Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018

Health Service has received its shipment of flu vaccine (Fluarix® Quadrivalent), and is pleased to offer flu vaccine to faculty, staff, retirees and students.

Health Service is able to provide flu shots to employees and retirees who are the primary insurer in a state sponsored insurance plan at no charge.

In order to receive the vaccine at no charge, employees must:
1.) Document the last four digits of your social security number
2.) Present your university ID and
3.) Present your state health insurance card

Retirees must
1.) Document the last four digits of your social security number and
2.) Present your state health insurance card

Health Service is able to provide flu immunization at a cost of $30 (cash or check only) to SIUE employees not covered under a state health plan.

Pease plan to wear clothing for easy access to the upper arm injection site.

WALK IN Flu Shot Clinics will be available in the Lower Level of the Student Success Center. In order for us to continue to provide dedicated nursing service to our students during this time, we will use the meeting rooms close to our clinical office. There will be signs to identify the appropriate place.

9-11:30 a.m. and 1:30– 3:30 p.m.
Oct. 4, 5, 8, 11 and 12

Dedicated Flu Shot Clinics will be available at both the Alton and East St. Louis Campuses:

Today
11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
Alton Campus, Building 280, Room 1100

10 a.m.-Noon
Wednesday, Oct. 10
East St. Louis Campus, Building D Suite 2015 (We Care Clinic)

For more information on the importance and benefits of receiving a flu shot, please visit the Center for Disease Control and Prevention website, cdc.gov/flu/about/season/flu-season-2018-2019.htm.

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.

The American Red Cross will host a blood drive on campus from 11 a.m.–4 p.m. in the Morris University Center, Mississippi-Illinois Rooms on the following days:

• Today
•  Wednesday, Oct. 3

To schedule an appointment and for more information about blood donation eligibility, please visit redcrossblood.org  and enter “SIUE” as the sponsor code. Walk-ins are welcome.

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

Wednesday, Oct. 3
Morris University Center, Hickory-Hackberry Rooms

10:30-11:45 a.m. – Behind the Scenes in Theater, presented by James Wulfsong, associate professor in the Department of Theater and Dance

1:15-2:30 p.m. The Music of Steel Pan in Trinidad, presented by Daniel Smithiger, instructor of percussion, and director Basketball Bands and SIUE STEEL

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.

Kristine Hildebrandt, PhD, associate professor in the Department of English Language and Literature, will give her sabbatical presentation: "When Your Cousin is Your Sister and Your Niece is Your Daughter: Semantic Overlaps and Changes in Gurung (Tibeto-Burman) Kinship Terminology."

10-10:50 a.m.
Friday, Oct. 12
Peck Hall, room 2413

Kinship terminology, the nomenclature used to identify immediate and extended family members, is an important linguistic and social organizing tool in Tibeto-Burman languages of south and southeast Asia.

Hildebrandt will briefly survey the system of kinship terminology in Gurung (as investigated during my fall 2017 sabbatical), pausing to consider the ways that these terms index different types of family (and extra-family) relationships. She will also comment on how contemporary Gurung kinship terms have undergone various types of language change through time.

Through the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) comes a remarkable opportunity for students to visit four Chinese cities within two weeks, January 6-19, 2019. 

We encourage faculty to share this information with students who could benefit from this program. Lodging, meals and in-country transportation are covered by the program. Students pay only airfare, insurance and a $150 application fee.

This is a non-credit program focused on student dialogue, skill-building and an in-depth cultural experience. Find out more at https://goo.gl/xavVZB

The application deadline is October 15.

Faculty should be aware that participants will miss the first week of spring semester and students must clear this planned absence with their professors.

Tuesday, Oct. 16
8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Across SIUE campuses

Join us for SIUE Diversity Day 2018, a celebration of our institution’s past, present and future as it relates to advances in cultural-responsiveness and inclusion. This goal is encapsulated in the day’s theme, “From Awareness to Action, SIUE Shaping a Changing World.” 

Visit the Diversity Day schedule for a full list of events.

Designed with community engagement and participation across SIUE’s campuses in East St. Louis, Alton and Edwardsville in mind, this multi-event day will showcase the multitude of ways in which membership in the global community is core to our values and mission.

This educational day will include dance, art, presentations, posters and even cuisine representing the ethnic roots of our students. We will have speakers from the metro-east region.

Tuesday, Oct. 16
3:30-5:30 p.m.
Goshen Market on Wheels
On the Quad 

Cultural Literacy is on-the-Move as part of an SIUE Community Service Project for the University's Diversity Day 2018.

Available will be a Mobile Little Free Library that introduces a culturally diverse world, celebrates differences, promotes social justice and reinforces a love of reading.

Young Goshen Market goers will have the opportunity to check out books and exchange them for others each time they visit the market.

The SIUE Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion is sponsoring the free library to ride aboard the Goshen Market Foundation's traveling market truck.

Each Friday, you can catch the Mobile Little Free Library at the Cougar Village housing complex in the Beet Box truck!

For more information, contact Megan Hanson at mphanson@littlefreelibrary.org.

Don't miss the SIUE Graduate School Open House:

11 a.m.-1 p.m. or 5-7 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 30
Morris University Center, Meridian Ballroom

Meet program directors and faculty scholars and talk to current graduate students.

Learn more about:
• SIUE’s 100+ master’s programs, post-baccalaureate certificates, specialist degrees, doctoral degrees and cooperative doctoral programs
• Graduate admission requirements
• Affording your graduate education with the help of a scholarship, research award or graduate assistantship

Apply during the open house, and the $40 Graduate School application fee will be waived!

Register today at siue.edu/graduate-admissions/visits.

Campus Recreation is sponsoring its annual ski/snowboard trip to Keystone Resort in Colorado from Sunday-Friday, Dec. 16-21.

The cost is $580 for SIUE Students and $600 for alumni/faculty/staff/guests. The price includes five nights of ski in/ski out lodging and four days of lift tickets.

You do not need a Student Fitness Center membership to attend.

For more information, visit Annual Ski/Snowboard Trip and find the flyer and registration packet.

You may also register and pick up packets at the Student Fitness Center Reception Desk. For more information, contact Tom Dougherty at tdoughe@siue.edu or (618)-650-3245.