{"id":4857,"date":"2025-10-31T01:23:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T01:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/?p=4857"},"modified":"2025-10-29T15:34:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T15:34:17","slug":"ribbon-cut-on-steve-wells-production-studio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/?p=4857","title":{"rendered":"Ribbon cut on Steve Wells Production Studio"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Jeff Wilson, SIUSalukis.com<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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CARBONDALE, Ill. \u2013 Through the generosity of SIU alumnus Steve Wells, the media team within Saluki Athletics now has a modern space to enhance its storytelling and spread Saluki spirit near and far.<\/p>\n

“I’m just thrilled. For a young guy like\u00a0Luke Martin<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0to build on what exists here \u2026 is far and away above whatever other Valley school does,” Wells, a 1974 graduate of the College of Arts and Media.<\/p>\n

The renovation of this space was fully funded by a lead gift from Steve Wells, a 1974 graduate of the College of Arts and Media and avid Saluki fan. Through his generosity, Saluki Athletics updated the studio space and acquired much-needed media equipment, including cameras, a soundboard, monitors, microphones, and more.<\/p>\n

“This is our portal to the world,” said\u00a0Tim Leonard<\/a><\/dfn>, director of athletics. “We need this, and Steve made it happen for us.”<\/p>\n

\"\"The Steve Wells Production Studio is a hub for content creation for Saluki Athletics, spearheaded by\u00a0Luke Martin<\/a><\/dfn>. It is the recording location for “Inside Saluki Athletics” and coach and student-athlete interviews, and it is the go-to spot for media day and recruiting visit photos. Previously, the room was known as the “GA Bullpen” and had gone largely unused for a significant period.<\/p>\n

“I wish you could all be here on a daily basis to see our student-athletes walk in here and see their eyes glow,” Martin said. “Southern Illinois is terrific. People give their love to you, but it’s through a process. You have to earn that trust, and how you earn that trust and appreciation is through hard work; it’s not just given to you.”<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Jeff Wilson, SIUSalukis.com CARBONDALE, Ill. \u2013 Through the generosity of SIU alumnus Steve Wells, the media team within Saluki Athletics now has a modern space to enhance its storytelling and spread Saluki spirit near and far. “I’m just thrilled. For a young guy like\u00a0Luke Martin\u00a0to build on what exists here \u2026 is far and … Continue reading Ribbon cut on Steve Wells Production Studio<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,3,4,17,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-donor-stories","category-higher-education","category-illinois-higher-education","category-saluki-athletics","category-siu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4857"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4860,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4857\/revisions\/4860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}