Friday, April 27, 2018

Our 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:

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

Today's dialogue will be co-facilitated by Tarsha Moore, advisor for Transition Programs and Outreach in the Office of Student Affairs.

This will be our final dialogue of the semester. Hope to see you there!

Jessica C. Harris, Ph.D.
Interim Assistant Provost
Associate Professor, Department of Historical Studies

The exhibit opening of "Katherine Dunham: A Life of Dance, Activism and Anthropology," curated by Cory Willmott, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Anthropology and Konjit Avent, integrative studies graduate student. 

4-7 p.m.
Today
SIUE East St. Louis Center
Building D
601 James R. Thompson Rd. 
East Saint Louis, IL 62201 

A dance performance will be given by Heather Himes, Dunham Dance instructor. Refreshments will be provided.

The year 2017 marked the 50th anniversary of the Performing Arts Training Center (PATC), a unit of SIUE that internationally famous Katherine Dunham founded and directed. For 20 years she toured the world performing dances based on research of African diaspora cultures. 

In 1967, Dunham settled in East St. Louis, where she launched a second career as an educator and activist. Dunham’s work with PATC completed her life’s work and earned her a hard won place in academia. From 1983 onwards, she received numerous honorary doctorates and prestigious awards.

This exhibit traces Dunham’s early influences at the University of Chicago through her legacy in East St. Louis and beyond.

The event is free and open to the public.

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.

Representatives from the SIUE School of Nursing will present an educational puppet show to kick off an asthma education and awareness walk:

10 a.m.-Noon
Saturday, May 5
Glazebrook Park Concession Stand
1401 Stamper Lane
Godfrey, Ill.

The event, sponsored by the American Lung Association in the past, is now being organized by the new non-profit LungSmarter Foundation of Godfrey.

President and founder of LungSmarter Foundation, Jaris Waide, has set a multi-year goal of raising $50,000 for local asthma awareness and symptom prevention education.

This will be her team’s 18th year participating in what she has dubbed the “Alphabet Walk.” Starting with “A is for Asthma” in 2000.

The letter and theme for 2018 is  “R” - “Revitalize, with proper hydration, eating good nutrition, along with doing regular fitness - right for you!”

For more information, visit LungSmarter or contact Waide at jaris@piasanet.  

Please join the School of Nursing for a retirement celebration in honor of Rhonda Comrie, PhD, SON associate dean.

2-4:30 p.m.
Wednesday, May 9
Morris University Center, Maple/Dogwood Rooms

Refreshments will be served.