AWIMS is seeking nominations for its first-ever Colors of Health Community Engagement Award. The recipient will be honored during the fashion show June 2 in Springfield.

AWIMS is seeking nominations for its first-ever Colors of Health Community Engagement Award. The recipient will be honored during the fashion show June 2 in Springfield.

AWIMS is seeking nominations for its first-ever Colors of Health Community Engagement Award. The recipient will be honored during the fashion show June 2 in Springfield.

The 30th anniversary edition of SCOPE, the medical school's literary magazine, was launched with an awards reception on April 19.

The 30th anniversary edition of SCOPE, the medical school's literary magazine, was launched with an awards reception on April 19.

The Southern Illinois University School of Medicine (SIUSOM), Alliance for Women in Medicine in Science (AWIMS) is seeking nominations for the Inaugural Colors of Health Community Engagement Award. The AWIMS Community Engagement Award will be awarded to an individual who exemplifies AWIMS' community engagement mission. AWIMS' community service mission is to provide a supportive forum to promote honest discussion and positive change for gender equity, career advancement, work-life balance and community engagement and to champion the development and promotion of women. The finalist will be

By Aren Dow: On the opposite wall of Sicely Kluge’s office, past the dinosaurs and the art supplies, hangs the starting point for many of her patients’ sessions: the snack center. It looks like one of those over-the-door shoe organizers – about five feet tall with pockets in rows – but instead of shoes, there are fruit snacks and juice boxes tucked inside, the ideal comfort food for her 5- to 17-year-old patients. It’s an optimal starting point to help her young patients relax and start their healing process. Kluge is a licensed clinical social worker for the Survivor Recovery Center (SRC) at

By Aren Dow: On the opposite wall of Sicely Kluge’s office, past the dinosaurs and the art supplies, hangs the starting point for many of her patients’ sessions: the snack center. It looks like one of those over-the-door shoe organizers – about five feet tall with pockets in rows – but instead of shoes, there are fruit snacks and juice boxes tucked inside, the ideal comfort food for her 5- to 17-year-old patients. It’s an optimal starting point to help her young patients relax and start their healing process. Kluge is a licensed clinical social worker for the Survivor Recovery Center (SRC) at

By Aren Dow: On the opposite wall of Sicely Kluge’s office, past the dinosaurs and the art supplies, hangs the starting point for many of her patients’ sessions: the snack center. It looks like one of those over-the-door shoe organizers – about five feet tall with pockets in rows – but instead of shoes, there are fruit snacks and juice boxes tucked inside, the ideal comfort food for her 5- to 17-year-old patients. It’s an optimal starting point to help her young patients relax and start their healing process. Kluge is a licensed clinical social worker for the Survivor Recovery Center (SRC) at