Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016

Faculty Voice Recital, Marc Schapman with Joseph Welch

5 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 15
Abbott Auditorium
SIUE
FREE

Bi-State Band Festival, All Day Event
Friday, Jan. 22 and Saturday, Jan. 23
Dunham Hall
SIUE

Jazz Combo Concert
8 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 26
Dunham Hall Theater
SIUE 

Faculty Percussion Recital – Daniel Smithiger
7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 27
Dunham Hall Theater
SIUE
FREE

Faculty Chamber Music Showcase
7:30 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 29
Dunham Hall Theater
SIUE

Ticket prices are general admission: $15, adults and $12, seniors. SIUE students with a valid ID can attend for free. To purchase tickets, call the SIUE Box Office at (618) 650-2774.

A Season for the Child, the family-oriented live theater season—sponsored by the SIUE Friends of Theater and Dance (FOTAD)—continues its 26th season with a new version of the traditional fairytale Goldilocks.

7 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 16
Katherine Dunham Hall

The production is presented by the Imaginary Theatre Company, the traveling arm of the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis.

Individual tickets for the performance and the final show for the 2015-16 season are $7 per adult and $5 per child. Tickets are available through the SIUE Fine Arts box office at (618) 650-2774.

Phil Busey retired from SIUE Dec. 31 after working more than 22 years.

Busey worked as a desktop technician for Information Technology Services. He worked with the School of Engineering, maintaining faculty, staff and lab computers and servers.

Come celebrate:

1:30-3:30 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 22
Lovejoy Library Third Floor Conference Room

Refreshments will be provided.

Dr. Linda Markowitz, professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice Studies, will give the presentation:

"Christian Ignorance and the Selective Application of Abstract Individualism"
2 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 27
Peck Hall, Room 3117

Markowitz will explore the ignoring of Christian privilege in on public space -- elementary schools. 

Using 27 interviews, she will show how elementary school teachers and administrators cultivate a culture of ignorance about the celebration of Christmas in their public schools.

“Making Learning Stick: Strategies for Successful Learning”

2-3:30 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 28
Morris University Center Conference Center

The presenter is Henry L. Roediger, III, James S. McDonnell Distinguished Professor of psychology at Washington University in St. Louis.

Workshop description: Surveys of college students show that their typical study strategies are not optimal for producing strong, durable learning. If they have spent most of their lifetimes learning, we can ask why they don't learn more effective strategies?

To register, and for more details on Roediger and the workshop, visit the Center for Faculty Development and Innovation website.

The SIUE STEM Center announces its FY17 faculty research fellowship program.

This is a competitive fellowship, open to tenure-track or tenured faculty members, to engage in undergraduate education research aligned with the mission of the STEM Center to innovate ways to engage students in STEM. The successful applicant will be a faculty fellow with the STEM Center beginning in summer or fall of 2016, during which time the applicant will conduct a faculty-initiated research project.

To support the faculty member’s research, the STEM Center will pay for one course release during the academic year and upon completion of the project, the fellow will be funded for travel to one state, regional or national conference to present the findings of the study.

More information and application details are available on the STEM Center website.

Contact Sharon Locke, STEM Center Director at slocke@siue.edu or 618-650-3065 with questions. Applications are due February 29, 2016.