Thursday, March 24, 2016

SIUE faculty, staff, students are invited to attend for free, today's Lifelong Learning Program presentation.

Giant Lasers will be presented by Dr. Jack Glassman, associate professor of physics.

9:30–10:30 a.m.
Today
Main Street Community Center, 1003 N. Main Street, Edwardsville

More details about the presentation can be found online at Lifelong Learning Programs, or contact Patty Bade with the SIUE Office of Educational Outreach at 618-650-3985 or pbade@siue.edu.

Attend today'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.
Today
STEM Resource Center – Vadalabene Center Room 1304

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

The University Staff Senate has established a fund to provide scholarship awards to qualifying SIUE students. The deadline for receipt of the entire typed application packet for the Summer Scholarship is 4:30 p.m. today. Register Now!

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.

The Career Development Center is hosting a Graduation Readiness Workshop Series beginning today. The topic of today's workshop is Build a Successful Resume.

4-5 p.m.
Today
SSC 0281, Career Resource Center

Although these workshops are designed for students preparing to graduate, all students are welcome to attend.

Future workshops will be held Thursdays, March 31 and April 7, 14, April 21. A complete list of topics can be found on the Career Development Center website.

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

SIUE Campus Recreation will host the 9th Annual Cougar World Games:

6-8 p.m.
Today
Student Fitness Center Activity Gym

The 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 around the globe.

It offers an opportunity for all students, faculty and staff to learn something about a sport, network and meet individuals from a different country or background, and enjoy a great diverse event. All are welcome to attend. There will be fun sport activities, fitness demonstrations, FREE Food and t-shirts. Please feel free to bring any equipment, pictures and other items to showcase at the event for a chance to win a prize.

For more information, please visit the Campus Recreation website or call Natalie Hawkins at (618) 650-3242.

The History Research Brown Bag series is pleased to host Dr. Jeffrey Manuel's sabbatical presentation: "Gasohol Goes to Washington: Alcohol Fuel and American Energy Policy, 1977-1986".

Noon
Friday, March 25
Peck Hall room 3117

Brown bags are open to the public. Bring lunch and a friend and enjoy learning about a new topic.

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 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 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 
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.

Safe Zone, as part of the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion, invites faculty, staff and students to participate in Spring Ally training.

Registration for the sessions is now available and must be completed by Thursday, March 31.

Ally Training is offered on two different dates:

9:30 a.m.-Noon
Thursday, April 7

OR

1-3:30 p.m.
Friday, April 8

A location will be determined closer to the trainings and communicated with those who registered.

Safe Zone Ally training aims to develop listening and helping skills, create inclusive habits in the classroom, office and on larger scales and promote understanding with respect to the LGBT community.

Training additionally provides information regarding sexual orientation and gender identity terms, the complexity of sexuality and campus and community resources.

For more information and to register, visit siue.edu/lgbt/training.shtml.

Volunteer judges are needed for the regional Science and Engineering Research Challenge (SERC) at SIUE.

8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 2
SIUE Student Activity Center, located in the Student Fitness Center

More than 250 regional students from grades 5-12 participate in the SERC. Projects take advantage of a child's natural curiosity, stimulate the imagination and encourage independent critical thinking, all while enabling students to understand that science is an integral part of life. The competition helps students advance their thinking, confidence and interest in STEM.

To be successful, the SERC requires more than 200 judges. Experience in science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) is preferred, but not required. Judges training, a continental breakfast and light lunch will be provided on the day of the event.

Click here to register as a volunteer judge!

For more information, please contact STEM Resource Center Manager Colin Wilson at colwils@siue.edu or 650-3500. 

The Chancellor’s Council is pleased to invite you to a celebration in YOUR honor!

Please join us for GAME DAY: TEAM SIUE

11 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Wednesday, April 13
Morris University Center’s Meridian Ballroom and on its adjoining patio

There will be games and laughter as we celebrate the end of another successful school year. We’ve also put in an order for sunshine!

Please bring your Cougar ID Card in order to enter into the grand prize drawing. During the week of April 4-9, the Morris University Center Cougar Store will be offering 20% off Cougar clothing that is not already on sale. Present your University ID to take advantage of the deal! Please feel free to wear your SIUE apparel to the event along with your nametag.

Since this year’s theme is GAME DAY: TEAM SIUE, there will be a ballpark menu— brats, black bean burgers, watermelon, pretzel bites and more —along with a number of games and activities.

Campus departments have donated great prizes for a random drawing distribution. These will be on display at the lunch, and will be distributed following the event. You do not need to be present to win.

This year’s festivities will, again, include a photo montage of our departments, available for viewing during the reception. Your help in providing a photo for inclusion in the montage would be appreciated! Please submit photos to Dan Frierdich at dfrierd@siue.edu by April 1. Pictures can be from departmental events during the past year, or feel free to come up with something new and creative.

For those supervisors with employees who have limited access to email, please pass this information along to them so they can join us, or call ext. 2475 to request a flyer for posting.

Free parking will be available in Lot B from 10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

We hope you’ll take advantage of this opportunity to visit with us and with your colleagues in a fun, relaxed atmosphere as we celebrate all you do for SIUE.

Thank you!
Steve Hansen, Denise Cobb, Kenn Neher, Rachel Stack and Jeffrey Waple

It’s time again for the SIUE Undergraduate Scholars Showcase. You are invited to learn about the outstanding work SIUE’s undergraduates have accomplished in their major programs.

2-4 p.m., with a reception following 
Thursday, April 28
Morris University Center

The Undergraduate Scholars Showcase is our annual opportunity to highlight the depth and variety of learning experiences offered by SIUE’s Senior Assignment program and the Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URCA) program.

Each academic unit demonstrates the best of what the University's undergraduates have mastered. Each department and program nominates two outstanding Senior Assignment projects to be presented at the Undergraduate Scholars Showcase. In keeping with the spirit of last year’s event, URCA Associates and Assistants will be displaying their presentations as well.

Each participant will receive a certificate of achievement and will be honored at a closing reception. This growing event allows students, faculty and community members an opportunity to celebrate learning and our students’ accomplishments.

For more information, contact Erin Behnen at 650-3639 or etimpe@siue.edu.

To learn more about Undergraduate Scholars Showcase, click here.

The E Today will take a break Friday, March 25 for the holiday weekend. The next edition will be distributed Monday, March 28.