Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016

Safe Zone will host its Spring meeting:

Noon-1 p.m.
Today
Morris University Center Willow Room

OR

4:30-5:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 10
Morris University Center Willow Room

Members of the SIUE community are invited to attend one of the meetings to hear about Spring Safe Zone initiatives, discuss new business, and get involved in volunteer positions throughout the semester and summer.

Under the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion, Safe Zone's mission is to develop a campus community of allies and provide support to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) students, faculty, and staff with the ultimate goal of developing SIUE as a safe and welcoming place for LGBT people.

For more information, contact Safe Zone Staff Co-Chair Jamie Matthews, 618-650-2303, jmatthe@siue.edu or visit https://www.siue.edu/lgbt/ 

An Open Forum for the remaining candidate for the Director of Graduate and International Admission:

William Carter
12:25-1:45 p.m.
Today
Morris University Center Missouri Room

Detailed information is available at this link, DirectorofGraduateandInternationalAdmission.

The Exercise Science Club is once again holding 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.

Need more information? There will be two optional informational sessions:

7-8 p.m. Today in the Morris University Center University Club

5-6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11 in the Morris University Center Missouri Room

Some things to know:
• You can form your own team with your co-workers or friends on campus (teams do not have to be from within the same department).
• 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 begins Monday, Feb. 22 and runs through Sunday, April 17
• The last day to sign up is Friday, Feb. 12

We have a team, now what?
• Once you have your team together, assign a team captain and decide on a winning team name! (This year, an award will be given for the most creative team name.)
• Team captains should email siueexercisescienceclub10@gmail.com with their team name in the subject line or their last name if they are signing up as an individual to be assigned to the team.
• The email should include ALL team members first and last names, as well as their primary email.
• Coaches will begin emailing their teams during the week of February 15, once all teams have been registered.

For more information or questions, please email siueexercisescienceclub10@gmail.com.

The SIUE Department of Art & Design will hold Saturday Studio Art Workshops:

9:30-11:30 a.m.
February 13-April 16 (no classes on March 12)
Art & Design West

Studio instruction is being offered for primary, intermediate and junior/senior high school students. All classes are designed to stimulate creative growth of students, with emphasis on developing skills in the use of the media and generating ideas for creative expression. Art teachers in these Saturday Studio classes are becoming certified art specialists and are art majors in the Department of Art & Design.

The class fee is $75. Download the registration form to get started.

For more information contact Janet Hupp at 618-650-3183 or jhupp@siue.edu.

The Ralph W. Axtell Lecture Series will present:

"Fleshing out dinosaurs! From Darwin’s Bulldog to advanced 3D modeling"
4 p.m.
Monday, Feb. 15
Meridian Ball Morris University Center

Featured presenter: Lawrence M. Witmer, PhD, Chang Ying-Chien Professor of Paleontology and professor of anatomy in the Department of Biomedical Sciences in the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine at Ohio University.

The seminar is sponsored by the SIUE Wildlife and Conservation Biology Club and the Department of Biological Sciences.

Refreshments will be provided.

Faculty, staff and students are invited to participate in African Week activities from Tuesday-Saturday, February 16-20.

The theme this year: “KADIMA 2016: Together We Move Forward Africa.” Kadima is a South African word, with Hebrew origin, that means “forward.”

During the week, activities and conversations planned are designed to change the perspective of Africa, to promote personal, community and African development and to ensure collaboration among Africans and African Americans. 

Noon
Tuesday, Feb. 16
Morris University Center Goshen Lounge
African Day
Official luncheon of African Week 2016

11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 17
Morris University Center Hickory Room
HIV Awareness Day
HIV/AIDs free testing, counselling and contraceptives

African Employment Day
3-4:30 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 18
Student Success Center, room 1203
International Office Optional Practical Training Session

4:30-6 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 18
Student Success Center, room 1203 
African Student Association Employment Symposium

4:30-6 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 19
Student Success Center, room 1203
African Round-table Session
"Africans in Diaspora Collaboratively Moving Africa Forward"

African Night
5:30 p.m. - doors open
6-9 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 20
Morris University Center Meridian Ballroom
African food, music, drama, dance and more

Tickets can be purchased at AfricanNight. 

The School of Nursing is conducting interviews for the Dean's position. 

The first candidate is Dr. Laura Bernaix:

2:15 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 16
Alumni Hall room 2305

Please join us. 

Save the date for the Student Fitness Center’s Annual Fit Fest.

4-7 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 16
Student Fitness Center 

The SIUE Community is invited to attend Fit Fest 2016.

The event is FREE and includes vendor tables from on and off campus, group fitness classes, fitness challenges, free food provided by Dining Services, fitness assessments provided by the Department of Applied Health, free t-shirts and plenty of chances to win other prizes!  

For more information, contact Amanda Couch, fitness coordinator, at amcouch@siue.edu or 650-5392.

Explore the night sky in all its glory during SIUE Astronomy Viewing Sessions, every even-dated Tuesday at the William C. Shaw Skylab on the north edge of campus (GPS: 38.809270, -89.993801).

Our first spring viewing will be held:
8:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 16

Remaining dates for the spring semester include March 22 and April 12 and 26, starting at 8:30 p.m.

These events are open to the public and hosted by Dr. Tom Foster.

This event is weather dependent, please call (618) 650-3049 after 6 p.m. to see if the event is taking place, or sign up for updates through the online calendar.

A fundraiser for the School of Education, Health and Human Behavior will be held Wednesday, Feb 17.

On that day, Edison’s Entertainment Complex will donate 10 percent of food and beverage sales and 20 percent of entertainment purchases to the SEHHB.

Please stop by Edison’s with the whole family at 5 p.m. to enjoy food, beverages and entertainment. All you will need to do is let them know you are with the SIUE.

Edison’s Entertainment Complex
2477 S State Rte 157
Edwardsville, IL 62025

If 5 p.m. does not work with your schedule, you can also visit Edison’s for lunch or anytime during the day.

For more information, contact Chandler Vandenberg, cvanden@siue.edu or 650-5043.

The SIUE Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion invites you to nominate a Phenomenal Woman at SIUE or in the community. 

The nominee and person nominating them will be invited to attend a luncheon honoring and celebrating women from all walks of life who have made contributions to diversity and inclusion at SIUE, the region, the nation and the world. 

Through the recognition of these contributions, the annual Phenomenal Women’s Luncheon hopes to inspire other women to embrace and promote diversity within their own lives and the lives of others. 

To nominate a phenomenal woman, download the nomination form.

Nominations must be submitted to siuemcc1@siue.edu no later than Feb. 22.  

For more information, contact Erika Hall or Venessa Brown, PhD, associate chancellor, the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion, at siuemcc1@siue.edu or 618-650-3651. 

The Speech Center, a part of Learning Support Services, located in the Student Success Center is open throughout the week to offer assistance to all students seeking help with their presentation skills.  

To assist in encouraging students to use our services, we will be happy to come to your classroom to do an introductory presentation about the services we offer. We also offer in-class workshops as well as workshops in the speech center itself on a number of topics, including speech anxiety, outline and research help and group presentations.  

If you have a class where students are required to give presentations, and you think that they could benefit from our guidance, we would love to hear from you.

For more information, visit siue.edu/lss/speechcenter/index.shtml or call 650-3085 or email speechcenter@siue.edu.