Feb. 23, 2016

The Arcus Awards are presented to companies, organizations and institutions that demonstrate exceptional commitment to leading the St. Louis region’s authentic economic strengths and championing a better tomorrow for our region.

These awards recognize companies and organizations that make the St. Louis region the best place to live, work and invest.

SIUE was nominated for the Chamber’s Arcus Awards in the following three areas:

The SIUE East St. Louis Center (ESLC) for educational attainment

The SIUE Eugene B. Redmond Learning Center for achievement in inclusion and talent attraction

The SIUE Metro East Start-Up Challenge for entrepreneurship and innovation

Arcus Awards will be held:

7 p.m. 
Thursday, Feb. 25
Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch
Winners will be announced at the ceremony.

SIUE, along with all the other nominees, are also vying for a new Arcus Award: The Arcus People’s Choice Award.

Go to arcusawards.com and vote for SIUE Eugene B. Redmond Learning Center, the SIUE East St. Louis Center or the SIUE Metro East Start-Up Challenge in the Arcus People’s Choice Award contest!

Voting will conclude at noon Wednesday, Feb. 24. There is unlimited voting!

The Campus Kitchen at SIUE is competing with 21 other Campus Kitchens across the country to see which campus can “raise the most dough” in the Campus Kitchens Project “Raise the Dough” fundraiser competition through Friday, Feb. 26.

The Campus Kitchen at SIUE relies solely on monetary and in-kind donations to continue fighting hunger in the St. Louis Metro area.

We need YOU to help us!

Support the Campus Kitchen at SIUE. 

Please contact Sarah Laux, slaux@siue.edu, for more information.

John Pendergast, professor in the Department of English Language and Literature, will give his sabbatical presention: "Thomas Nashe and the 'Day of Labor' of Early Modern Print Culture."

3 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 24
Peck Hall, room 3117

Anna Pavlik, department supervisor for the Morris University Center (MUC) Cougar Store, is the recipient of the February Employee Recognition Award. Anna was nominated by Jamie Matthews with support from Emily Colton, Ryann Heap and Karen Swanner.

Please join us in congratulating Pavlik:

10:30 a.m.
Thursday, Feb. 25
MUC Administrative Office

You can also send a congratulatory email to apavlik@siue.edu.

It's time once again to Catch the Cougar Spirit!

Show your spirit in honor of the last home Cougar basketball game:

7 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 25
Men's basketball game vs. Austin Peay

Participate in the sixth annual Catch the Cougar Spirit contest by wearing SIUE apparel to support Cougar Athletics.

We appreciate our dedicated faculty and staff! As a special thank you, all faculty and staff participants will receive:

• FREE admission to the game on Feb. 25 (courtesy of Cougar Athletics)
• Special discount on SIUE apparel (courtesy of the Cougar Store)
• Free hot dog and soda at the game, if you wear SIUE attire (courtesy of Student Affairs)
• AND a chance to win complimentary basketball tickets to a game of your choice for your department (courtesy of Cougar Athletics)

How to play along:
1. Appoint a Spirit Captain for your department. 
2. Wear SIUE apparel on Thursday, Feb. 25. You can download a coupon for the Cougar Store at cougar_spirit_2016. 
3. Take a group photo of everyone in your department decked out in their Cougar spirit gear. Creativity may be rewarded. Submit it to ksnyder@siue.edu by noon Thursday, Feb. 25.
4. Visit cougar_spirit_2016 to download a ticket voucher to the game on Feb. 25 (one per faculty/staff, please).
5. Enjoy the game on Feb. 25 and wear your Cougar attire for complimentary admission and a free hot dog and soda (must have voucher to participate).

For more information, contact Kara Shustrin in the Office of Student Affairs at 650-2020 or ksnyder@siue.edu.

The SIUE Police Department is presenting a one-day, free of charge, self-defense course: Rape, Aggression, Defense (R.A.D.) Systems. The course is offered for WOMEN ONLY (faculty, staff, students and their guests).

9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 27
Morris University Center Upper Level Conference Center

R.A.D. is a nationally certified self-defense program designed specifically for women.  We will spend the day teaching you different techniques on how to defend yourself. At the end of the day, we put an officer in a padded suit and allow the students to use the skills taught to defend themselves.  

Appropriate clothing would be tennis shoes, T-shirt with sweat pants or shorts. Bring money for lunch options in the MUC or bring a sack lunch.

Please respond to Officer Cavanaugh at jcavana@siue.edu.

Please take note of the following voting and election announcements:

Madison County Early Voting
Noon-5 p.m.
Monday, Feb.29–Thursday, March 3
Morris University Center Willow Room

and 

10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Wednesday, March 9-Friday, March 11
Morris University Center Willow Room

Early Voting on campus is only open to registered Madison County residents and proof of residency is required. Those wishing to vote will receive the ballot for their precinct.

The general election is March 15. SIUE is in Precinct 21.

Only those registered to vote in Precinct 21 for Edwardsville/Glen Carbon are able to vote at SIUE:
6 a.m.-7p.m.
Morris University Center Meridian Ballroom

Questions about voting or elections should be directed to your Illinois County Clerk or to the State Board of Elections for the state in which you are currently registered to vote.

If you are registered to vote in Madison County, Illinois, you can search for your polling location at this web site: co.madison.il.us/departments/county_clerk/elections/voter_registration. 

All graduating senior dental students must take a patient-based clinical licensing examination prior to being eligible to apply for a license to practice dentistry. The examination for the Class of 2016 is scheduled for April 4 and 5.

We need your help in advance of this licensing exam to complete this requirement. You can help by participating in in a FREE dental screening.

FREE screenings will be offered from 5-7 p.m. at the School of Dental Medicine on the Alton campus on the following dates:
Monday, Feb. 29
Monday, March 21
Monday, March 28

A FREE dental screening including select x-rays will be offered to patients willing to participate and who are 16 years and older.

IF accepted as a Board Examination patient during your screening visit, you must be willing to come to the dental school and receive treatment on a select board examination day—either April 4 or 5. There will be NO CHARGE for the treatment you will receive during the Board Exam.

No appointment is necessary for the FREE screenings offered on Feb. 29, March 21, and March 28.

Please bring a photo ID. Free parking is available in the patient parking area (off of Annex Street).

The Southern Illinois University Dental Clinic is located at:
2800 College Avenue (Free patient parking off of Annex Street)
Alton

If you have any questions, please contact the clinic at (618) 474-701.

Jocelyn DeGroot, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Applied Communications Studies, will present her sabbatical presentation: "A Model of Transcorporeal Communication: Communication with/at/to the Deceased.

3-4 p.m.
Thursday, March 3
Alumni Hall, room 3100

The Department of Teaching and Learning in the School of Education, Health and Human Behavior is offering a new online master’s program option in adult education.

This new program option is a series of online courses available in the master’s in curriculum and instruction. This option is designed to integrate the adult leader’s past and future work experience, including career and technical education.

The first course, AD ED 522 Program Planning in Adult and Continuing Education, begins March 14. This eight-week online course is designed to enhance the leadership and teaching skills for those who teach adults in a variety of work-related settings. 

No K-12 teaching licensure or certification is required for AD ED 522 or the adult education program option. Students may enroll in one course or choose a master’s degree option in adult education. Prior learning credit may be available.

Several courses are offered through a partnership with the Southern Illinois Professional Development Center, which is housed at SIUE.

Contact Angie White for more information and to register.

Please note these four-week Spring 2016 Kindermusik classes at SIUE.

For more information, contact Ellen Singh at esingh@siue.edu or siue.edu/artsandsciences/music/suzuki.

“Sing and Play" (1 and 2 year olds)

April Theme: I Can Do That!

Being a toddler is complicated. There's so much I still need help with, but so many new things within my grasp! I like to try them out, but you're always telling me to be careful. So, let's try some new things together, and when we're done, I'll probably want to remind you: I Can Do That!

Saturday (9 a.m.) April 2, 9, 16 and 23
Thursday (10 a.m.) March 31, April 7, 14, 21

May Theme: Big Back Yard

Parks, playgrounds and yards of all shapes and sizes were made for play! Our bodies get a gross-motor "goose" when we go on a pretend adventure in our Big Back Yard.

Thursday (10 a.m.) April 28 May 5, 12, 19

“Laugh and Laugh"  (3 and 4 year olds)

April theme: Make Believe

Where can you go to see pirates, castles, dragons, dinosaurs and more . . . all in one place? That’s easy—your imagination!

Saturday (10a.m.) April 2, 9, 16, 23
Thursday (11 a.m.) March 31 April 7, 14, 21

May theme: On the Go!

Children always seem to be on the go, which makes this unit just their speed! You’ll use locomotor skills and active imaginations to drive in cars, chug along in trains and bounce on pogo sticks.

Thursdsay (11 a.m.) April 28 May 5, 12, 19

Enrollment Includes:

• Developmentally appropriate curriculum for parents and children, ages 3 and 4
• 4-week class
• Weekly 45-minute class

Digital At-Home Materials including: Kindermusik@Home Digital Materials delivers your favorite Kindermusik songs and activities, instrumental music, books and lyrics—as well as recipes, learning games, crafts, and more in a green-friendly digital format. 

Tuition is $75 (Due: April class by March 15 and May class by April 15)

Please note that the following comes from the Chancellor Search Advisory Committee (CSAC):

The SIU Board of Trustees approved Witt Kieffer as the search firm to assist with the SIUE Chancellor Search in December 2015. The final paperwork was completed in mid-January 2016, and the CSAC is actively working with the search firm.

Upon the recommendation of the search firm, and the approval of the CSAC, we will continue to accept applications until Tuesday, March 15 (best consideration date), so that we can continue to get a strong applicant pool. The CSAC will simultaneously continue to evaluate applicants. We plan to select candidates for the first round of “airport interviews” in late March and conduct the first round of interviews in early April.

We will then select the finalists for campus interviews. We plan to complete all campus interviews before the end of the spring semester, so that we can receive input from the SIUE community.

We would like to thank all those who have nominated individuals for the chancellor position, or have provided us with feedback through the website, siue.edu/chancellor/search.

We have received several completed applications and we encourage you to continue to communicate (nominations/feedback) with us through the “Get Involved” section of the Chancellor Search website,  chancellor/search/feedback.

Several great opportunities for our students are available through our local chapter of Phi Kappa Phi. Please note that membership in PKP is NOT required for two of the three. 

Undergraduate Scholarship: One scholarship of up to $1,000 (which must be applied to undergraduate or graduate tuition and fees at SIUE) may be awarded. Eligibility requirements: must be an undergraduate with at least junior standing (60 hours) at the end of the fall semester 2015, must have a minimum GPA of 3.5 and must have earned at least 24 semester hours at SIUE by the end of the fall semester 2015. Students with a 100 percent waiver for tuition and fees are not eligible. Please note: Applicants DO NOT have to be PKP members.
The deadline is 4:30 p.m. Monday, March 21.
For more information, visit siue.edu/pkp/Awards.

Undergraduate Paper Contest: Three cash prizes will be awarded for papers meeting the criteria. Submissions are to be scholarly essays or research papers on any academic topic that can be understood by a lay audience. This contest is open to ANY SIUE undergraduate.
The deadline is 4:30 p.m. Monday, March 21.
For more information, visit siue.edu/pkp/Awards.

Graduate Fellowship: Graduating seniors with superior academic and leadership records, who are or will be members of Phi Kappa Phi by the application deadline, and who have applied to enroll as a full-time student in a post-baccalaureate program of study for the 2016-2017 academic year are eligible to apply. One fellowship award of up to $1,000 will be given through our local chapter and then this person will be entered into the national contest where 51 fellowships of $5,000 and six fellowships of $15,000 will be awarded (SIUE nominee Luke Settles won a national award last year). 
The deadline is 4:30 p.m. Monday, March 21.
For more information, visit siue.edu/pkp/Awards.

"How Will I Pay for College and Beyond?" Workshop
Phi Kappa Phi is co-sponsoring a student finances workshop.
5 p.m.
Thursday, March 3
Alumni Hall, room 2401
Representatives from SIUE’s Student Financial Aid and the Bursar’s Office will present information and answer questions.
The event is co-sponsored by SIUE’s chapter of Beta Alpha Psi, the national accounting honor society.
This event is free and open to anyone who would like to attend.