Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018

Hello SIUE Faculty and Staff,

As things will begin to get lively again on campus, we are still in need of a few good volunteers!

If you have a hour or so and would consider volunteering time at Textbook Service during Fall 2018 Book Rush, we would appreciate the help. Your job will be to assist our students in finding their new books via their "pick list" and in general to be a friendly face.

It is also a great opportunity to touch base with our students (and a few parents) to welcome them to SIUE!

If you can give time, please click this link to sign up for a time. 

Thanks again for considering this opportunity!

We are looking for faculty and full-time staff volunteers to assist with Move-In Day for first-year students on Thursday, Aug. 16.

Volunteers help welcome first-year students and their families to SIUE, and direct traffic at the entrance to Lot B and each of the first-year residence halls (Bluff, Prairie and Woodland).

If you would like to volunteer for this amazing process and show your SIUE pride while welcoming new students, please sign up at the following link, signupgenius.com/go/20f084da4a628a0f94-volunteers.

Please email Rex Jackson at rjackso@siue.edu with any questions about this opportunity.

We need YOU to make The SIUE Experience a success for the Class of 2022! 

Please consider volunteering to help welcome our new students. The first impressions they experience during this orientation program can have a lasting impact on their connection to SIUE.

9 a.m.- 1 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 18

We are looking for faculty and staff to accompany new students and upper class student leaders on our Class of 2022 service project.

This activity puts our SIUE value of citizenship into action. We are providing service to 10 community agencies in the St. Louis and Metro East area: Arlington Wetlands, Discovery Garden, EarthDance Farms, Granite City Community Garden, The Gardens at SIUE, La Vista CSA Farm, Metro East Humane Society, Ronald McDonald House, Watershed Nature Center and Willoughby Farm.

Bus transportation from Lot B will be provided.

To volunteer for the service project, please click here to sign up.

Thank you in advance for your support!

Join us for the Fall 2018 Safe Zone/LGBT Community & Ally Welcome Reception.

4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 28
Morris University Center, Hickory/Hackberry Room

This event is sponsored by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs. Refreshments will be provided.

The primary purpose of this reception is to welcome new and continuing students, faculty and staff members who are members of our LGBT community on campus. We invite all Allies to attend and contribute to this effort. We will share the collective accomplishments of Safe Zone and its allies over the last year and will highlight what is to come.

Please mark your calendars and join us for the Inaugural Fall Welcome Reception: 

4 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 29
Morris University Center, Meridian Ballroom 

This year we are extending an invitation to current and incoming SIUE black faculty, staff and students.

Students, faculty, staff, and community members are invited to register for the all-day Suicide Prevention Conference:

8:30 a.m. registration
9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 12
Morris University Center, Conference Center

The conference is a collaboration between iCare and campus partners intended to further knowledge, skills and abilities in understanding contributing factors to suicide and existing best prevention practices.

The registration fee is $80 for faculty, staff and community members and $10 for students. Lunch is included and six CEU opportunities are available for social workers and nurses.

For more information, visit Educational Outreach at Professional-Non-Credit Programs.

Individuals are also welcome to attend the keynote speech by Frank Warren:

7 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 12
Morris University Center, Meridian Ballroom
There is no fee or RSVP required to attend.

Frank Warren, "The Most Trusted Stranger in America" and founder of PostSecret.com, travels around the country, sharing a collection of highly personal secrets on artfully decorated postcards mailed anonymously from around the world.

For more information, contact Cindy Cobetto at (618) 650-2164 or cgorsag@siue.edu  or Lisa Thompson-Gibson at (618) 650-2842 or lithomp@siue.edu.