Wednesday, March 30, 2016

SIUE faculty, staff, students are invited to attend for free, today's Lifelong Learning presentations. The cost is $5 for the general public to attend on campus presentations.

Korean Choices will be presented by Anne Werner, PE, PhD and assistant professor in the Department of Construction in SIUE's School of Engineering. Today, North and South Korea couldn’t be farther apart. The north is impoverished and ruled by a corrupt authoritarian government. The south is rapidly becoming one of the most developed countries in the world. With such a wide gap, is unification ever possible or even desirable anymore? This presentation is offered as part of the Great Decisions series of Foreign Policy Affairs topics.

10:30 – 11:45 a.m.
Today
Morris University Center, Oak-Redbud Room

Come play with us: Using Games in the Classroom to Enhance Student Learning and Assessment with Dr. Miranda Wilhelm, PharmD, clinical associate professor in the SIUE School of Pharmacy, and Dayna Henry, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Applied Health. Explore how games in the classroom can be used to meet a variety of learning and assessment outcomes. Research on the effectiveness of games and specific examples and experiences using games will be discussed. Learn about this popular teaching and assessment strategy.

1:15 – 2:30 p.m.
Today
Morris University Center, Oak-Redbud Room

For more details about the presentations visit Lifelong Learning Programs or contact Patty Bade in the SIUE Office of Educational Outreach at 618-650-3985 or pbade@siue.edu.

Details on four-week Spring 2016 Kindermusik classes at SIUE are available online.

The April theme for "Sing and Play" for one and two year olds is "I Can Do That!" The May theme is "Big Back Yard."

The April theme for "Laugh and Learn" for three and four year olds is "Make Believe." The May theme is "On the Go!"

For more information, contact Ellen Singh at esingh@siue.edu.

Registration is due by Thursday, March 31, for Spring Ally training. Safe Zone, as part of the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion, invites faculty, staff and students are invited to participate.

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.

You're invited to attend the "Sharing Critical Thinking Assessment Data and Ideas for Improving Students’ Critical Thinking Skills" workshop.

9-10:30 a.m.
Friday, April 1
Morris University Center, Mississippi-Illinois Room

The General Education Assessment Committee was given the charge of assessing the goals of general education and our baccalaureate degree. Several of these goals (e.g. written communication, scientific literacy, analytic problem solving) are essential elements to critical thinking ability. Thus, we wish to share our critical thinking assessment data with interested parties, identify potentially key skills upon which we need to focus, share concrete ideas for increasing critical thinking in the classroom and have the attendees share their own ideas for improvement techniques. This will include a presentation of the committee’s history, goals and results, followed by a panel discussion of effective techniques to increase students’ willingness to engage in critical thinking in the classroom. Finally, there will be a chance for attendees to share their own experiences and ideas with one another.

Objectives:

• To share the goals we were charged to assess
• To share how we have and currently are assessing these goals
• To present data from our Critical Thinking Test (comparing freshmen and seniors)
• To focus on where students show the most improvement as well as areas we need to focus on further improvement
• To share concrete ideas about how to increase critical thinking in the classroom
• To have attendees share their own ideas about how to increase willingness to engage critical thinking among students in the classroom

Panelists: Richard Fry (Philosophy), Joel Hardman (English), Faith Liebl (Biological Sciences), and Thad Meeks (Psychology)

SIUE will host the St. Louis Jazz Club Essentially Ellington Regional Festival:

All day
7:30 p.m. - concluding concert
Friday, April 1
Dunham Hall

High school jazz ensembles from Illinois, Missouri and Michigan will swing their way onto campus to participate in a day of performances and workshops. Co-produced by New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center, the regional festival is a non-competitive, education-focused festival designed to offer high school jazz bands of all levels the opportunity to perform the music of Duke Ellington and other seminal big band composers and arrangers.

The event is made possible through a grant from The St. Louis Jazz Club, whose primary goal is to support live traditional jazz performance and broaden the understanding of the music.

The concluding concert is open to the public and will feature participating bands, clinicians and the SIUE Concert Jazz Band. General admission is $12, and $9 for seniors and those under 18. SIUE students may attend for free with valid student ID.

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 Cougar Store and Department of Historical Studies present a reading and book signing event for Dr. Jeffrey Manuel's publication Taconite Dreams: The Struggle to Sustain Mining on Minnesota's Iron Range, 1915-2000.

4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 5
The Cougar Store, Morris University Center

The book examines how Minnesota’s Iron Range, once among the world’s largest mining areas, fought the dislocation that came with economic changes, technological advances and global shifts in industrial production. Taconite Dreams demonstrates how the area fit into a larger story of regions wrestling with deindustrialization in the twentieth century.

Refreshments will be served.

The Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice invites you to attend Dr. Erin Heil's sabbatical presentation on intercountry adoption and child trafficking.

1:30-2:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 6
Peck Hall 3117

The SIUE Department of Art & Design will host the 5th Annual Art History Symposium:

Noon-3 p.m.
Friday, April 8
Art & Design West Room 1104

Dr. Diana Bullen Presciutti, of the University of Essex, will present the keynote, titled "Sex, Lies and Bronze Relief: Slanderous Gossip and Saintly Power in Donatello's Miracle of the Newborn Child."

The School of Dental Medicine invites the SIUE campus community to attend the 2016 SDM Research Day and Student Table Clinic Exhibition on Tuesday, April 12.

Dr. Sharon Gordon, the inaugural associate dean for research and chair of foundational sciences at the East Carolina School of Dental Medicine, will be the guest speaker. Dr. Gordon will present The Role of the Astute Clinician in Therapeutic Innovation.

1:15 p.m.
Tuesday, April 12
Auditorium of the Center for Professional Advancement (Building 280)
SDM Alton campus

An opportunity to review outstanding student research presented during the 2016 SIU School of Dental Medicine Table Clinic Competition will be available in Roller Hall (Building 263) on the SDM Alton campus, immediately following the lecture presentation.

All guests are welcome.

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 will be held:

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.