Friday, Sept. 8, 2017

Join us as we examine Speak Right On: Conjuring the Slave Narrative of Dred Scott by Mary E. Neighbour. Instructor Renee Fussell, instructor in the Department of Applied Communication Studies, will facilitate the discussions.

The book and discussion guide will be provided at the first meeting:
11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Today
Multicultural Center
Morris University Center second floor
Feel free to bring your lunch.

The author will attend the Friday, Sept. 22 discussion.

How does a destitute, illiterate, enslaved man manage to bring his plea for freedom before the U.S. Supreme Court? Speak Right On, a work of historical fiction, delves beneath the obvious answer to the core truth.

"In this historical fiction, Mary E. Neighbour took on a difficult task with her debut novel, Speak Right On. Most Americans know of Dred Scott and his famous fight to cast off the bonds of slavery, but few of us know the man behind the 1857 Supreme Court case that ignited the flames of the American Civil War. One-fourth biography and three-fourths fiction, Neighbour takes the reader on an incredible journey of dignity, accomplishment, and bonds of the mind, spirit, and heart. Neighbour fills in the gaps of Dred's life from its humble beginnings in Virginia, where he worked in the house with his Gran, then as a field slave in Alabama, on to St. Louis, the Wisconsin Territory, Illinois, back to St. Louis, then Louisiana, and back to St. Louis once again." -- Julie Failla Earhart, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Register online for Fall 2017 Book Club.

For more information, contact the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion at 618-650-5382.

The IRIS Center will hold its first Brown Bag session of the semester, "Digital Humanities in the Classroom":

2 p.m.
Today
Peck Hall, Room 1405

Dr. Jessica DeSpain, associate professor in the Department of English Language and Literature, will discuss how to introduce digital scholarship to undergraduates to enhance their approach to more traditional methods, such as close reading.

DeSpain has spent nine years training undergraduates to work on digital humanities projects, integrating DH methods into her classes, and developing a minor in the digital humanities and social sciences. She will also discuss best practices for introducing DH into a variety of learning environments and share her most successful assignments.

For more information, visit siueiris.com.

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

9 a.m.
Monday, Sept. 11
Building D, Room 1007
East St. Louis Center

As a reminder, these meetings are open to all faculty and staff. The Chancellor invites you to ask questions, have a dialogue and/or express ideas that you might have.

If you would like to submit questions or suggestions to the Chancellor in advance of any of the Q&A sessions, please send them to siue.edu/chancellor/suggestions.

SIUE is pleased to announce the solicitation of nominations for the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian Award. This annual award recognizes an outstanding community member who exemplifies the philosophy of nonviolent social change as espoused by King.

The winner will be recognized at the 31st annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration Luncheon at SIUE on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018.

Organizations, businesses, agencies or individuals may nominate a person who is an Illinois resident and at least 21 years old. The person must embrace the humanitarian principles and ideals of King and have initiated, developed, or participated in programs, services or activities which have inspired tolerance, understanding and sensitivity with regard to diversity issues and/or persons of underrepresented groups.

The deadline for nominations is Friday, Oct. 13. Please submit all completed nominations to the SIUE Office of Educational Outreach, Campus Box 1084, Edwardsville, IL 62026.

For more information, visit the Kimmel Student Involvement Center website at kimmel/awards/mlk and click on Awards and Forms to print additional copies. You may also contact Eboni Thompson at (618) 650-3233 with additional questions.

11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 12
Morris University Center Second Floor Conference Center
Attendance prizes: Career Readiness Totes

The Cougar Career Closet Clothing Giveaway helps provide students with professional attire needed for an interview, career fair, conference or networking event.

The attire was generously donated by faculty, staff, alumni and employers to help students succeed!

Students, please stop by to pick up gently used professional attire for your next career event. We have areas for you to try on clothes. Don’t forget your cougar card ID for registration.

Please note that clothing supplies are limited and based on the donations received. 

For more information, please contact the Career Development Center at 618-650-3708.

7:30 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 15
Dunham Hall Theater

Sidra Bell Dance New York is rapidly gaining an international reputation for work that reveals aspects of the human condition through a distinctly female lens.

Bell's creations have been described as “brainy, exuberant, and audacious” by the San Francisco Chronicle. She’s received many international commissions and has produced more than 100 new works seen throughout the U.S. and around the world.

Check out the other Xfest performances at siuexfest.com.

Poll Everywhere is a classroom engagement tool that lets students respond to instructor-created questions in class using their cell phones, tablets or laptops.

Faculty who are interested in learning more about Poll Everywhere are encouraged to attend one of these upcoming training sessions:

2:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 26
Lovejoy Library, Room 0033 (lower level of Lovejoy Library)

2:30 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 20
Lovejoy Library, Room 0033

2:30 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 9
Lovejoy Library, Room 0033