Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018

Be sure to enjoy our SIUE Day Rally Week activities and FREE offers and incentives:

10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Today-Thursday, Oct. 25
Morris University Center, Goshen Lounge

Today: Edison’s – Stop by our booth for FREE bowling, laser tag or arcade passes. Plus enter to win a $50 Gift Card!

The Reserve at Edwardsville – Visit and say hello and enter to win a gift card and grab some FREE promo items!

Enclave – Learn more about our awesome community and grab some FREE promo items!

Wednesday, Oct. 24: Axis Edwardsville – Take time to learn more about our luxe apartments and receive FREE cups and T-shirts!

Scott Credit Union – Visit our table, use our Snapchat Geo-filter and take home a bag of Chef’s Shoppe popcorn (while supplies last)!

Thursday, Oct. 25: A Wildflower Shop – The first 75 faculty, staff or students to stop by our table will receive a FREE rose! Enter for a chance to win the Bouquet of the Month Club for three months (a $165 value).

SIUE Credit Union – Speak with our friendly staff, and enter our baby rattle battle contest! Winners of each battle will be placed in a drawing for a $50 gift card. Drawing will take place at 1:50 p.m.

The SIUE Chapter of the State Universities Annuitants Association (SUAA) is hosting the following free events:

Today
Noon-1 p.m.
Science Building East, Room 3230

"Retire Financially Secure and Stay that Way"
Barry Greenberg, SIUE’s former Bursar, will give a 30-minute presentation on planning strategies for your financial security during your retirement years to both complement and supplement your State University Retirement System (SURS) pension. This presentation will be a step by step approach toward planning for a rewarding retirement. Please plan on joining us for this informative strategic planning session appropriate for all current SIUE employees, regardless of how many years you have until retirement. This presentation will benefit all current SIUE employees interested in maximizing their retirement strategy. This session will be streamed live to the East St. Louis Higher Education Campus (STEM Room, 2nd floor of Building B) and School of Dental Medicine (Classroom CPA 1, Building 280).

Participants may also join this session live from their desktop computer or mobile device using this link: https://siue.zoom.us/j/6186503910. Please note that viewing on your computer or mobile device requires a Zoom plugin for your computer or app for your mobile device. The preferred device should be tested no less than 24 hours prior to the session start time by visiting the aforementioned link and then following the onscreen directions. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide technical assistance during the session itself. If you have difficulty with the Zoom setup, please contact John Wise, of Information Technology Services, at 618-650-3910.

Tuesday, Nov. 13
4:45-6:15 p.m.
Science Building East, Room 3230

"Know Your SURS Benefits and Hear from SIUE Panel Members"
SURS representative Marlys Johnson will provide an overview of SURS Tier I and Tier II benefits, with a focus on retirement. SIUE panel members will provide their insights specifically related to retiring from SIUE under the various plans. This presentation will benefit all current SIUE employees interested in maximizing their retirement strategy. This session will be streamed live to the East St. Louis Higher Education Campus (STEM Room, 2nd floor of Building B) and School of Dental Medicine (Classroom CPA 1, Building 280).

Participants may also join this session live from their desktop computer or mobile device using this link: https://siue.zoom.us/j/6186503910. Please note that viewing on your computer or mobile device requires a Zoom plugin for your computer or app for your mobile device. The preferred device should be tested no less than 24 hours prior to the session start time by visiting the aforementioned link and then following the onscreen directions. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide technical assistance during the session itself. If you have difficulty with the Zoom setup, please contact John Wise, of Information Technology Services, at 618-650-3910.

Wednesday, Dec. 5
11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
Morris University Center, Oak/Redbud Rooms

SUAA/SIUE Chapter Meeting
Join us for a light lunch with program beginning at noon.
Chancellor Randy Pembrook will provide a brief welcome and SIUE updates.
At 12:15, Representative Katie Stuart will give us her perspectives regarding higher education funding and possible legislative changes. Our program will wrap up with remarks by SUAA Executive Director Linda Brookhart.

For more information, visit www.siue.edu/suaa.

Don't miss your chance to enjoy the Land of Goshen Community Market 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.

In M.J. Kaufman's play, women and gender non-conforming people play men trying to understand the intricacies of masculinity and violence.

"Will" is a freshman at Watson college. "Jordan" is a senior film major. "Tyler" is writing a novel for his thesis. They are all members of the Men’s Peer Education group and ask questions like, "What is male privilege? What can we do about it?"

Then some accusatory posters appear around campus suggesting that a member of the group committed sexual assault. Could it be that even sensitive guys, guys working on their privilege, sometimes turn violent or aggressive?

After the staged reading, a moderated conversation on masculinity, allyship, and sexual violence will be held in the Morris University Center Oak/Redbud Rooms. At the same time, a counselor from Call for Help will lead a survivor session in the Hickory/Hackberry Rooms for any survivors who would like to process their emotions from the staged reading and share their stories.

The staged reading is directed by Tiffany Smith and features Rachel Bailey, Karen Pierce, Fox Smith, Sierra Smith, Laurell Stevenson and Melody Valen. "Sensitive Guys" is the start of Solid Lines Productions' fifth season.

Donations are optional and admission is FREE. Solid Lines is partnering with Safe Connections and St. Martha's Hall to collect donations for St. Martha's Hall, a shelter for abused women and their children.

The following donations will be collected at the door of each performance:

• Toilet paper
• Children's band-aids (cartoon ones)
• Stickers
• Halloween candy
• Target gift cards

Angela Kim, PhD, assistant professor of piano in the Department of Music, will present the concert project "When the Night Falls" with two composers from Berklee College of Music, Richard Carrick and Yoon-Ji Lee.

7:30 p.m.
Today
Dunham Hall, Choral Room 1109
FREE admission

Selections include:

• L. V. Beethoven, Moonlight Sonata
• R. Carrick, Preludes
• F. Chopin, Nocturne Op. 62, No. 2
• Y. J. Lee, Night Sketches

I. Stravinsky/G. Agosti, Firebird Suite

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. 24
Morris University Center, Mississippi-Illinois Rooms

10:30-11:45 a.m. – South Africa’s Fragile Democracy, presented by Timothy Lewis, PhD, assitant professor in the Department of Political Science

1:15-2:30 p.m. Political Persuasion, presented by Sorin Nastasia, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Applied Communication Studies

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 Buckels at 618.650.3233.

Jeffrey Skoblow, PhD, emeritus professor of English and Eric Ruckh, PhD, associate professor of history, will read Allen Ginsberg’s "Howl." We will be joined by itinerant artists and musicians:

12:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 24
One of the small knolls in the Main Quad

Ginsberg wrote "Howl" in Berkeley, California in 1954-55 and read it for the first time at the Six Gallery in San Francisco on Oct. 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 to assault the madness of American culture and society (then and now) and redeem the holiness of the body and its manifold, myriad pleasures.

We hope many of you will join us.

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

Please join us for a Black Studies Lecture Series event, featuring Anthony Cheeseboro, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Historical Studies.

"Horror and the Black Body"
2-3 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 24
Lovejoy Library Friends Corner

Please invite your students and colleagues.

The Department of Applied Communication Studies is pleased to invite the University community to the sabbatical presentation by Alicia Alexander, PhD, professor in Interpersonal Communication.

"Should I Stay or Should I Go?: Exploring the Ways Partners Draw on their Personal Resources When Coping with Unfulfilled Standards in Serious Dating Relationships”
1:30-2:30 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 25
Alumni Hall, room 3300

Candice Johnson, program coordinator for the “STEM Meets Humanities” initiative at the Mannie Jackson Center for the Humanities, will present an overview of her work with this innovative exploration:

2 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 26
Peck Hall, room 1405

Johnson will discuss the ways in which enduring humanistic questions can influence student interest in STEM inquiry. She will describe the different activities in the program, including Digital Humanities Clubs, Urban Gardening, Math Games, Robotics and discuss tips on how to engage students in programming.

For more information, please contact Katie Knowles at katknow@siue.edu. 

Sustained Dialogue is a way for our community to explore race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexual orientation, religion, age, ability status, and other topics that aren’t always easy to talk about in diverse groups.

This 10-week program will transform you for the better through conversations to share not just your opinions, but also hear stories and life experiences behind others’ perspectives. We have created a learning space for open dialogue that makes it possible for students from different sides of an issue to learn the root causes of community problems and build relationships to address these issues with new allies.

The incentives for participating include:

• A Free Sustained Dialogue T-shirt
• $$$ in Cougar bucks for completion of the program
• Free food throughout the 10-week program
• A chance to make an impact on the SIUE community and shape a changing world!

Space for the program is limited and only 120 students will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. If this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you, please join us for an information session to learn more about the program.

For more information, contact Tarsha Moore at tarmoor@siue.edu or Tionna Hunter at tiohunt@siue.edu.