Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018

The Graduate School will host a discussion about Graduate Student Mental Health.

10 a.m.
Thursday, Jan. 25
Morris University Center, Meeting Room A

The discussion will be led by Jessica Horowitz, PhD, associate dean for Student Services at Loyola University Chicago, Courtney Boddie, director of Counseling Services at SIUE, and Jim Boyle, interim director of Disability Support Services.

Topics will include mental illness, disability, international students, online learners, advising and reporting. Time will be provided for open sharing. All faculty and staff are invited.

Join us for the next practice of mindfulness and meditation.

12-12:50 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 25
Morris University Center, International Room 

For more information, contact Lisa Thompson-Gibson at lithomp@siue.edu or 650-2842.

Students, faculty and staff are welcome to attend. No RSVP is required.

Office Support Associate in University Housing Doris Hardwick, is retiring after more than 30 years of service at SIUE.

Please join us for a retirement party:

2:30-3:30 p.m.
Thursday, Jan 25
Bluff Hall Multifunction Room

Figure Drawing is a time-honored practice of studying the human form as an artistic subject. It engages a professional collaboration between model and art students, in which dynamic poses are held still for various lengths of time in order to capture movement and expression.

Those who practice figure drawing regularly learn the underlying thought and processes that aid in conveying the human form convincingly.

12:30-2:30 p.m.
Fridays: Jan. 26, Feb. 9 and 23, March 23, and April 13 and 27
Art & Design West, Room 2103

The cost is $6 per session or $30 for all six sessions.

Please register in person or online for Open Figure Drawing. Attendees must be 18 or older.

The IRIS Center will host "An Introduction to Digital Storytelling" 

2 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 26
Peck Hall, Room 1405

IRIS Center Project Manager Katie Knowles will present an overview of digital storytelling methods, the storytelling process, ethical considerations when working with storytellers, and how to facilitate story creation.

She will also discuss upcoming digital storytelling projects at SIUE.

For more information, please contact Katie Knowles at katknow@siue.edu or visit the IRIS Center website at iris.siue.edu.

Robert Ware, PhD, professor in the Department of Philosophy, will give his sabbatical research presentation:

"An Unrestricted Approach to the Universal Set as a Natural Foundation for Set Theory, Categorical Logic, Mathematics, and Physics”
1:30-3:30 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 26
Peck Hall, Room 2411

All are welcome.

For more information, contact rfry@siue.edu.

SIUE's research and grant productivity continue at impressive levels, as you would expect at the #1 Emerging Research Institution in the Midwest.

To continue this success and enhance it, the University is now accepting applications for the SIUE Innovation Grant program.

The fund is designed to generate creative thinking that considers what SIUE could become, and explores new ways of doing things that lead to long-term benefits for the University and beyond.

Innovations will be evaluated according to the following measures: breadth and impact on the University, clarity of outcome, clarity of budget, ability to generate new revenue or save funds, and practicality of implementation.

Deadline for summer 2018:
Thursday, Feb. 1

Deadline for fall 2018:
Sunday, July 1.

For more information, including program details, important dates and an application form, visit siue.edu/chancellor/innovation.

Video surveillance equipment is scheduled to be installed at the SIUE Recreation Complex on Northwest University Drive on the Edwardsville campus. The new equipment will be used by Campus Recreation to protect students and reduce damage to property. The cameras will enhance the overall safety and security on the fields now that the artificial turf project is nearing completion.

In accordance with Section II (F) of the University’s Video Surveillance Policy, Vice Chancellor for Administration Rich Walker has approved the installation of the additional security equipment.

For more information, visit siue.edu/policies/6f3.shtml#Notification.

SIUE is getting closer to completion of the highly anticipated science building renovation. In addition to the two large lecture halls that have been utilized during renovation, additional completed classrooms will be used this semester.

• SL-Science Laboratory Building has been renamed to SE-Science East. In Spring 2018, classes may appear as either SL or SE on students' schedules.
• SLW–Science Lab Building West has been renamed to SW–Science West. In Spring 2018, class locations may appear as either SLW or SW on students' schedules.
• All rooms in SE-Science East have been renumbered as a result of the renovation and shifting of spaces. For example, the large lecture hall that has traditionally been known as SL 1105 will now be labeled SE 1136. The large lecture hall that has been traditionally known as SL 3114 will now be labeled SE 3126.

Thank you for your continued patience as we move toward full use of this newly renovated space.