Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018

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

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.

The next meeting of the University Staff Senate will be held:

9 a.m.
Thursday, Oct. 4
Morris University Center, Illinois Room

Director of Counseling Services Courney Boddie and Director of ACCESS Dominic Dorsey will be our guests.

The University Staff Senate meets the first Thursday of every month, and meetings are open to constituency members.

If you want to learn more about the Staff Senate, visit siue.edu/ugov/staff or contact a Senator for more information.

The October Career Fair will be held:

10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Today - College of Arts and Sciences, School of Business and ALL non-teaching degrees
Thursday, Oct. 4 - School of Engineering
Morris University Center's Meridian Ballroom

FREE professional LinkedIn headshots will be taken from 12:30-1:30 p.m. each day. 

Professional attire is required, and please bring copies of your resume!

For a list of attending employers, visit the CDC website.

Students, faculty and staff are invited to practice mindfulness and meditation:

12-12:50 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 4
Morris University Center, Magnolia Room 

For more information, contact Lisa Thompson-Gibson in Counseling Services at lithomp@siue.edu or 650-2842.

No RSVP is required.

Check out these exciting courses and continuing education opportunities offered by Educational Outreach this fall.

Creating Zentangle Inspired Designs
6:30-8 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 4-25
Cost: $49

This course is designed for individuals at any skill level. Zentangle is a meditative art form, which is easy to create using simple deliberate strokes that build on each other to create unique pieces. At first glance, a Zentangle creation can seem intricate and complicated, but when you learn how it is done, you realize how simple it can be. A $12 supply fee will be collected on the first day of the course.

Immigrants in our Midst – Continuing Education Opportunity
8-4 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 5
Cost: $25

The "Immigrants In Our Midst - One Nation" Conference is designed to assist professionals interested in working with immigrant population in the surrounding Metro-East area. Continuing Education Units are available.

Microsoft Excel: Beginner Level
6-8:30 p.m.
Tuesdays, Oct. 9-Nov. 13
Cost: $129

Designed for students 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. Elements covered in this course include creating and managing multiple worksheets, rearranging data, working with basic formulas and formatting, inserting charts and graphics, and sorting and organizing large amounts of data. A brief introduction to Windows is included. Basic mouse and keyboarding skills are required for this course. Textbook and online resource materials are provided.

Creative Non-Fiction Workshop: Memoir
5:30-7 p.m.
Wednesdays, Oct. 10-Nov. 7
Cost: $49

Presentational and practical application of creative non-fiction, focusing on the memoir in both short and long form.

For more information and to register for these amazing opportunities, please visit the educational outreach website.

Check out these exciting courses and continuing education opportunities offered by Educational Outreach this fall. 

Creating Zentangle Inspired Designs
6:30-8 p.m.
Thursday, October 4-25
Cost: $49 

This course is designed for individuals at any skill level. Zentangle is a meditative art form which is easy to create using simple deliberate strokes that build on each other to create unique pieces. At first glance, a Zentangle creation can seem intricate and complicated, but when you learn how it is done, you realize how simple it can be. A $12 supply fee will be collected on the first day of the course.

For more information and to register for these amazing opportunities, please visit the educational outreach website.

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 the East St. Louis campus:

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.

Please note these upcoming Faculty Developmemt presentations:

Creating a Campus Culture where Every Student Graduates
9 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
Friday, Oct. 5
Cougar Pavilion, Lukas Athletics Annex

This is a session on how the 21st century college campus is necessarily evolving to be more student-centered. The presentation is broadly themed and intentionally provocative. It touches on the roles that administrators, faculty and students play on a higher education landscape impacted by changes in technology, pedagogy and higher education funding models.

Register here.

Do’s and Don’ts of Creating Successful Student Success Programs
10:45 a.m.-Noon
Friday, Oct. 5
Cougar Pavilion, Lukas Athletics Annex

Dr. David Laude engages the audience in a workshop environment on what to do and what not to do in creating and implementing programs to increase student persistence and achievement. Talking points are drawn from a broad range of successful programs developed over the last 20 years at the University of Texas at Austin (UT), including traditional academic success programs, incentivized financial aid programs, teacher certification programs, and experiential and service learning programs.

Register here.

Dr. David Laude is a chemistry professor at UT Austin He has held various administrative positions in the dean’s office and the provost’s office. While serving as senior vice provost for enrollment management, he was charged with improving four-year graduation rates for the campus.

Laude has been on the forefront of hybrid course design and spearheaded a successful drive to reduce non-passing rates in large gateway courses at UT. He also has been a leader in program reform at the undergraduate level at UT. Some of his initiatives include: the Texas Interdisciplinary Plan as a way to improve graduation rates for economically disadvantaged students, Freshman Research Initiative that today enrolls 900 incoming freshman students in the research programs of science faculty, and The University Leadership Network that better integrates at-risk students into the UT community.

Faculty, have you seen this icon in your Blackboard courses?

It is one of the new Blackboard Ally indicators for accessibility. Making course content accessible to all learners not only makes for better course design, but it also helps to ensure compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. 

Want to turn those red icons to green? ITS has scheduled two-hour working sessions from now until the end of November. Members of the ITS Instructional Design & Learning Technologies team will be on hand if assistance is needed.

Participants are expected to come to these working sessions with prior knowledge of how Blackboard Ally works so time can be spent on improving course content. If you are not familiar with how Blackboard Ally works, please watch this overview and review related materials. Visit this form to register for the sessions.

The Honorary Degrees and Distinguished Service Award Committee invites nominations from the University community for consideration by the committee. All departments and schools are asked to consider and submit well-deserving nominations. 

Please visit siue.edu/ugov/faculty/hdegree/ for details on the criteria for submission and the nomination forms. A list of former recipients is available for review on the University Archives website siue.edu/lovejoylibrary/archives/commence.shtml.

Please note that current University employees are not eligible for awards. 

Nominations must be received no later than Monday, Oct. 8. Submissions should include the appropriate nomination form along with biographical information. The subject librarians in Library and Information Services can provide assistance in locating documentation that can strengthen the nomination at siue.edu/lovejoylibrary/research_tools/librarians.shtml. 

For more information, contact Juliet Kerico Gray at jkerico@siue.edu or at 650-3129.

Dear Colleagues, 

Please accept this invitation to Chancellor Pembrook’s annual address to the University.

2 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 10
Meridian Ballroom

Dr. Pembrook will provide a brief overview of the many successes of the past year and discuss strategic planning for our future. He will also discuss future plans designed to maintain SIUE’s positive momentum.

You will be able to visit with your colleagues and Chancellor Pembrook over refreshments at the reception immediately following in the Goshen Lounge.

Please note that classes will not be canceled. If you are unable to attend, the address will be recorded and available for viewing online.

I look forward to seeing you there.

Best regards,
Denise Cobb
Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

Jeffrey Skoblow, emeritus professor of English, and Eric Ruckh, associate professor in the Department of Historical Studies, will read Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl” on one of the small knolls:

12:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 10
On the Quad

We will be joined by itinerant artists and musicians.

Ginsberg wrote “Howl” in Berkeley, California in 1954-1955 and read it for the first time at the Six Gallery in San Francisco on October 7, 1955.

Ginsberg’s reading of “Howl” is a signal moment in the history of American culture and letters. With this poem, Ginsberg aligns spirit and body, breadth and idea—“that’s the measure, one physical-mental aspiration contained in the elastic of a breadth”—to assault the madness of American culture and society (then and now) and redeem the holiness of the body and its manifold, myriad pleasures.

For more than 15 years, we have been reading and re-reading Ginsberg’s “Howl.” Why? To paraphrase Emerson, to inspire, to be inspired, to remind ourselves and others of the divinity of the “poet chanting.” 

We hope many of you will join us.

For more information, contact Ruckh at eruckh@siue.edu. 

Are you a current student or recent graduate with a disability seeking employment?

Each year, SIUE participates in the Workforce Recruitment Program to give students with disabilities the opportunity to apply for internships or permanent positions at federal agencies across the U.S.

The WRP Program is an excellent way to:
• Find an internship or permanent position at federal agencies
• Explore careers in the federal service
• Promote skills and abilities
• Gain resume development and interviewing experience

To be eligible for the WRP Program, students must be:
• Current, full-time undergraduate students with a disability
• Current, full-time graduate students with a disability
• Alumni, who have graduated within one year
• U.S. citizen

Student registration for the WRP Program closes Wednesday, Oct. 17.

To learn more about the WRP Program and the registration process, please contact the Career Development Center at (618)-650-3708 to schedule a WRP appointment with Jamie Doss, MA, LPC, Career Counselor/WRP campus coordinator.