The Southern Illinois University System Board of Trustees and the Student Advisory Committee for the SIU System (SACSS) are honoring some outstanding students with the 2024 SIU System Distinguished Student Service Award. Eight students from our SIU campuses in Carbondale, Edwardsville and Springfield were recently honored at the SIU board meeting that was held in Carbondale on April 11, 2024. Among the honorees is 2019 Mercer County High School grad Jessie Icenogle of Aledo.
The SACSS advises SIU administrators on student-related issues that are pertinent at the system level. It also serves as a vehicle to discuss matters impacting the campuses, share ideas and projects, find solutions to problems, and work together on vital student concerns.
With the 2024 SIU System Distinguished Student Service Award, the SACSS received applications from across the system and selected one undergraduate student and one graduate student each from SIU Edwardsville and SIU Carbondale, as well as one student from the SIU schools of medicine, law, pharmacy and dental medicine.
Here’s what an SIU media release had to say about Icenogle: Jessie is pursuing a doctoral degree in pharmacy with an acute care specialization and a master’s degree in healthcare informatics. Beyond her academic pursuits, she is a passionate advocate for her school, profession, and patients as a regular presence at state and national legislative days. Outside of student leadership positions within numerous campus pharmacy organizations, Jessie’s dedication to community volunteerism is admirable, whether she’s providing blood pressure checks at the Goshen Market, educating about HIV PrEP and PEP therapies at pride festivals, or cleaning yards for local senior citizens. Jessie’s work on the Jamaica Dental and Pharmacy Mission Trip has been especially notable as she acts for the chief of student involvement for the program.