Monday, Feb. 27, 2017

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 2017 is scheduled for Monday-Tuesday, April 3-4.

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 13

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 3 or 4. There will be NO CHARGE for the treatment you will receive during the Board Exam.

No appointment is necessary for the FREE screenings offered. Please bring a photo ID. Free parking is available in the patient parking area (off of Annex Street).

SIU Main Dental Clinic is located at 2800 College Avenue (free patient parking off of Annex Street) in Alton.

For more information, contact the clinic at (618) 474-7000.

April 9-15 has been declared National Student Employee Week by the National Student Employment Association (NSEA).

During this week, we encourage you to join us in celebrating the accomplishments and contributions of our student employees, as they are a vital part of the success of our University.

In addition, we invite you to nominate one of your student employees for SIUE Student Employee of the Year. The deadline for nominations is today.

A nomination form can be printed from siue.edu/studentemployment. To be eligible, a student must be employed for a minimum of six months between July 1, 2016 and June 30, 2017 (anticipated).

After a committee review, one student will be selected to be Student Employee of the Year for SIUE. The winner will be announced during National Student Employee Week and will have his/her name and nominating letter sent to the state competition. The winner will also receive a $500 scholarship!

For more information, contact the Student Employment Office at 650-2563.

The SIUE Chapter 203 of the Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society is sponsoring a book exchange during the spring semester.

11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 28 and Wednesday, March 1
Peck Hall, first floor lobby

Members of the SIUE community are invited to bring a book, and then take one from the inventory available or get a coupon to use later. Book purchases can also be made for a nominal cost.

Future book exchanges are scheduled for Tuesday, April 4 and Wednesday, April 5, with the same hours and location.

Phi Kappa Phi was founded in 1897, and is one of the nation’s oldest and most selective honor societies for all academic disciplines. Chapter 203 was established at SIUE in 1978. For more information, visit siue.edu/PKP/ or contact Chapter President Cindy Scarsdale at cscarsd@siue.edu.

The SIUE Career Development Center will host:

Education Career Fair
3-6 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 28
Morris University Center, Second Floor Conference Center

Spring Career Fair
10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Wednesday, March 1
Morris University Center Meridian Ballroom
School of Business
College of Arts and Sciences
All non-teaching majors

10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Wednesday, March 2
Morris University Center Meridian Ballroom
School of Engineering

A list of attending employers can be found on the CDC website:siue.edu/careerdevelopmentcenter
Dress professionally and bring copies of your resume!

For more information about any of these events, please contact the Career Development Center at 650-3708 or careerdevelopment@siue.edu

The Honorary Degrees and Distinguished Service Award Committee invites nominations from the University community for consideration by the committee. All departments and schools are asked to consider and submit well-deserving nominations.

Please visit siue.edu/ugov/faculty/hdegree/ for details on the criteria for submission and the nomination forms. A list of former recipients is available for review on the University Archives website: siue.edu/lovejoylibrary/archives/commence.shtml.

Please note that current University employees are not eligible for awards.

Nominations must be received no later than Wednesday, March 15. Submissions should include the appropriate nomination form along with biographical information. Subject librarians in Library and Information Services can provide assistance in locating documentation that can strengthen the nomination: siue.edu/lovejoylibrary/research_tools/librarians.shtml.

For more information, contact Juliet Kerico Gray at jkerico@siue.edu or 650-3129.

You can support the SIUE East St. Louis Charter High School (CHS) by simply shopping the following Amazon link: SIUE Charter School. 

Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of eligible AmazonSmile purchases directly to the SIUE Charter School when you shop using the above link. Please consider supporting SIUE Charter School on both your personal Amazon account and your SIUE Amazon business account.

SIUE Charter School operates the SIUE East St. Louis Charter High School at the SIUE East St. Louis Center. CHS serves a total of 115 students in grades 9-12. It is a school of choice for families in the East St. Louis School District. Its mission is to prepare students, who are career and college ready upon graduation

Have you seen red tags around campus?

Throughout the month of February, the Students Today, Alumni Tomorrow, (STAT) student organization has joined hundreds of universities worldwide to participate in Student Engagement and Philanthropy Month, organized by CASE.

This initiative is designed to increase student understanding of philanthropy and how giving impacts SIUE. It is also meant to increase student engagement now and as future alumni.

The red tags placed around campus represent the tangible impact our donors have on SIUE. TAG stands for Thank-A-Giver.

If you see tags, take a selfie with them and post them on the STAT facebook page with #SIUETAG.

Each tag found and selfie posted, equals an entry into a drawing to win a $100 Visa gift card.

Contact Cathy Taylor at cattayl@siue.edu for more information.