Friday, Jan. 27, 2017

The Search Committee has been working diligently to identify candidates from a highly competitive applicant pool for the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. The first candidate is Dr. P. Denise Cobb, who currently serves as SIUE Interim Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.

You can see her complete biography and curriculum vitae on the Provost Search website, siue.edu/provost-search/candidates/cobb.shtml.

Please plan to attend Dr. Cobb’s remaining open forums:

8-9 a.m.
Today
School of Dental Medicine, Building 280 (CPA 2)

10-11 a.m.
Today
East St. Louis Center, Building B, Rooms 2083/2084

The Search Committee will appreciate your involvement and feedback. For your convenience, we will have a confidential Qualtrics survey for online feedback and comments for each finalist. The feedback survey for Cobb may be accessed at https://siue.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cDeJbaaPRgwg2SF. It will open on Thursday, January 26 and will close on Monday, February 20.

Please feel free to contact me or any member of the Search Committee with any questions or comments. Thank you for your assistance and participation in the process.

Anthony Cheeseboro, PhD
Associate Professor, Historical Studies
Chair, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Search Committee

The IRIS Center is pleased to offer a series of informal Brown Bag workshops on a variety of topics connected to Digital Humanities tools and projects going on at SIUE.

It will kick the series off with an interesting and hands-on presentation by Ben Ostermeier, "How the Web Works."

2-3 p.m.
Today
Peck Hall, room 3117

Bring your own laptops, if you'd like to learn some introductory basics to webpage creation using HTML and CSS.

For more information, visit siueiris. 

1 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 28
Vadalabene Center
Wrestling vs Gardner-Webb*/South Dakota State

8 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 30
Nashville, Tenn.
Men's Basketball at Belmont
TV: CBSSN

*Conference Event

SIUE Volleyball is hosting three Winter Clinics. Clinics are open to girls and boys in grades 4-12.

You can purchase all three clinics for $125 or purchase clinics individually for $45.

Sunday, Jan. 29 - fundamental skills
Sunday, Feb. 12 - serving and attacking
Sunday, Feb. 26 - serving and passing

Clinics are held from from 4-6:30 p.m. in SIUE's Vadalabene Center.

Register online at SIUE Volleyball.

The Newman Catholic Community is launching its new Faculty/Staff Brown Bag Lunch Series with CAS Dean Greg Budzban and his short presentation, “Balancing Faith and Reason: Religion in a Scientific Age.”

Noon
Monday, Jan. 30
Fuller Dome: Center for Sustainability and Spirituality

The Newman Catholic Community would like to engage the spiritual lives of the faculty and staff on campus. All faculty and staff are invited to bring their lunch to the Dome for the presentation and engage in conversation.

Dr. Robert Martin of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago is the featured speaker for SIUE's annual Axtell Memorial Lecture in celebration of Darwin Day (Charles Darwin’s birthday).

The presentation, "Human Reproduction - from Primate Origins to Darwinian Medicine" will be at:
4 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 30
Morris University Center’s Meridian Ballroom

The SIUE Departments of Biological Sciences, Psychology, and Anthropology, and the Biology Student Club are sponsoring the event.

Following the lecture, there will be a reception at the University restaurant, Fixin’s, with light food and a cash bar.

For more information, read SIUE News.

The SIUE Chapter 203 of the Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society is sponsoring a book exchange during the spring semester:

11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 31 and Wednesday, Feb. 1
Peck Hall, first floor lobby

Members of the SIUE community are invited to bring a book, take one from the inventory available or get a coupon to use later. Book purchases can also be made for a nominal cost.

Future book exchanges are scheduled for Feb. 28, March 1, April 4 and April 5, with the same hours and location.

Phi Kappa Phi was founded in 1897 and is one of the nation’s oldest and most selective honor societies for all academic disciplines. Chapter 203 was established at SIUE in 1978. For more information, visit siue.edu/PKP/ or contact Chapter President Cindy Scarsdale at cscarsd@siue.edu. 

We are pleased to announce that 2016 W-2’s are ready and available on-line through CougarNet (Banner Self Service)!

If you have already signed up to receive your W-2 on-line through CougarNet you may log in, view and print your W-2 for 2016 (and previous years if applicable).

• Select the Printable W-2 button at the bottom of the screen to print your W-2.
• Print multiple copies for submission to federal, state and local entities, if needed.
• Review Help Text (top right corner) for information on how to print an approved format for different web browsers and for a brief description of each of the codes that may be listed in Box 12 of your W-2.

If you did not sign up for this early on-line method, you may sign up now through CougarNet or a paper W-2 will be mailed to you at the end of the month.

Additional information is available through FAQ’s at humanresources or you may view the instructions on how to sign up and receive an electronic W-2 at ElectronicW2Retrieval. 

Saturday Studio Art Workshop are set for:

Saturdays, Feb. 11-April 22
No classes March 11 or April 1

Studio instruction is once again being offered for grades K-12 students.
All classes are designed to stimulate creative growth. Emphasis is placed on developing skills in a variety of media and in generating ideas for creative expression.

Art teachers in Saturday Studio classes are becoming certified art specialists and are art majors in the Department of Art and Design.
All sessions will be held in the Art and Design West building on SIUE’s campus.

Classes offered are listed below:

Beginning Children’s Class: grades K-1
9:30-11:30 a.m.
Art and Design West, room 2139
Fee $75

Primary Children’s Class: grades 2-4
9:30-11:30 a.m.
Art and Design West, room 2140
Fee $75

Intermediate Art Class: grades 5-8
9:30-11:30 a.m.
Art and Design West, room 2144
Fee $75

Advanced Art Class: grades 9-12
9:30-11:30 a.m.
Art and Design West, room 2206
Fee $75

For more course information, visit Saturday Studio. 

For registration information, contact Janet Hupp at 650-3183 or jhupp@siue.edu. For program information, contact Kiersten Smith at 650-2824 or kiesmit@siue.edu.

SIUE’s 5^th annual Dance Marathon is five weeks away.

The students of Dance Marathon of SIUE challenges everyone to donate $5. Your money will help children at Greater St. Louis Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals to receive the best treatments and care available.

To donate, please visit dancemarathon. The marathon will begin at noon, Saturday, Feb. 18 in the Morris University Center Meridian Ballroom.

For more information, contact Carmen Huddleston, faculty/staff outreach chair, at siue.dm.faculty.alumni@gmail.com. 

Find out how a master’s in College Student Personnel Administration from SIUE can help advance your career in higher education at an upcoming information session.

Register here and learn more about this high-quality program from:
10 a.m.-Noon
Saturday, Feb. 25
Morris University Center, Mississippi Room on the second floor

Housed in the Department of Educational Leadership within the School of Education, Health and Human Behavior, the College Student Personnel Administration (CSPA) program provides an educational opportunity for student affairs employees or anyone interested in pursuing a career in higher education or student affairs.

The program will prepare graduates to assume entry- to mid-level student affairs or higher education administration positions in two-year or four-year public and private institutions. Occupations in this category include directors and other positions in multiple areas in colleges and universities, such as financial aid, advising, service learning, Greek life, residential life and international programs.

The Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society -- SIUE Chapter 203 is announcing the opening of its awards season. Phi Kappa Phi is seeking student applicants for:

• Undergraduate Scholarship ($1,000)
• Undergraduate Paper Competition (prizes of $200, $100 and $50)
• Graduate Fellowship ($1,000 from SIUE PKP Chapter; forwarded to national office for additional fellowships)

If you are a student or know students who should apply, please consider these opportunities.

The application deadline is March 17.

For more information, visit the Chapter 203 website at Phi Kappa Phi.