Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016

Students are increasingly required to think analytically and mathematically, but what are best practices on the topic? Come read articles and find out!

Join today's STEM Center Journal Club where a short discussion will be held on how computational thinking is expressed in current teaching frameworks like the Next Generation Science Standards. 

Using Mathematical and Computational Thinking in Early Grades Science Classrooms" (Gilbert et al. 2016). 

Noon
Today
STEM Resource Center - Vadalabene Center Room 1304 

All are welcome! Send any questions, or requests for articles, to Colin Wilson at colwils@siue.edu.

The Office of Human Resources is dedicated to promoting an environment that supports the balance between an employee's work and personal life. The University's Work-Life program may include topics such as elder care, childcare, wellness and stress management resources.

These sessions, in keeping with the University's mission and vision, serve to integrate your professional and personal life, so that you may be more productive, engaged and satisfied in your work setting.

The sessions are free, however, registration is required due to seating availability.

We encourage you to bring your lunch, notepad and a friend to enjoy the the session:

Benefits for 2016-17
12-1 p.m.
Today
Morris University Center Mississippi-Illinois Room
Seating is limited. RSVP to Rasheda King at rajohns@siue.edu.

There will be a 30–45-minute presentation, followed by a 15-minute question and answer portion.

Tentative presentations for upcoming months include:

November -- Food Service: Food Safety for the Holidays
December  -- Campus Security: Shopping with the Masses
January --  Studio Gaia Edwardsville: New Year New You (Yoga)

We are always in search of speakers with a message to share, to motivate, to explain, to enlighten and enrich the campus community. If you have a passion or know someone with an interest in a particular area of importance to employees, please e-mail King.

15th Annual Prairie Haunted House
8 p.m.-1 a.m.
Today
Prairie Hall

The Prairie Area Council has implemented a Haunted House every year since 2001. It serves as a free community engagement opportunity to students, faculty, staff and the surrounding community.

Stop by and walk through the Little Haunted House on the Prairie! Admission is free.

"Behind Closed Doors: Exploring persistent workplace aggression, the impact and solutions for organizations" workshop is being presented by Dr. Jan Kircher:

9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 28
LeClair Room, N.O. Nelson Campus
600 Troy Road
Edwardsville
6 CEU’s Workshop

A leading expert in persistent workplace aggression, Dr. Jan Kircher has a PhD in sociology, an MSW, more than 20 years of experience in diverse organizational settings, and is currently expanding her services to introduce preventative workshops and programming into organizations at-risk of employing potential aggressors.

Kircher has spent the last 15 years of her career in higher education and has presented locally, regionally and nationally across the U.S. for mental health and health workers, administrators, academics and other professionals.

During her career, Kircher became aware of a social phenomenon called academic and/or workplace bullying after seeing the first-hand damages of persistent workplace aggression on organizational culture and after receiving email requests from individuals all over the world who have been targets, seeking advice and support.

In response to mounting concerns and a lack of accessible training, Kircher founded Support to Transform Organizational Practice, a consulting firm aimed at support, training and education to enable organizations to identify, respond and prevent persistent workplace aggression. She is one of few in the U.S. who addresses persistent workplace aggression, and is the only one who speaks to the organizational accountability in effectively solving this issue.

Kircher has developed state-of-the-art and unique strategies for organizations and individuals to deal with persistent workplace aggression. 

After this workshop, participants will:
• Understand what persistent workplace aggression is and who it involves
• Identify the behaviors associated with persistent workplace aggression
• Understand the impact that workplace aggression has on targets, bystanders and the environment
• Identify factors that put organizations at risk
• Identify effective strategies used to manage and prevent persistent workplace aggression

This semester, SIUE’s International Training Program in Pedagogy is hosting 12 visiting scholars from Northwest Normal University (NWNU) and Sichuan University of Science and Engineering (SUSE) in China.

The scholar's second presentation will be:

10:15-11:45 a.m.
Friday, Oct. 28
Alumni Hall, room 3402

The 2016 Focus on Teaching and Technology Conference (FTTC) will be held:

Thursday, Nov. 3
Friday, Nov. 4
University of Missouri-St. Louis campus

There are several changes in the conference this year, including: expanding the concurrent sessions to two days, eliminating the cost for the workshops and incorporating the workshops into the full program on Thursday and Friday.

SIUE is again a Gold-Level sponsor, so there is no charge for SIUE participants to attend the full conference.

For full program details and registration information, access the 2016 Focus on Teaching and Technology Conference website.

Tuition for both "Sing & Play" and "Laugh & Learn" is $75 each and is due by:
Saturday, Nov. 5.

Registration forms are available here. For more information, contact Ellen Singh at esingh@siue.edu. 

"Sing & Play" 4-Week Class - Yum!
For ages 1 and 2 years

Get ready to sing, play and move with your little one in this high-energy music class designed to be just right for children under two years of age. This new Kindermusik curriculum focuses on your child's beginning movement, helping to build the muscles your baby needs to walk and helping to nurture your child’s speaking and singing voice. With a mix of both parent-child joint activities and child-focused activities, you’ll be able to join right in on all the singing and dancing, while also getting the chance to observe how your older baby or toddler learns on her own.

9 a.m. Saturdays
Nov. 19 and Dec. 3, 10, 17
SIUE Early Childhood Center

10 a.m. Thursdays
Nov. 17 and Dec. 1, 8, 15
Dunham Hall

“Laugh & Learn” 4-Week Class – Outside My Window
For ages 3 and 4 years

Rise and shine, weather and adventures are waiting! There are raindrops to catch and snowmen to build, wind and thunder sounds to make, and sunny-day games to play, too. I rub my eyes and what do I see? Sun, rain, wind and snow … right Outside My Window!

10 a.m. Saturdays
Nov. 19 and Dec. 3, 10, 17
SIUE Early Childhood Center

11 a.m. Thursdays
Nov. 17 and Dec. 1, 8, 15
Dunham Hall

Kindermusik is a music and movement program with curriculum for children ages birth through seven years old. More specifically, Kindermusik classes provide a holistic musical and learning experience in the critical first years of young children and their families.

ATTENTION: All Labor Union Members 

The University Staff Senate has made available a scholarship from the Faculty for Collective Bargaining monies. The University Staff Senate handles the funds for the Faculty for Collective Bargaining Scholarship, which was established to provide scholarship awards to qualifying SIUE students.

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

1. You must be an employee (the labor union member) or the son, daughter, grandchild, spouse or civil union partner of a labor union member presently employed or retired civil service (excluding non-status), professional staff employee or non-tenure track faculty member of SIUE.

2. You must meet admissions requirements for undergraduate study at SIUE and be admitted for full-time undergraduate study.

3. Applicants with fewer than twelve semester hours earned in college: You must have an ACT composite of 19 or above (unless exempt because of SIUE'S admission standards). You must have at least a high school GPA of 2.5 on a scale of 4.0=A. Applications can be accessed at siue.edu/ugov/staff/

4. Applicants with twelve or more semester hours earned in college: You must have completed at least one term as a full-time college student. You must have at least a college GPA of 2.5 on a scale of 4.0=A. Applications can be accessed at siue.edu/ugov/staff/

Your application will be evaluated on the following criteria: a typed essay written by you, overall GPA or its equivalent, co-curricular activities (e.g. clubs, sports, volunteerism, family responsibilities, etc.), honors and/or awards, work history and current letter of recommendation addressed to USSS Committee (within one year of application).

Visit siue.academicworks to apply for the Faculty for Collective Bargaining Scholarship. 

Please complete the application by:

4:30 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 12 

If you have any questions about the application process, please contact the University Governance secretary at 650-2770.