Friday, March 16, 2018

Biweekly dialogues to support critical conversations and understanding around issues of campus climate for black students, faculty and staff; social justice; and our collective responsibility to build a sustainable campus environment for all will continue:

Please join us
Noon-1:30 p.m.
Today
Peck Hall, Room 2405

YOU can make a difference for new freshmen by serving as a Cougar Guide for The SIUE Experience! Students must have a minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA and a minimum of 24 semester hours at SIUE by the end of Spring 2018 semester.

To apply, visit siue.edu/admitted/experience. Applications are due by today.

For more information, contact Tarsha Moore at tarmoor@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, particularly for individuals who show an ongoing connection or commitment to the SIUE community and region.

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.

Nominations must be received no later than today.

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

The Friends of Art along with the SIUE Department of Art and Design will host their 41st annual Art Auction at 7 p.m. today. The auction will be held in the Art West Gallery located in the Art and Design West building on the SIUE campus.

The 2018 auction will offer original artworks donated by faculty, visiting artists, alumni, friends and advanced students. Additional work will be available to the highest bidder in a silent auction. Doors open at 6 p.m., and Ahrens & Niemeier auctioneers will start the bidding at 7 p.m.

To view images of the artwork to be auctioned, visit the Friends of Art SIUE on Facebook.

Tickets are $7 for the general public and can be purchased at the door. Admission is free to all students, auction donors and members of the Friends of Art. Complimentary food will be provided, and a cash bar will also be available.

For more information on Friends of Art, visit siue.edu/artsandsciences/art or the Friends of Art SIUE Facebook. E-mails may be directed to friendsofart.siue@yahoo.com.

SIUE Department of Theater and Dance Black Theater Workshop (BTW) presents, "Sankofa: Reclaiming Our Time" BTW reunion."

Performances:
7:30 p.m.
Today (reception immediately following)
Saturday, March 17 

2 p.m.
Sunday, March 18

Workshops on Saturday, March 17
12-1:15 p.m. - Auditioning with Josh Douglas
1:30-2:45 p.m.- Storytelling/Improv with Ashley Bland
3-4:45 p.m. - Master Class with Curtis Lewis and Joel P.E. King: Acting for the Stage: Scene & Monologue Study
5-6:30 p.m. - Panel Discussion, "Black Theater Today: Is It Still Relevant?"

All events are free and open to the public and are held at SIUE’s Metcalf Theater. Read more about the reunion in this SIUE News Story.

At SIUE, faculty in the Department of Anthropology within the College of Arts and Sciences emphasize the development of knowledge and respect for cultural diversity of humankind.

For Corey Ragsdale, PhD, assistant professor of anthropology, looking into the lives of people from the past provides an introspective look into how modern populations have become the way they are today.

On this week’s episode of Segue, the weekly radio program that explores the lives and work of the people at SIUE, Greg Budzban, PhD, CAS dean, has an in-depth conversation with Ragsdale about his work as a bioarchaeologist, his research interests and ongoing work within the community.

This episode of Segue airs at 9 a.m. on Sunday, March 18, on WSIE 88.7 FM The Sound.

The SIUE School of Business Executive Education program’s project management courses and workshops are open for registration:

Growth Mindset
Friday, March 23
8:30 a.m.- 4 p.m., SIUE Main Campus - Founders Hall

How do you measure success and failure in your business? Do you focus primarily on results or do you reward your staff based on their efforts, ideas and how much they have achieved? Businesses and organizations that encourage people to believe they can develop, grow and improve, create innovative, forward-thinking, creative workplaces that embrace risk and use failure to learn. This is described as growth mindset culture. Growth mindset principles allow teams and individuals to continually develop. They also develop awareness of how individual and group attitudes impact the development and ability of others. 

For a listing of more, click Professional DevelopmentWorkshops

The SIUE Police Department is presenting a one-day, free of charge, self-defense course: Rape, Aggression, Defense (R.A.D.) Systems. The course is offered for WOMEN ONLY (faculty, staff, students and their guests).

9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Saturday, March 24
Evergreen Hall Multipurpose Room

R.A.D. is a nationally certified self defense program designed specifically for women. We will spend the day teaching you different techniques on how to defend yourself. At the end of the day, we put an officer in a padded suit and allow the students to use the skills taught to defend themselves.  

Appropriate clothing would be tennis shoes, T-shirt with sweat pants or shorts. Bring money for lunch options in the Morris University Center or bring a sack lunch.

Please respond to Officer Kircher at kbohle@siue.edu.

SIUE will host the regional Science and Engineering Research Challenge, which will showcase projects from students grades 5-12.

8-9:15 a.m. Exhibit set up
8-9:30 a.m. Judges check-in and training
9:30 a.m.-Noon Project judging
Saturday, March 24
SIUE's Morris University Center

To make this event happen, we need people like you to serve as volunteer judges. We will provide training, breakfast and a catered lunch.

For more information and to sign-up, please visit the SERC website.