SIUE celebrates 2020 grads FacebookTwitterEmail SIUE Chancellor Randy Pembrook, left, greets alumna Tatyana Curtis with Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Denise Cobb in a celebration of 2020 graduates who were unable to celebrate in-person during spring and fall 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Commencement exercises continue through Sunday. EDWARDSVILLE — Southern Illinois University Edwardsville on Thursday provided a commencement event for its 2020 graduates who were unable to have a live commencement ceremony last spring and fall because of the COVID-19 pandemic. SIUE provided an on-stage acknowledgement and congratulations from Chancellor Randy Pembrook, and Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Denise Cobb who greeted nearly 120 alumni at the First Community Arena at the Vadalabene Center.