Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018

Don't miss the pottery, glass and jewelry sale.

9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Friday-Saturday, Dec. 7-8
SIUE Art & Design Building

The sale will feature more than 1,000 works in ceramics, blown glass and fine metal jewelry by students and faculty at SIUE!

The SIUE Early Childhood Center serves as a life-changing resource on campus for the children of students, faculty and staff, as well as student parents.

Recent state budget cuts led to increased tuition costs at the ECC, making it more difficult for low-income families, including many student parents, to utilize the campus resource. Therefore, in fall 2018, ECC Director Rebecca Dabbs MacLean and her team worked tirelessly to secure two major grants that will aid in their support of a targeted group of families.

The grants include a five-year $705,000 award from the Illinois State Board of Education’s Preschool for All program. It focuses on preparing at-risk children for kindergarten. A four-year $675,836 award from the U.S. Department of Education’s CCAMPIS: Childcare Access Means Parents in School program emphasizes student parent retention and graduation.

The ECC strives to maintain a balanced enrollment of children ages 2-5 whose parents are students, SIUE faculty and staff, and surrounding community members. With this grant support, the ECC hopes to attract more student parents to offer their high-quality services to those children and families who may benefit most.

If you know of a student parent who may want to learn more about the ECC, please recommend they contact Dabbs MacLean at 618-650-2256.

For more details on each of the two grants, the ECC’s mission and continued need for contributions, and a student parent success story, please read this SIUE News Story.

The Office of Human Resources is proud to announce Tori Reany, instructional designer and certified faculty developer with the Instructional Design and Learning Technologies in the Department of ITS, as the December 2018 Employee of the Month. 

Please join us in congratulating Tori as the Employee of the Month:

9:30 a.m.
Friday, Dec. 14
ITS Instructional Design & Learning Technologies Office
Lovejoy Library, room 0033 

You can also send Tori a congratulatory email at topierc@siue.edu. 

“Tori Reany fosters active partnerships and collaboration with faculty. Her work and work ethic never fall short of high standards and excellence," said Dr. Catherine Daus. "She exhibits integrity and is forthcoming in her communications, as well as her promised outcomes.” 

“I feel fortunate to work with so many great faculty and staff across campus who are willing to take on new challenges and evolve with the changing needs of our students to make the SIUE learning experience an effective and memorable one," said Reany. 

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

SIUE is offering the Sustained Dialogue program for the Spring 2019 semester.

What is Sustained Dialogue?

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

This 10-week program, Jan. 14-April 1, 2019, will transform students for the better through conversations to share not just opinions, but also hear stories and life experiences behind others’ perspectives. A learning space has been created 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.

More information regarding the program and session offerings can be found on the SIUE Sustained Dialogue website.

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.

Please encourage students to sign up by completing this registration form.

For more information, please visit the SIUE Sustained Dialogue website or email Tarsha Moore at tarmoor@siue.edu.

The School of Education, Health and Human Behavior will host an SIUE informational meeting about the Give 30 Mentoring Program:

3:30-4:30 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 10
Lovejoy Library Friends' Corner (main floor)

The Madison County Regional Office of Education requests the help of civic leaders to identify adults 21 years of age or older, including SIUE students, to serve as Give 30 mentors to local adolescents who are struggling.

Selected mentors will commit to spending approximately 30 minutes per week with their mentee. Prospective mentors will undergo background checks and training by the Regional Office of Education.

Q&A and networking conversations will follow the presentation.

Cookies and water will be provided.

For more information, call 650-3353