Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Campus Recreation is set to reopen the Intramural and Club Sports fields with new synthetic turf!

Join Campus Recreation at 6 p.m. today for the grand re-opening of the RecPlex!

The new synthetic turf encompasses the lighted recreation fields and softball field. The new turf will provide increased durability and safer playing surfaces to meet the needs of the intramural and club sports programs, along with student organization rentals.

There will be added cost savings for maintenance, which directly benefits our students by extending their play throughout the year.

For more information, contact Tom Dougherty at 650-3245.

Search committee members for the Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs position invite the campus community to attend the next candidate presentation:

Miriam Roccia
9 a.m.
Wednesday, March 21
Morris University Center, Illinois Room

Copies of the candidate’s resume will be available for review at the open forum.

A feedback form can be accessed here.

SIUE's Office of Educational Outreach invites you to attend the spring 2018 Lifelong Learning Speakers Series every Wednesday on campus.

Wednesday, March 21
Morris University Center, Hickory-Hackberry Room

10:30-11:45 a.m. - Beer, Wine and Spirits, presented by Laura Fowler, PhD, associate professor and director of museum studies

1:15-2:30 p.m. - Artemisia Gentileschi: Portrait of a Baroque Artist as an Early Feminist, presented by Katherine Poole-Jones, PhD, associate professor of art history

Cost: $5 for general public, $2 for Lifelong Learning members and FREE for alumni and students (with valid student ID)

You don’t want to miss this exhilarating semester jam-packed with presentations that are sure to inform and educate!

To view the fall brochure or to become a Lifelong Learning member, please visit our website or contact coordinator, Eboni Thompson at 650-3233.

Spring is coming! Time to refresh, renew and recognize hard-working employees in your department! Do you have an outstanding employee that deserves recognition? Then nominate them for the Employee of the Month award!

The Employee of the Month Recognition Program Award is an esteemed accolade bestowed on an employee who epitomizes the University’s core values in his or her daily work. These employees are engaged in accomplishing the mission of the University, upholding our University’s values and routinely exceed the call of duty.

Faculty, staff or students can make nominations, but the immediate supervisor must support the nomination. Employees in their current position for two years and who have not received the award within the last five years are eligible for nomination.

Nomination forms and additional details are available at: siue.edu/humanresources/employment/employee_recognition_program.

For more information, contact Jen Oates-Blair at joatesb@siue.edu or 650-2127.

Jeff Thomas, internationally renowned Urban Iroquois photographer, will visit SIUE to open a show of his work, "Birdman Rising: Conversations beyond Colonialism."

6 p.m. Showing of documentary Shooting Indians: A Journey with Jeffrey Thomas (1997) 
7 p.m. - Following the film, Thomas will give a lecture, "A Necessary Fiction: An Urban Indian in the Archives"
Wednesday, March 21
Peck Hall, room 2304

6-8 p.m.
Friday, March 23  Exhibit opening with Thomas in attendance
March 23-April 20 Show on exhibit
Edwardsville Art Center
The show is free and open to the public.

The show will feature photographs Thomas took during his last visit to the area, including photographs of Native American artifacts from the University Museum collections and landscapes at local Native sites such as Cahokia Mounds.

Thomas is a guest of Native American Studies and its contributing Departments of Anthropology, Historical Studies, and Philosophy. His visit is made possible by the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Targeted Funding Initiative.

For more information, visit mehs.org.

The University Staff Senate will host an informational open discussion with local legislators, Representative Katie Stuart and Senator Andy Manar, about updates on budget, pension and health care issues.

11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Monday, March 26
Morris University Center, Meeting Room A

All SIUE staff, faculty and students are welcome. 

Kelly Lasiter, office support associate in the Department of Social Work, is the recipient of the March Employee Recognition Award.

Please join us in congratulating Lasiter as the Employee of the Month:
9 a.m.
Wednesday, March 28
Peck Hall, Room 1306

You can also send her a congratulatory email at klasite@siue.edu.

SIUE in collaboration with Centerstone, a local behavioral health organization, will present:

“Suicide: The Ripple Effect”
7-9 p.m. 
Monday, April 9
Morris University Center, Meridian Ballroom
Director Kevin Hines will be present to address the audience, and discuss resilience and recovery within mental illness. Hines is a nationally known speaker on suicide awareness and prevention.

We hope you will consider joining us, and please encourage students to attend this event!

The School of Dental Medicine invites the SIUE campus community to attend its 2018 SDM Research Day. The day's events will feature a keynote address, a student table clinic competition and a vendor fair.

1:15 p.m.
Tuesday, April 10
Auditorium of the Center for Professional Advancement, Building 280
School of Dental Medicine, Alton 

This year's keynote speaker is University of Southern California's (USC) Parish P. Sedghizadeh, DDS, MS, QME. Sedghizadeh is an associate professor of Clinical Dentistry, the director of the USC Center for Biofilms, the section chair for Diagnostic Sciences, and the program director for the Advanced Education Program in Oral Pathology and Radiology.  

An opportunity to review outstanding student research will be available in Roller Hall, Building 263, immediately following the lecture presentation.

All guests are welcome.

The SIUE STEM Center is in the process of moving into its new space in Science East!

Please note that its resource center services will be temporarily suspended during the transition, which is set to be complete by Monday, April 16.

Until then, if you need assistance, please contact Colin Wilson at colwils@siue.edu.

Thank you for your understanding. We look forward to working with you in Science East Room 1276!