Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017

Take note of the below Lifelong Learning Programs on Feb. 15 and 16:

"Conflict in the South China Sea” GREAT DECISIONS SERIES
10:30-11:45 a.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 15
Morris University Center, Hickory-Hackberry Room
Presenter: Dr. Nancy Lutz, associate professor in the Department of Anthropology, SIUE
Cost: $2 for Lifelong Learning members and $5 for the public.

“Around the World of Percussion”
1:15-2:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 15
Morris University Center, Hickory-Hackberry Room
Presenter: Jerry Bolen, Muny/Fox Theater musician, community member
Cost: $2 for Lifelong Learning members and $5 for the public.

“The Roots of Cement”
7-8 p.m. special evening event
Thursday, Feb. 16
Main Street Community Center, 1003 N. Main Street, Edwardsville (parking available behind building)
Presenter: Dr. Luke Snell, professor emeritus, engineering
Cost: FREE

The Kimmel Student Involvement Center, in partnership with the Edwardsville Rotary, is pleased to accept nominations for an SIUE Student of the Month.

Individuals selected for this award will be recognized at the Rotary meeting the following month, and will also be recognized at the annual Kimmel Leadership Awards Ceremony in April.

SIUE students must be nominated by someone else (i.e. other students, faculty or staff). No self-nominations will be considered.

Applications are accepted on an on-going basis, and should be received by the 16th of the month to be considered for that month's award.

Any nominees not selected for one month, will be considered for the following months. Awards will be given for September through April each academic year.

Access the nomination form, here.  

For more information, contact the Kimmel Student Involvement Center at 650-2686.

The next coffee and Q&A with Chancellor Randy Pembrook will be:

12:15 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 21
Hoag Hall 
Alton campus

As a reminder, these meetings are open to all faculty and staff. The chancellor invites questions, dialog and an opportunity to express any ideas.

If you would like to submit questions or suggestions to the chancellor in advance, please send them to siue.edu/chancellor/suggestions/.

Lisa Landers, account technician III, is the recipient of the February Employee Recognition Award. Lesa Wing, account technician II at the School of Dental Medicine, nominated Lisa.

Please join us in congratulating Lisa as the Employee of the Month:

2 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 21
Alumni Conference Room, Building 273
School of Dental Medicine

You can also send Lisa a congratulatory email at llander@siue.edu. 

“It is a nice honor to be SIUE’s February Employee of the Month, and I would like to thank Lesa Wing for nominating me. I enjoy working at the Dental School," said Landers. "I have a great working environment, and the people in my department are like my extended family.”

“I have watched Lisa work with and deal with students, co-workers and people who come in with various questions," said Wing. "Lisa always greets them professionally, enthusiastically and with a smile. She does her best to help everyone. If she does not know the answer, then she usually knows who does or will do what she can to find out who can help them. Lisa takes the time to thoroughly explain what needs to be done and makes sure that they understand everything before they leave.”

For more information, contact Jen Oates-Blair, joatesb@siue.edu or 650-2127.

The third annual Women’s Leadership Institute will be held from 4-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 21.

This year we expect more than 200 students to participate, and we need your help! Please consider nominating outstanding student leaders to participate in this program, which seeks to empower students to become local and global leaders through discussion and reflective thinking.

Participants will become aware of the challenges that are unique to female leaders and will develop the skills necessary to overcome and thrive as leaders. This program is open to ALL SIUE students. Breakout sessions will cover both general leadership topics and topics specific to women in leadership roles.

To nominate a student, email Michelle Welter at mking@siue.edu no later than Tuesday, Feb 21. Nominated students will receive a personal invitation to participate in the program.

For more information, email Welter or contact her at 650-2686.

Join SIUE Emeritus English Professor Eugene B. Redmond and the Eugene B. Writers Club for:

"Black History/Black Present/Black Future," Commemorating the East St. Louis (Race) Riot of 1917, while Celebrating 'Black Strides':

6 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 21
Room 2083 (Building B)
East St. Louis Higher Education Center
601 J.R. Thompson Drive
East St. Louis
FREE

The EBR Writers Club's Annual Black History Month Expo is produced in collaboration with the EStL 1917 (Race) Riot Centennial Commission and Cultural Initiative.

Special guest presenters are St. Louisans Terry “Kujiliwa” Kennedy (alderman/institution builder) and Gary “Dhati” Kennedy (composer/percussionist/story teller), whose ancestors survived the Riot.

Also featured are poets Roscoe “Ros” Crenshaw, Charlois Lumpkin (Mali Newman), Darlene Roy, Jaye Willis and Eugene B. Redmond; and artist Edna Patterson-Petty (“Riot Quilt” and “Cultural Explosion”).

Sponsors are EstL 1917 CCCI, Black River Writers Press, Drumvoices Revue, SIUE English Department, ESL Cultural & Literary Renaissance Campaign. Books on sale include works by local authors Reginald Petty, Tiffany Lee Grimmett, Redmond and Roy and are courtesy of Amber Books.

All writers, beginners and professionals, are welcome to attend EBR Writers Club meetings on the first and third Tuesday, September-May, at the address noted above. For more information, call 618 650-3991, write EBR Writers Club at P.O. Box 6165, East St. Louis, IL 62201; or email eredmon@siue.edu.

The St. Louis Regional Chamber has yet again honored Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in its Arcus Awards program.  This year, the University’s Healthcare Diversity Summer Camp is a finalist in the Inclusion and Talent Attraction category.

The fourth annual Arcus Awards, presented by RubinBrown LLP, will honor companies, organizations and institutions that are operating to make the St. Louis region a better place to live, work and invest. Winners will be announced live on stage. Networking begins at 5 p.m. and the program ceremony is at 6:45 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23 at the Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch.

Vote for your business of choice at arcusawards.com. Voting lasts until noon, Wednesday, Feb. 22.  Businesses are competing in their respective categories and all nominees compete for the People’s Choice Award.

Read more in SIUE News.

World-renowned architect Louis H. Sullivan (1856-1924) will be the inspirational focus of a film screening and a free full-day conference at SIUE.

The Louis H. Sullivan Architectural Ornament Collection at SIUE is the largest known collection of physical ornaments from Sullivan constructions. The events will feature this unique academic resource and showcase its significance to individuals interested in architectural history, design and preservation.

Register here for: “Louis Sullivan Architectural Ornaments at SIUE Conference: Bringing the Past to Life in the 21^st Century.”

8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 24
Sessions at SIUE’s Morris University Center, Lovejoy Library, and the Edwardsville Arts Center

The free day-long conference will provide attendees with an increased awareness of SIUE’s collection, an understanding of the vital role played by Richard Nickel in the existence and documentation of the Louis Sullivan architectural ornament collection, and a greater knowledge of past and current efforts made to preserve these, and other Chicago historic and cultural artifacts and buildings.

Keynote speakers include Mark Richard Smith, John Celuch, Inlandesign director and first curator of the SIUE Sullivan Collection, and Ward Miller, executive director of Preservation Chicago.

Registration is limited to 100 with the deadline Friday, Feb. 17. Free parking is available for the first 50 non-SIUE registrants. The conference is sponsored by the SIUE Graduate School Conferences and Workshop Program, Friends of Lovejoy Library, SIUE’s Arts & Issues and Preservation Chicago.

Registration to the conference will also include the opportunity to purchase half-price tickets to Arts & Issues’ presentation of “Louis Sullivan: The Struggle for American Architecture." Student attendance is free but tickets are required.

For program information and event details, visit the Sullivan Conference webpage, or contact Therese Dickman at tdickma@siue.edu or 618-650-2695.

Arts & Issues' presents “Louis Sullivan: The Struggle for American Architecture,” a feature-length documentary about the revolutionary and brilliant Chicago architect. 

7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 23
Dunham Hall Theater

Film director, Mark Richard Smith, will introduce the film and discuss Louis Sullivan’s legacy and show footage of SIUE’s extensive Sullivan collection afterward.

Tickets to attend the film may be purchased at artsandissues.com, the Morris University Welcome Desk or by calling 1-866-698-4253.

The SIUE STEM Center is in need of approximately 60 two-liter soda bottles to use for an outreach event they’ll be hosting.

The event will engage Metro-East students grades 3-5 in STEM-related topics, and fuel their excitement for the areas of study!

If you have any bottles to donate, please contact STEM Resource Center Manager Colin Wilson at 650-3500 by Friday, Feb. 24.

The Exercise Science Club is hosting its annual “Commit to be Fit” competition for all faculty and staff. This friendly competition encourages SIUE faculty and staff to be active by competing as teams of 5-7 to accrue active fitness minutes each week.

Some things to know:
• Form your own team with your co-workers or friends on campus (teams do not have to be from within the same department).
• Graduate and teaching assistants are welcome to participate.
• If you DO NOT have a team, you will be randomly assigned.
• Each team will be assigned a student coach from the Exercise Science Undergraduate Program or the Exercise Physiology Graduate Program to help with goal setting, motivation and accountability.
• The competition officially runs from Monday, Feb. 27-Friday, April 21.

For more information,  email committobefitsiue@gmail.com.