 southern illinois university is a state university system based in carbondale, illinois, united states, in the southern region of the state, with multiple campuses. randy dunn is president of southern illinois university. ==southern illinois university board of trustees== the university is governed by the nine member siu board of trustees. seven members are appointed by the governor and confirmed by the state senate. two members are elected by the student bodies of the carbondale and edwardsville campuses. ==southern illinois university carbondale==   founded in carbondale in 1869 as southern illinois normal college, southern illinois university carbondale (siuc, usually referred to as siu) is the flagship campus of the southern illinois university system and is the fourth oldest of illinois's thirteen state universities. siuc includes eight colleges and three schools: the graduate school and the school of law in carbondale, and the school of medicine in carbondale and springfield (see below). considered to be a "national research university", siuc offers associate, baccalaureate, post-baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral degrees in 222 academic programs. in the fall of 2013, siuc had 13,306 undergraduates, 4,613 graduate students, and was the alma mater of over 216,500 living alumni.http://www.irs.siu.edu/quickfacts/ ==southern illinois university edwardsville==   southern illinois university edwardsville (siue) is the st. louis metro east campus of the siu system. the main campus in edwardsville is situated on  of scenic woodland and lakes with bicycle and walking paths throughout. siue also operates the school of dental medicine campus in alton, the east st. louis center, and school of nursing's satellite campus in springfield. begun as residential centers of siuc in 1957, siue celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2007. once known as a "commuter school", siue has in recent years transformed itself into a residential university. siue in
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