Wednesday, March 23, 2016

The Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center will host a blood drive on campus

10 a.m.–4 p.m.
Today 
Blood Mobile, Quad

To schedule an appointment, please create an account at www.bloodcenterIMPACT.org and use sponsor code 9828.

Please reference information regarding eligibility requirements and the donation process here.

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.
Today
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.

Representatives from the three approved vendors participating in the Supplemental Retirement 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.

Lori Anderson, departmental information supervisor for the Office of Admissions, is the recipient of the March Employee Recognition Award.

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

3:30 p.m.
Today
Rendleman Hall room 2101

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. Terms begin Thursday, Sept. 1.

Petition and statement of candidacy forms are available from the University Governance Office until 4:30 p.m. today or online.

For complete details visit http://www.siue.edu/ugov/staff/elections_staff_candidacy.shtml.

Attend this week’s STEM Center Journal Club and join the discussion led by Colin Wilson, manager of the SIUE STEM Resource Center. The featured journal article will be “Exploring the Relationship Between Sanctioned and Unsanctioned Laptop Use in a 1:1 Classroom.” (Tallvid et al. 2015)

Noon-1 p.m.
Thursday, March 24
STEM Resource Center – Vadalabene Center Room 1304

Mark your calendar for next week’s gathering, scheduled for Thursday, March 31.

The Career Development Center will be hosting a Graduation Readiness Workshop Series beginning this week. Although these workshops are designed for students preparing to graduate, all students are welcome to attend.

Workshops will be held:

4-5 p.m.
Thursdays, March 24 and 31, April 7, 14, April 21
SSC 0281, Career Resource Center

A complete list of workshop topics can be found on the Career Development Center website.

Limited space remains. Call the Career Development Center at 618-650-3708 to RSVP for the entire workshop series or for individual sessions!

The opening reception for the 33rd Annual Art Therapy Student Art Exhibition Perspectives will be held:

5-8 p.m.
Thursday, March 24
Art and Design West Gallery

The opening reception will feature live music by Sarah Pray and spoken word performed by Veronica Delgado.

The exhibition runs through Saturday, April 2. A closing reception will be held that day from 12:30-1:15 p.m.

Please direct any questions to Rani at rcozad@siue.edu or Ashley at agustaf@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:

5-7 p.m.
Monday, March 28
SIU School of Dental Medicine

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. 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.

Please note the following 20th Annual Graduate School Spring Symposium featured events.

Dr. Hernando Ombao, Professor and Graduate Program Director of Statistics at the University of California, Irvine, will deliver the keynote address, titled "The Contributions of Statistics to Brain Research." Ombao will demonstrate how statistical modeling was used to identify differences in brain activity between healthy subjects and stroke patients. There will also be a novel statistical model presented to demonstrate that brain signals evolve over the course of an associative learning experiment. He will highlight the contributions that statisticians have made to the field of statistical neuroimaging and discuss how statistical principles will generally apply to other disciplines that collect big data for the purpose of testing hypotheses in complex social and biological processes.

10:30-11:30 am
Tuesday, March 29
Morris University Center, Redbud-Oak Room

Dr. Steven Pryor, director of digital initiatives and technologies with SIUE Library & Information Services will host a workshop, titled "Open Access to Research: A Guide to Policies and Resources for SIUE Faculty." The workshop will explore SIUE SPARK, the university’s open access institutional repository. Discussion will include the significant advantages for authors who make open access versions of their work available; how SIUE faculty can easily comply with the SIUE Open Access policy and the benefits of open access to faculty in posting their work in SPARK.

11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Tuesday, March 29
Morris University Center, Hickory-Hackberry Room

Attendance is open to all. For details on all Symposium events, go to http://www.siue.edu/graduate/springsymposium/index.shtml.

Are you considering earning a graduate degree? Register for an upcoming virtual information session to learn more about graduate studies at SIUE:

Noon
Friday, April 1

Pre-registration is required. Learn more and register for an upcoming webinar.

Precision PR and Colleges Against Cancer invite you to the SIUE Relay for Life Carnival for a Cure:

6 p.m.-12 a.m.
Friday, April 8
Korte Stadium

SIUE Relay For Life is trying to make a difference by fundraising for The American Cancer Society. As a university, our goal is $24,000.
 
Five-hundred lives are saved every day because of the progress that has been made against cancer, in part because of people who have supported the American Cancer Society.
 
Make a team, join a team or donate at relayforlife.org/siueil.

The carnival will feature a disc jockey, zumba and other activities for teams to compete in.