Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Edwardsville’s Land of Goshen Community Market is collaborating with SIUE through the new food sustainability consortium and the Edwardsville/SIUE Community Destination Committee to bring a farmers’ market to campus.

3:30-5:30 p.m.
Today and April 17 and 24
Stratton Quad

In addition to local produce, the SIUE Goshen Farmer’s Market will feature vendors with meat, eggs, flowers, baked goods, honey and soap. Local artists will also be selling their creative works.

More information on the SIUE Goshen Market and other food sustainability consortium initiatives is available in this SIUE News story.

Read more in SIUE News.

Don't miss the next sessions of Kindermusik!

“Sing & Play” 4-Week Class for 1- and 2-year-olds

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 vocal development, 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. 

May theme: Zoom!
Cars go, trains go, and toddlers are always on the go! Whether they’re taking their first cautious steps or zooming off to explore something new, one thing is for certain – toddlers always seem to be moving. In this unit, they will get to move like trains in a tunnel, bounce in a bumpy car ride, and soar on the wings of airplanes in activities designed to help them to get wherever it is they choose to go!

10 a.m.
Thursday, April 19, 26 and May 3, 10

“Laugh & Learn” 4-Week Class for 3- and 4-year-olds

Each week in class we combine your preschooler’s natural love of music, storytelling, and imaginative play with age-appropriate activities that introduce early music concepts and foster independence, social and emotional skills, language growth, and self-control. 

May theme: In My Garden
In My Garden is dedicated to the great outdoors, growing plants, the green environment, and our many animal friends in the garden. The children do lots of different activities, from investigating a garden, to growing cabbages, to crawling around slowly like a snail and then jumping up quickly like a grasshopper. They take an imaginative walk around a garden to clean it up, while singing and picking up trash for the trashcan or recyclable items for the recycling bin. 

11 a.m.
Thursday, April 19, 26 and May 3, 10

Tuition for each class is $75 and is due by today.

For more information, visit Kindermusik

The University Staff Senate has received multiple petitions for candidacy for open seats in the Negotiated and Prevailing, Open Range, and Non-Represented Professional Staff classifications.

Because there are contested elections, members of those constituencies received an e-mail on Friday, April 6 with the qualifications submitted by the candidates, as well as a link to the electronic ballot.

If you are a member of one of those constituencies, please check your Clutter and Spam folders if you do not see the message in your Inbox.

Votes must be cast by 4:30 p.m. today. Please share this information with employees who do not have regular access to email.

For more information, contact Anne Hunter at 650-3050 or anhunte@siue.edu. 

Students in Political Science 449 will present their research on the affects of varying firearm policies on public policy outcomes.

"Politics of Gun Control" poster presentation
2-4 p.m.
Thursday, April 12
Morris University Center, Missouri Room

Students examine how policies related to firearms affect differing policy outcomes, ranging from violent crime rates to concealed carry laws and use of force laws.

All are welcome.

The SIUE Early Childhood Center will hold its 6th annual children's art exhibit in connection with the National Association for the Education of Young Children's (NAEYC) Week of the Young Child.

Artists will display their work for family and friends from Monday-Friday, April 16-20 in the Morris University Center Gallery, located on the second floor.

10:30 a.m.
Tuesday, April 17
Morris University Center, Oak/Redbud Room

These meetings are open to all faculty and staff.

The Chancellor invites you to ask questions, have a dialogue and/or express ideas that you might have.

Other scheduled Q&A's with the chancellor include:
June 4 – Alton Campus

The ITSpotlight is an e-newsletter designed to keep SIUE up to date on the latest technology news and events on campus. Each month you will find articles on teaching with technology, course design, and tech updates. The most recent headlines include:  

• Microsoft Video and Office Mix to Retire This Summer
• New Attendance Feature in Blackboard
• Using Zoom for Online Collaboration
• Banner Upgrade Planned for Summer

SIUE's Friends of Theater and Dance will host a Trivia Night to raise funds for theater and dance student travel.

6:30 p.m. doors open
7 p.m.  Trivia
Saturday, April 28
The American Legion
190 S. Main St.
Glen Carbon, Ill.

The cost is $10 per person of eight people per table. There will be cash prizes, 50/50 and a cash bar. Bring your own snacks.

To reserve a full table, call 650-2774.

Spring Commencement is just around the corner!

To make our Spring 2018 ceremonies a success, volunteer greeters are needed for each ceremony. Please consider taking time to volunteer at this momentous occasion.

Greeters will welcome guests and graduates to the ceremony, hand out programs and answer general questions. Greeters will need to arrive 90 minutes before their assigned ceremony and stay for the duration of the event.

There are seven spring ceremonies scheduled for Friday and Saturday, May 4-5. A complete list of ceremony times and corresponding graduates is available at siue.edu/commencement/schedule.

Please contact me if you are interested in helping make this event memorable for all of our graduates and guests. If you would like to volunteer with a friend, please let me know, and I will make sure that you are stationed together.

Thank you!

Kristen M. Schmalz
Marketing and Events Specialist
kschmal@siue.edu 
(618) 650-2252