Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018

The Land of Goshen Community Market is back on the Quad this fall! 

3:30-5:30 p.m.
Tuesdays through October
Stratton Quad 

Vendors will bring crafts, homemade breads, local grown produce, eggs and meats to students, faculty and staff at SIUE.

Customers can use their Illinois Link Card and receive matching coupons of up to $25 to purchase additional fruits and vegetables.

SIUE Office of Educational Outreach invites you to attend the fall 2018 Lifelong Learning Speakers Series every Wednesday on the campus of SIUE.

Wednesday, Sept. 12
Morris University Center, Mississippi-Illinois Room

10:30 a.m.-11:45 a.m. - Russia’s Foreign Policy presented by Sophia Wilson, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Political Science

1:15-2:30 p.m. Great Mississippi River presented by John Meehan

Cost: $5 for general public, $2 for Lifelong Learning members and FREE for alumni and students (with valid student ID).

You don’t want to miss this exhilarating semester jam packed with presentations that are sure to inform and educate!

To view the fall brochure or to become a Lifelong Learning member, please visit our website  or contact coordinator, Eboni Thompson at 618.650.3233.

The Office of Human Resources is proud to announce SIUE Bursar Cathy Foland as the September 2018 Employee of the Month.   

Please join us in congratulating Cathy:

2:30 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 14
Rendleman Hall, 1^st floor lobby near the Bursar’s office 

You can also send a congratulatory email to cfoland@siue.edu.  

“I have been so blessed to serve as Bursar at SIUE," said Foland. "I get to work with a great team of people who work hard every day for our students and their families. I’m surrounded by people I respect and enjoy working with, and the reward of seeing students graduate and succeed -- that's the amazing part of it all.”

For more information, contact Jen Oates-Blair at joatesb@siue.edu or 650-2127.

The Goshen Market Foundation’s “Beet Box” will offer affordably priced local produce to students, faculty and staff this fall. 

3-5 p.m.
Fridays
Cougar Village 

Customers can use their Illinois Link Card and receive matching coupons of up to $25 to purchase additional fruits and vegetables.

The Kimmel Student Involvement Center, in partnership with the Edwardsville Rotary, is pleased to accept nominations for the SIUE Student of the Month.

Individuals selected for this award will be recognized at an upcoming Rotary meeting and at the annual Kimmel Leadership Awards Ceremony in April.

SIUE students can be nominated by students, faculty or staff. No self-nominations will be considered.

Applications are accepted on an on-going basis, and should be received by the 16th of the month to be considered for that month's award. Any nominees not selected for one month, will be considered for the following months.

Awards will be given for September through April each academic year.

Candidates will be selected based on the following criteria:
· High academic standards
· Campus involvement and activities
· Service to others on and off campus
· Leadership within their academic area or within an organization
· Demonstrated ability to promote spirit and pride at SIUE

To submit an application, visit SIUE Rotary Student Leader of the Month on Get Involved.

For more information, please contact the Kimmel Student Involvement Center at 618-650-2686.

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 session's intent is to train faculty and staff to endorse, model and support two Green Dot values: (1) power-based personal violence is not tolerated in our campus community, and (2) everyone will do their part to prevent violence.

Fall faculty/staff sessions will be held:

10:30 a.m.-Noon
Monday, Sept. 17
Hickory/Hackberry Room

1:30-3 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 19
Oak/Redbud Room

10:30 a.m.-Noon
Thursday, Oct. 25
Mississippi/Illinois Room

1:30-3 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 30
Mississippi/Illinois Room

Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0844a8a72ca0ff2-fall.

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

The SIUE STEM Center announces its FY19 Community Impact Fellowship program. This is a competitive fellowship, open to tenure-track or tenured faculty members, to support faculty as they leverage their research to engage area learners through STEM-based high impact community engagement products and practices.

The successful applicant will be a faculty fellow with the STEM Center beginning in fall of 2018 through summer of 2019, during which time the applicant will work with STEM Center faculty and staff to develop their research into a practice and/or product that engages area learning communities. To support the faculty member’s efforts, fellows will receive a stipend of $1,500 upon project completion.

More information and application details are at: http://www.siue.edu/stem/impact.shtml.

Applications are due Monday, Oct. 1.

Please feel free to contact Carol Colaninno, ccolani@siue.edu, with any questions.

The Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion invites the SIUE community to nominate a faculty or staff member for the 2018-2019 SIUE Champion for Diversity Award.

This award is presented to a faculty or staff member who has demonstrated an exemplary level of dedication to SIUE’s mission of fostering equal opportunity, positive interactions with students, staff and faculty, and who respects and values differing backgrounds and points of view within SIUE.  

Nominations are now open and should be received by Wednesday, Oct. 17. The Champion for Diversity Award will be recognized annually during December commencement and will consist of a plaque and $500 donated to a University diversity and inclusion project of the recipient’s choice. 

To learn more and to nominate someone, please visit Champion for Diversity Award webpage.