Monday, June 11, 2018

The Office of Educational Outreach is offering the following non-credit classes this summer.

Lifelong Learning Road Trip
Excavation and Environmental Resources Training Center Tour
10:30 a.m.-2:15 p.m.
Wednesday, June 13
Environmental Resources Training Center (ERTC)
University Park, SIUE campus
The cost is $15 for Lifelong Learning Members and $25 for visitors.

Learn the disinfection process of drinking water, discuss the advantages and disadvantages of disinfecting with chlorine and receive a guided tour of the ERTC.

Register for the Excavation and Resource Training Center Tour

GRE Test Prep
5:30-8:30 p.m.
Tuesdays, July 10–August 14 or
9 a.m.-Noon
Wednesdays, July 11 – August 15 
The cost is $499 for community participants or $449 for SIUE students.

Prepare for the GRE test with our GRE Review course taught by knowledgeable instructors. The GRE Test Review features questions that reflect the kind of questions given on the GRE Test, so you will feel confident on test day.

For more information, visit the educational outreach website.

Beginning Genealogy Research
6-7:30 p.m.
Wednesdays, July 11– August 15
The cost is $59.

Tracing your family history is a fascinating journey. This course will help you understand the genealogy research process and the way we interpret the information we find. You will learn through hands-on examples that help you dig deeper into your family’s past. Make your family history come alive!

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.

The 2018 Summer Theater season at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville begins Friday, June 15 with Disney’s Academy Award-winning animated feature, “Beauty and the Beast.” 

The Summer Theater production of the Broadway musical hit will be performed:

7:30 p.m.
Friday-Saturday, June 15-16 and 22-23

2 p.m.
Sunday, June 17 and 24
Katherine Dunham Hall Theater
SIUE campus 

General admission is $15 for adults ages 18 and over and $12 for others. SIUE students attending summer classes receive free admission with valid identification. 

To purchase tickets, visit the Theater and Dance Box Office in Dunham Hall, room 1042b. Tickets can also be obtained by calling 618-650-2774 or toll free at 1-888-328-5168, extension 2774.

Do you know a high school student who aspires to be an entrepreneur or is interested in the business world? Tell them about SIUE’s new Summer Entrepreneurship Academy (SEA)!  

Students participating in the SEA will work on the technical and interpersonal skills necessary to be a successful entrepreneur. They be placed in teams and challenged to find an innovative idea to build a business plan and pitch. Participants will spend their mornings learning business skills necessary to successfully launch a business. In the afternoon, teams will work on strengthening their teamwork and putting in to practice the skills taught in the morning.

The week-long experience will end with a pitch competition to a panel of local business owners and entrepreneurship experts.

9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Monday-Friday, June 18-22
SIUE campus

The camp is for students leaving 9th grade through students leaving 12th grade.

The camp Fee is $350. 

For more information, contact Katie Robberson at krobber@siue.edu 

Please register online.

Dear Allies,

We are days away from PrideFest 2018! This year’s theme is Remember. Rise. Respect. 

We invite you to represent our University community by walking with us during the Parade on Sunday, June 24 in St. Louis

Safe Zone of SIUE, sponsored by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Students Affairs, will host a booth at the festival to support the community and to tell visitors great things about our University.

We are looking for volunteers and shift leaders to staff our booth, and help us give away spin-the-wheel prizes. This is a fun time, and the energy at the festival is exciting and positive.

We need volunteers in as little as one-hour increments. Shift leaders are needed in three-hour increments. Shift leaders will serve as a backup to volunteers not able to attend, assist with setup or takedown and call authorities in case of an emergency.

For more information, contact Shelley Price-Williams at shewill@siue.edu or Mary Sue Love at marlove@siue.edu. 
Visit the event website for festival information at PrideSTL.

Please sign up below:

• To be a shift leader
• To be a volunteer
• To be parade walkers

The SIUE STEM Center has partnered with the School of Engineering’s Department of Construction to offer a new “Building Bigger” section of Odyssey Science Camp for students in grades 7-9.

9 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Monday-Friday, July 16-27
SIUE campus

In “Building Bigger,” campers will be introduced to the science behind construction management as they learn the basics of surveying, planning and quality control. Those skills will be put to use as the camp constructs a truss bridge, tests concrete and maybe even builds a skyscraper!

Odyssey Science Camp also includes two recreational periods and lunch. The camp fee is $350.

To view a complete list of Odyssey Science Camp groups being offered for children ages 7-14, visit siue.edu/summer/camps.

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