Monday, March 21, 2016

11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Today and Tuesday, March 22
Morris University Center, Center Court

Faculty and students are invited to participate in a variety of exercises used to bring awareness of disability. In addition, participants may be eligible to receive an iPad Mini!

For more information, contact Monique Stroud, teaching assistant, at mowilli@siue.edu.

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:
Today
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 March 21 and 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 
Alton

If you have any questions, please contact the clinic at (618) 474-7015.

Several great opportunities for students are available through our local chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, including the Undergraduate Scholarship, Undergraduate Paper Contest and Graduate Fellowship.

Membership in PKP is NOT required for two of the three opportunities. The deadline to apply is 4:30 p.m. today.

For more information, visit siue.edu/pkp/Awards.

The Office of Human Resources is hosting a Supplemental Retirement seminar for SIUE employees that will provide an overview of voluntary supplemental retirement plan options.

11 a.m.-1:10 p.m.
Wednesday, March 23
Morris University Center - Meeting Room A (former Art Gallery)

Information about the SIUE Supplemental Retirement Plan (403b) and the State Deferred Compensation Plan (457) will be presented.

• What are these plans?
• How are they different? How are they similar?
• How can they help me?

Representatives from the three approved vendors participating in the SupplementalRetirement Plan (403b) will present information about their company’s investment choices and discuss the benefits of participating in a Supplemental Retirement Plan. Each vendor will speak for a 30-minute period:

SIUE Supplemental Retirement Plan (403B)

11:10 a.m. – AXA, Ryan Brown, CFP, retirement planning specialist

11:40 a.m. – Mass Mutual, Peggy L. Elliott, CLU, ChFC, Silver Creek Financial

12:10 p.m. – TIAA-CREF, Melvin Ballenger, financial consultant, Field Consulting Group

Deferred Compensation Plan (457)

12:40 p.m. – T. Rowe Price, Plan Administrator - information presented by Kirk Greer, SIUE benefits counselor

When they are not presenting, the vendors will be at tables on the sides of the room for your questions. Deferred Compensation Plan (457) information will be presented by Benefits staff.

Please feel free to bring your lunch and attend the sessions that interest you.

Lori Anderson, departmental information supervisor for the Office of Admissions, is the recipient of the March Employee Recognition Award. Lori was nominated by Todd Burrell, with support from Jeff Chitwood and Ryan Downey.

Please join us in congratulating Lori Anderson as the Employee of the Month:

3:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 23
Rendleman Hall Room 2101

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

The University Staff Senate has established a fund to provide scholarship awards to qualifying SIUE students and is now accepting applications for its Summer Scholarship. The deadline for receipt of the entire typed application packet will be 4:30 p.m. Thursday, March 24. Register Now!

To be eligible for consideration for a scholarship award, you must meet the following criteria:

• You must be the son, daughter, grandchild, spouse, or civil union partner of a presently employed, or retired Civil Service (excluding non-status) or professional staff employee (excluding appointments of less than 50% and term appointments of less than six months) of SIUE
• You must meet admissions requirements for undergraduate study at SIUE

The scholarship award will be applied to your university account for the semester. This award will be reported to the Office of Student Financial Aid to be considered in evaluating your overall financial aid package. Should this amount combined with other awards or payments cause a credit balance on your account, a refund check will be mailed to you from the Bursar's Office.

Through the SIUE scholarship management system, all students can browse and apply for more than 450 scholarships available in the various schools, departments and units at SIUE. This system also offers information on various external scholarships available as well.

To begin a scholarship application, follow these steps:
1. Login at siue.academicworks.com/users/sign_in with your e-ID and password.

2. Fill out the general scholarship application. The system will search for scholarships and awards you may be eligible for. For some, you will automatically be entered into the applicant pool and others may require you to answer additional questions.

3. Continue to check the system regularly as new scholarships become available at different times. Also be sure to browse our “external” scholarship list that provides information and direct links to outside scholarship websites.

If you meet the eligibility criteria above, the software will direct you to the Staff Senate Summer Scholarship page. You are responsible for contacting the University Governance Office to ensure your application packet is complete. You will be notified of the decision of the Scholarship Selection Committee.

If you have any questions about the application process, please contact the University Governance Secretary Vicki Kruse at 650-2770, or Norris Manning at 650-3840.

Cougar World Games is a special event designed to promote diversity, understanding and acceptance between groups with different cultures, backgrounds and ethnicities through participation in various recreational activities offered across the globe.

Ninth Annual Cougar World Games
6-8 p.m.
Thursday, March 24
Student Activity Center, located in the Student Fitness Center

In addition to such activities as mancala, bocce ball, cricket, ping pong, adaptive recreation activities and more, we are continuing the “cultural experience /interaction zone” for the third year. It will consist of our international students, faculty and staff interacting and explaining more about their sport and cultural background with our SIUE students.

If you joined us previously in this event, we would love to have you back with us again! If you know someone that would be interested in joining the “cultural experience/ interaction zone” and sharing their sport experience and culture with students, please contact Natalie Hawkins nrosale@siue.edu. 

Here are some photos from last year’s event: World Cougar Games. 

For more information, contact Hawkins, assistant director of Campus Recreation, at 650-3242 or the email above.

For more information, contact Maria Marmolejo at 650-2127 or mmarmol@siue.edu.

The SIUE School of Pharmacy APhA Academy of Student Pharmacists is planning a night of fun, drawings and education. In order to continue the talk about the importance of Women’s Heart Health, the first annual Heart Health and Wellness Expo has been planned: 6-8 p.m. Thursday, April 21 The Weingarten 1780 East State Route 15 Belleville The first 100 people to register for the event by emailing siueopheart@gmail.com AND completing the vendor passport at the expo will enter to win a $50 Amazon Gift Card given at 7:45 p.m. at the event. Please RSVP by April 4; however, walk-ins are welcome. To stay up to date with information - like our Facebook page at Operation Heart. The Weingarten in Belleville will stay open until 10 p.m. April 21. Come by and talk with our healthcare professionals and vendors to help get you back on track with your health goals.

The University Staff Senate represents civil service and professional staff of SIUE. Employees who are represented by labor organizations, as well as employees who are not represented, can participate on the University Staff Senate, its panels or committees.

The University Staff Senate manages two scholarship funds: The University Staff Senate Scholarship and the Faculty for Collective Bargaining Scholarship Fund. Civil service and professional staff employees participate in the governance of the University via the senate and its panels.

All senate and panel members are elected officers. Elections will be held on Wednesday, April 13.

University Staff Senate Members – terms beginning Thursday, Sept. 1
• Four (4) members from the negotiated and prevailing (which will have three year terms expiring in 2019)
• Two (2) members from the Open range classification (which will have three year terms expiring in 2019)Two (2) members from the administrative staff classification, one non-represented and one represented (which will have three year terms expiring in 2019)
• Two (2) members from the administrative staff classification, one non-represented and one represented (which will have three year terms expiring in 2019)

University Staff Senate Panel Members – terms beginning Thursday, Sept. 1
• Four (4) members from negotiated and prevailing classification (which will have two year terms expiring in 2018)
• Four (4) members from the civil service open range classification ( one which will fill a term expiring in 2017 and three which will have two year terms expiring in 2018)
• Six (6) members from the administrative staff classification; four represented and two non-represented (which will have two year terms expiring in 2018)

School of Dental Medicine, Alton IL – term beginning Thursday, Sept. 1
• One (1) representative from any of the following constituencies: open range civil service, negotiated and prevailing civil service or administrative/professional staff from the School of Dental Medicine, Alton (which will have a three year term expiring in 2019)
• Members will be elected by all non-academic employees from their own constituency groups. Positions on the ballot will be in the same order of date and time as receipt of their acceptable petition.

Application for Candidacy
• Petition and statement of candidacy forms are available from the University Governance Office until 4:30 p.m. on March 23 or online at staff/elections.

Eligibility for Candidacy
• Candidates for membership to the Staff Senate must be a permanent, full-time civil service employee or a full-time administrative staff employee on a continuing contract, with a minimum of two years of consecutive employment with the University at the time the candidate picks up the petition and the statement of candidacy forms, and employed on the date of election. Petitions must be filed in person in the University Governance Office.

ELECTION CALENDAR:
March 23 - Latest date for withdrawal of candidates. statements of withdrawal must be made in person in the University Governance Office; Latest date for filing petition and statement of candidacy form

April 6 - Latest date that all non-academic employees will be notified of the official list of candidates and their qualifications

April 13 - Date of election