<p align="center"><img src="/id0904f67a8069aca4" alt="" width="500" height="74" /></p> <p align="center">Join the SIUE Alumni Association, <a href="http://www.siue.edu/alumni/stat/">STAT</a>, the <a href="http://www.siue.edu/prospectivestudents/">Office of Admissions</a> and the <a href="http://www.siue.edu/parents/cpfa.shtml" target="_blank">Cougar Parent &amp; Family Association</a> for SIUE Hometown Parties 2011!</p> <p align="left">SIUE Hometown Parties are designed for Southern Illinois University Edwardsville's newest Cougars.&nbsp; Each Hometown Party will include:</p> <ul> <li> <p align="left">An opportunity to meet other students from your area attending SIUE in the Fall of 2011</p> </li> <li> <p align="left">A chance to learn more about SIUE from alumni living in your hometown</p> </li> <li> <p align="left">An opportunity for parents to network and meet other SIUE families</p> </li> </ul> <p align="left">The free receptions will connect students with alumni and other students and make them feel a part of the SIUE community before they even arrive on campus.&nbsp; Incoming freshman and transfer students can bring up to two guests to the event.&nbsp; Local alumni are invited to attend and share their experience and favorite memories of SIUE.&nbsp; A light dinner will be served at each reception.</p> <p align="left">Click on the links below for more information and to register for the 2011 events:</p> <p align="center"><strong><a href="https://relay-ccon.foundation.siue.edu/ccon/events.do" target="_blank">Thursday, July 28 - St. Louis, MO</a></strong><br />6:00pm-8:00pm<br /><a href="http://www.bartolinosrestaurants.com/bartolinososteria.htm" target="_blank">Bartolino's Osteria</a><br />2103 Sulphur Ave. (Hampton at Wilson)</p> <a href="/id0904f67a806b6e10">Click here</a> to view photos from the SIUE Hometown Party in Effingha, Springfield and Chicago, IL.