Southern’s Unsung Hero: Eric Green
Monica Zielinski – Managing Editor After being caught playing the drums after the local drum corps practice, rather than being told to get off, the founder asked Eric Green if he wanted to play.
Southern’s Unsung Hero: Janet Sanford
Monica Zielinski – Managing Editor To outsiders, Jennings Hall room 120 seemingly doesn’t exist. A hallway sign indicates the room is beyond the external door which leads outside to the loading dock. Tucked
Southern’s Unsung Hero: Eric Triffin
Taylor Richards – Copy Editor Public Health professor Eric Triffin from Bethany tells everyone that for being a vegan, he’s quite a ham. Triffin was born in Paris and has travelled the world, but
Unsung Hero: Earnest Arroyo
Melissa Nunez – Opinions and Features Editor In the bustling cafeteria at Conn Hall, hungry students line up between their classes to fuel up for the day—behind the counter is Executive Chef,
Humans of SCSU: Anna Plasky
Melissa Nunez – Opinions and Features Editor A keen third grade girl comes to Southern with her older sister and sits with a DVD player watching movies, her sister listens to her professor
Unsung Hero: Andrew Smyth
Adrianna Rochester – General Assignment Reporter English professor, Andrew Smyth teaches secondary English education where he specializes in grammar, linguistics, writing and fieldwork supervision. Smyth’s main goal in the secondary English program is
Unsung Hero: Michelle Johnston
Melissa Nuñez – Opinions and Features Editor Michelle Johnston, director of alumni relations, said before her start at Southern ten years ago, oftentimes students and the alumni office would not cross paths,
Unsung Hero: Jonathan Wharton
Maya Obeid – Special to the Southern News Jonathan Wharton has been a political science and urban affairs professor at Southern for the last three years. He specializes in state and local
Unsung Hero: Atara Grant
Alex Palmieri – News Writer Walking to a shuttle to give their legs a break, students are joyful and happy to see Atara Grant, a SCSU shuttle driver. Grant said there are
Unsung Hero: Emmett Dennis
Maya Obeid – Special to the Southern News Mathematics professor, Emmett Dennis, has been teaching for 40 years, and has been working at Southern for 16 years. Teaching, he said, is “my passion,
Southern’s Unsung Hero: Kim Wilk
Melissa Nuñez – Opinions & Features Editor Kim Wilk, Hilton C. Buley Library’s reserve circulation supervisor, said she started working in the Registrar’s office 31 years ago. Before the ease of helping students online
Southern’s Unsung Hero: Cindy Stretch
Melissa Nunez – General Assignment Reporter A year after grad school Cindy Stretch, Ph.D., English professor, said she found a job teaching K-12 students in Southern Indiana, but after moving to Iowa she found
Southern’s Unsung Hero: Nursing department secretary, Lydia Vega
Melissa Nunez – General Assignment Reporter About six weeks ago, after missing a few days from work, students were thrilled when Lydia Vega, Nursing Department secretary, was back, saying the place could not run