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Recap number six and we are celebrating our leaders! 🐾❤️Leaders and Luminaries is our annual night to shine a light on the people who make SIUE great. Students, organizations, faculty, and staff who lead by example all got their moment this year and they more than earned it. ❤️🖤🤍

is almost here and we want to celebrate with you. 🖤❤️💛💚 Join us Thursday, June 18 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Goshen Lounge for an immersive Juneteenth Celebration full of food, performances, and cultural highlights.🖤❤️💛💚

Vendors include the local NAACP chapter, the Learning Resource Center from the East St. Louis campus, Keith Tyrone Williams of I Got Cha Back, the Black Faculty and Staff Association, Good Life Candle Company, and drummer and performer Atum Jones. Come reflect, celebrate, and experience the richness of Juneteenth in a way you won't forget 🐾❤️

Summer recap number five is here and we are keeping them coming! 🐾❤️ Back 2 School Fest welcomes everyone back in the Spring, and celebrates the end of the year before finals. Whether you were jumping rope on the Stratton Quadrangle or getting crafty at Back 2 School Fest, Cougars showed up and made it a memory. 🖤🤍

Every fall, Cougars come home. 🐾❤️ Homecoming and Family Weekend is one of our favorite traditions, a full week of competition, performances, and celebration for the whole family. Here is a look back at last year's energy. Stay tuned because this fall is going to be something special 🎉🖤

June felt like the perfect time to look back on Lavender Graduation. 🌈🎓 A month later and we are still so proud of every single one of our LGBTQIA+ graduates. Congratulations on your accomplishments, your authenticity, and everything you brought to ❤️🐾

Summer recap time! 🐾❤️ Every year, sets aside time to honor and celebrate History and Heritage Months across our campus community. Take a look back at some of the incredible moments, events, and people that made this year's celebrations so special. Thank you to everyone who showed up and showed out 🏆🖤

One month later and the energy from our Hispanic/Latinx Affinity Graduation is still with us. 🎉✨ The culture, la familia, the love in that room was something special. Felicidades to our grads, we are so proud of you Class of 2026 🎓❤️🐾

Summer recap number two is here! 🐾❤️ Every fall and spring, we roll out the welcome mat for every Cougar. Cougar Welcome is one of those traditions that sets the tone for the whole semester, from welcome events to Affinity Welcomes that make sure every student feels like they belong here. We cannot wait to do it all again this fall. ❤️🖤🤍

Some moments just stay with you. 🎓✨ Our AANHPI Affinity Graduation Celebration was one of them. To our Class of 2026, your hard work, your resilience, and your achievement deserve every bit of recognition you received. We are so proud ❤️🐾

Has it really been three weeks?! 🎓✨ The pride and joy from Black Affinity Graduation celebration is still with us. Congratulations to our Black graduates on everything you've accomplished at . We're so proud of you, Class of 2026 ❤️🐾