll one day graduate from this place! :-) For all of you who know me, please remind me to post to my blog often. Peace be with you all!!!

The Feed My Sheep video was first produced as a class assignment. But now there is a passion behind video. It is slowly becoming a movement. It is a movement to awaken more of the people in the Carbondale, IL community to the need for more funding of the this program.

On average, the program serves more than one hundred needy people Monday through Friday every week. Sometimes the food is plenty. But more often than not, is there a need to supply enough food for the average amount of people served each week.

I enjoyed making this video. It gave me a chance to meet the caring people who donate their valuable time to help to others. Not only did I enjoy meeting the people on the inside of the program who make it work, but I enjoyed meeting the people who apreciate what the program does for the community.

This link is taken from Youtube.com. It has come to be one of my favorite songs. I not only want you to enjoy it, but I hope it inspires!