Monday, May 21, 2018

SIUE’s Jessica DeSpain, PhD, associate professor and co-director of the IRIS Center, and Matt Johnson, STEM Center Instructional Designer will be featured in the 2018 STEM for All Video Showcase funded by the National Science Foundation.

Now in its fourth year, the annual showcase will feature more than 200 innovative projects aimed at improving STEM learning and teaching, which have been funded by the NSF. DeSpain and Johnson will highlight the University’s transformative Digital East St. Louis project.

The online event concludes today at stemforall2018.videohall.com with the theme “Transforming the Educational Landscape.” During the weeklong event, researchers, practitioners, policy makers and members of the public are invited to view the short feature videos, discuss them with the presenters online and vote for their favorites.

The SIUE presentation on Digital East St. Louis will share outcomes of the three-year project that engaged 6^th-9^th grade students in the creation of a content-rich, digital humanities website about the history and culture of their city. It was a collaborative project between the SIUE STEM Center and IRIS Center for the Digital Humanities.

Read more in SIUE News.

For the 24th consecutive semester, SIUE student-athletes recorded a cumulative grade point average higher than a 3.0.

“What began 12 years ago as a measure of future excellence has now become a standard of performance expectation,” said SIUE Director of Athletics Brad Hewitt, PhD.

The recently completed 2018 spring semester saw 71.6 percent of SIUE student-athletes finishing the semester with a GPA above 3.0. Forty-one student-athletes achieved a perfect 4.0. Seven of those were freshmen. There were 104 student-athletes (46 percent) on the dean’s list.

Read more in SIUE News.

Lifelong Learning is offering a road trip to the Missouri Botanical Garden.

Join us as we take a guided tour through the Zimmerman Sensory Garden and make floral arrangements.

9:45 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Wednesday, May 23
Meeting location: Park at Korte Stadium, SIUE campus

The cost is $15 for Lifelong Learning members and $25 for visitors. The cost covers transportation from SIUE, admission to The Garden and materials.

Register for the Missouri Botanical Gardens Guided Tour.

Educational Outreach will offer: Microsoft Excel: Beginner Level -

5-7 p.m.
June 4-20 on Mondays and Wednesdays

The cost is $129

The course is designed for those with limited or no previous experience with Microsoft Excel. This beginner level course will introduce new users to Excel 2016 with an overview of Excel basics that provides a beginner level foundation of the application.

For more information, visit the educational outreach website.

Green Dot is a comprehensive violence prevention program with objectives to decrease the likelihood of dating and domestic violence, stalking and sexual assault.

The education sessions’ intent is to train faculty and staff to endorse, model and support two Green Dot values:

• Power-based personal violence is not tolerated in our campus community
• Everyone will do their part to prevent violence 

Summer sessions are listed below.

Wednesday, June 13: 10-11:30 a.m., Woodland Hall MFR
Thursday, June 28: 10–11:30 a.m., Cougar Pavilion (second floor of Lukas Annex/Vadalabene Center)
Tuesday, July 10: 1–2:30 p.m., Mississippi-Illinois Room
Wednesday, July 18: 10–11:30 a.m., Mississippi-Illinois Room

Please sign up here, signupgenius.com/go/30e0844a8a72ca0ff2-green

For more information about Green Dot at SIUE, please contact greendot@siue.edu. 

Kindermusik Summer Camp is offering Out & About.

This musical summer camp will be a trip into the world of imagination, and all you will need to pack is a sense of adventure! We’ll ride bikes, hike in the mountains, scuttle like crabs, and fly like seagulls. 

The camp is for you and your children, ages 2-5:

Monday-Thursday, July 16-19
5:45 p.m. and 
6:45 p.m. (one 45-minute class per day)
SIUE Early Childhood Center (ECC)

The first child registration fee is $75, with each additional child at $25 each.

Fees are based on number of children per family registered. All Class & Digital At-Home Materials are included with the camp fee. One digital at-home materials package per family. The non-refundable class and digital at-home materials fee is due in full with registration form and confirms your space in class.

Registration forms can be found here and is due by Monday, July 9.

At least one participating adult must accompany the enrolled children in the summer camp class.

For more information, visit our website. 

 

Each year we have students that are in need of professional attire for interviews, career fairs, networking events and practicum/co-op/internship experiences.

Unfortunately, not all students have the resources to obtain the appropriate attire for these occasions. This can decrease students’ opportunities and self-esteem.

You can help! Ready to do a little cleaning in your closet?

The Career Development Center is planning to take donations of professional attire items through July 13 in preparation for the fall recruiting season.

We will be accepting both men’s and women’s attire. All items need to be in good condition, clean and ready to be given to students. We are hoping to get a variety of sizes and options, so we can make this service available to any student in need.

Items can include:
• Suits
• Dresses
• Skirts
• Dress Pants/Khakis
• Sweater sets
• Polos
• Blouses
• Belts
• Ties
• Anything that could be worn for a professional event with employers
• Anything that would be appropriate as a starting point for a professional wardrobe

Items can be dropped off at the Career Development Center (CDC), located in the basement of the Student Success Center, room 0281. Please drop off items during regular business hours from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday.

For more information, contact Carrie Smolar at 650-3708.