Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019

This Mock Networking event is hosted by the Career Development Center.

There will be a 30-minute “how to” networking presentation, followed by time to network.

This is a great opportunity to practice your networking skills with SIUE alumni, regional employers, and SIUE staff.

Please RSVP by calling the Career Development Center at 618-650-3708.

A Cougar Card is required for check-in.

Attire for this event is business casual/business professional.

SIUE celebrates its annual Black Heritage Month with the following events/activities:

• Speak On It!
  7-10 p.m.
  Today
  Morris University Meridian Ballroom 
  (Campus Activities Board CAB)    

• Dancing with Dunham
  6-8 p.m.
  Thursday, Feb. 7
  Dunham Hall
  (CAB)

• Fashion Show
  7-10 p.m.
  Friday, Feb. 8
  Morris University Center, Conference Center
  (Black Girls Rock)

The SIUE Office of Educational Outreach invites you to attend the spring 2019 Lifelong Learning Speakers Series every Wednesday on the campus of SIUE.

Wednesday, Feb. 6
Morris University Center, Mississippi- Illinois Room 
10:30-11:45 a.m. – Threatened IL Chorus Frog: presented by Richard Essner Jr., PhD, professor in the Department of Biological Sciences 

1:15-2:30 p.m. Political Code Words: presented by Duff Wrobbel, PhD, chair and professor in the Department of Applied Communication Studies (ACS), and ACS Graduate Assistant Erika Winter

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.

Join us to practice mindfulness and meditation. This will be the first session of the spring series. 

12-12:50 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 7
Morris University Center, Missouri Room (second floor) 

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

No RSVP is required. Students, faculty and staff are invited.

SIUE Counseling Services presents a three-session workshop series on depression from 12-12:50 p.m. in the Student Success Center, room 0200 on the following dates:

Session 1: Thursday, Feb. 7
Session 2: Thursday, Feb. 14
Session 3: Thursday, Feb. 21

Increase your understanding and knowledge about depression. Learn skills to recognize and manage symptoms.

Students are invited to attend the workshop series this semester. No RSVP is required.

For more information, contact SIUE Counseling Services at (618) 650-2842.

The SIUE IRIS Center, in collaboration with the College of Arts and Sciences, and Lewis and Clark Community College, is hosting the interdisciplinary conference “Digital Humanities and the Undergraduate Experience" Friday-Saturday, April 26-27.

We are currently seeking proposals from university and college students, staff, and faculty to present on their approach to integrating digital humanities (DH) into undergraduate curriculum, informal learning environments and student life.

Potential topics might address:

• Innovative approaches to using established digital humanities projects in the classroom

• Undergraduates sharing their digital research

• Engaging students in DH practices

• DH integration within particular institutional settings

• DH pedagogy and intersectionality

• Approaches to DH curriculum that crosses disciplinary boundaries

• Service learning, community engagement and the digital humanities

• Undergraduate DH program design (ie., minors/majors/certificates)

• DH in informal educational environments

By bringing together students, faculty and practicing professionals, this conference will allow discussions about the intersection of original, collaborative research with pedagogy and curriculum design.

Proposals can be made for:

• Poster presentations 
• Flash talks (3 minutes)
• Individual papers (15 minutes)
• Fully constituted panels (90 minutes)
• Workshops (90 minutes)

Abstracts no longer than 300 words in length can be submitted here. Submissions are due by 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8. Decisions regarding acceptance will be announced by March 1

Did you know that although the general public cannot get a membership to the Student Fitness Center (SFC) on campus, SIUE faculty, staff, and their families have the option of joining? 

To showcase all that the SFC has to offer, the Department of Campus Recreation invites faculty and staff to take advantage of two days of free access:

6 a.m.-11 p.m.
Tuesday-Wednesday, Feb. 12-13
Student Fitness Center

We have a large variety of cardiovascular and strength equipment, a free weight room, an one-eighth mile track, free group fitness classes (yoga is normally $15/semester for members), courts for sports play and an indoor pool.   

You can ask for a free tour, a free equipment orientation, or just work out or play!  

Please stop by the Reception Desk with your SIUE ID and government issued ID (driver’s license) on Feb. 12 and/or 13 to sign a waiver. Then you can visit the SFC as much as you like over these two days!

A faculty or staff SFC membership is only $240 per year, and we have discounted membership rates for your spouse/partner and/or dependents as well. Various payment options are available.

Visit us at http://www.siue.edu/crec/ for an extensive list of amenities and programs available, or ask for a brochure at the Reception Desk. 

For more information, call 650-2348 or email Margaret Fredericksen at marfred@siue.edu.

SIUE Police Department presents R.A.D. A one-day, free of charge, self defense course offered for women only (faculty, staff, and students and their guest). R.A.D. is a nationally certified self defense program designed specifically for women. We will spend the day teaching students different techniques on how to defend themselves should they ever be in immediate danger.

At the end of the day, we put an officer in a padded suit and allow the students to use the skills taught to defend themselves. This is done in a safe environment and everything is completely optional. We hope to see you there!

9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 16
Morris University Center Conference Center, 2nd Floor

Appropriate clothing would be tennis shoes, t-shirt with sweat pants or shorts. Bring money for lunch options in the MUC or bring a sack lunch.

Please register via email to Officer Kircher at kbohle@siue.edu.

For more information, contact Paul Dodson at 650-3695 or pdodson@siue.edu or visit Cougar Athletics.

SIUE's Office of Student Financial Aid will post one scholarship or scholarship tip on social media every day during this month.

Please encourage students to apply for more scholarships, make them aware of various scholarships and inform of tips for the best applications.

Visit SIUE Financial Aid on facebook and Instagram:SIUEaid.

For more information, contact Tarsha Moore at tarmoor@siue.edu or ext. 2150.



The SIUE STEM Center announces its FY20 Faculty Research Fellowship program. 

The competitive fellowship is open to tenure-track or tenured faculty members in any discipline, including arts, humanities and social sciences topics relevant to STEM. Fellows will collaborate with STEM Center faculty and staff to conduct undergraduate education research that explores innovative models for student engagement in STEM. 

The STEM Center seeks to fund projects that have the potential for contributing to improvements in undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics teaching and learning at SIUE. Projects that will develop, test and study innovative instructional practices with the potential for replication across departments are especially encouraged. 

Details are available at siuestemcenter.org/stem-research-fellowship. 

Applications are due Monday, March 25 and award(s) will be made by Friday, April 1.