Tuesday, March 12, 2019

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

Please check out the Educational Outreach Spring Catalog to explore the new courses and opportunities that are coming soon!  

Artisan Breads II
5-8 p.m.
Today-Wednesday, March 13
Cost: $129 

This course will build on the knowledge learned in Artisan Breads I. The focus will be on sourdough breads and the functions of bread-making. Artisan Breads I is required to be taken before participating in Artisan Breads II. You will be able to take all recipes and finished products (20-30 loaves of bread) home. All ingredients will be provided for the baking process. Please bring an apron, notebook and pen!  

Real Estate Investing: Making Money While You Sleep
6-7:30 p.m.
Thursdays, March 14 and 21
Cost: $20 

These sessions are full of tried and true practices of becoming a successful real estate investor. The key to passive income, making money even while you are sleeping.

Intermediate Spanish
6-7:30 p.m.
Mondays, March 18-April 15
Cost: $89 

This course will continue the mastery of the Spanish language and teach some aspects of the Spanish culture. The class is perfect for those who have learned the basics of the Spanish language and wish to be more fluent. 

Genealogy Research
6-7:30 p.m.
Tuesdays, March 19-April 23
Cost: $59 

Tracing your family history is a fascinating journey. This course will help you understand the genealogy research process, and the way we interpret the information we find. You will learn through hands-on examples that help you dig deeper into your family’s past. You will develop a strategy to accomplish your objectives, evaluate the results and share information with others. Make your family history come alive!

DIY Special: Build Your Own Wood Slab Coffee Table
6-7:30 p.m.
Tuesdays, March 19-April 16
Cost: $239 

Learn the basics of building live edge slab furniture and wood finishing by building your own coffee table or bench. No experience is necessary. Wood slabs will be selected in the first class, taken home and returned each week to make progress. The cost for wood slabs is included in the fee of the course. You will need an orbital (finish) sander at home to make progress in between sessions.

Microsoft Excel: Intermediate Level
6-8:30 p.m.
Tuesdays, March 19-April 23
Cost: $129 

Designed for students with previous Microsoft Excel experience. A brief review of basic Excel 2016 formulas will be included. This intermediate level course will expand the users’ Excel 2016 skill set with projects that demonstrate the application’s higher capabilities. Topics covered in this course include creating formulas that use data in multiple worksheets, working with advanced formulas and formatting, inserting charts and graphics, and writing functions. Online resource materials are provided. 

Heartsaver CPR/AED Certification
5:30-9:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 20
Cost: $99 

Heartsaver courses are designed for anyone with little or no medical training and cover first-aid basics for the most common first-aid emergencies. Hands-on training also prepares students to perform CPR and use an AED in a safe, timely and effective manner. A two-year certification card is issued upon course completion. 

Traditional Chinese Calligraphy
6:30-8:00 p.m.
Thursdays, March 21-April 25
Cost: $99 

This course introduces the basic brush work and tools used in traditional Chinese calligraphy. Individuals will learn and practice the basic skills used in writing the standard or regular script in traditional Chinese calligraphy. 

Basic Life Support Certification
5:30-8 p.m.
Thursday, March 21
Cost: $129 

Basic life support training for healthcare professionals covers a variety of subjects, including breathing and cardiac emergencies, defibrillation, CPR, AED and obstructed airway for adults, children and infants. Learn new techniques and sharpen your skills with hands-on experience. Two-year certification card is issued upon course completion.

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

Come out for SIUE's Education Career Fair:

3-6 p.m.
Tuesday, March 19
Morris University Center, Conference Center

Professional attire is required. Please bring copies of your resume!

A list of attending employers can be found on the CDC website: http://www.siue.edu/careerdevelopmentcenter/students/events.shtml.

Green Dot is a comprehensive violence prevention program with objectives to decrease the likelihood of dating and domestic violence, stalking, and sexual assault.

The intent of the education sessions is to train faculty and staff to endorse, model, and support two Green Dot values:
1. Power-based personal violence is not tolerated in our campus community
2. Everyone will do their part to prevent violence

10-11:30 a.m.
Thursday, March 21
Morris University Center, Maple/Dogwood Rooms

10:30 a.m.- 12 p.m.
Tuesday, April 9
Morris University Center, Mississippi/Illinois Rooms

10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.
Friday, April 12
Morris University Center, Mississippi/Illinois Rooms

Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090C45AEAF29A4FE3-green.

For questions about Green Dot at SIUE, please contact greendot@siue.edu.

The IRIS Center is seeking faculty members to take part in a focus group about launching the Digital Community Engagement Pathway (DCEP) at SIUE. 

The focus group should last approximately one hour and will take place in the IRIS Center, Peck Hall room 2226. 

A team of faculty has been planning the Digital Community Engagement Pathway this year with the support of an NEH Grant. DCEP is a program designed to attract and support new SIUE students from underserved communities, using high impact practices.

This pathway will give students the opportunity to work in small, faculty-led student cohorts to address major social problems in our region, such as food insecurity and helping immigrant communities form a sense of belonging.

Building on research central to the field of digital community engagement, the teams will use interdisciplinary methods to analyze, visualize, and share their work with the broader public using data mining, mapping, storytelling, networking and cultural analytics.  

The focus group will provide an opportunity for faculty to find out about the plan for the pathway, including information regarding program admissions, advising, community models, curriculum and retention. In particular, we would like to know how you might envision the elements of the pathway integrating with your department. 

More background information will be sent to those confirming attendance before the focus group meets, including a sample application, curricular materials and existing data related to the program. 

If you would like to take part in a focus group on the Digital Community Engagement Pathway, please fill out this form by March 19 to tell us your availability to participate in one of our four sessions for SIUE faculty and staff.

For more informatiom, contact project director Jessica DeSpain at jdespai@siue.edu.

Faculty are invited to learn about The Common Problem Project, a consortium of five State University of New York campuses that promotes cross-disciplinary teaching and learning, while developing problem-solving skills and civic engagement in students. 

11 a.m. – Presentation: The Common Problem Project
2:30 p.m. –Workshop: The Pedagogy, Practice and Logistics of Doing a Common Problem Project
Thursday, March 21
Faculty Development and Innovation Center, Lovejoy Library 2030 

The presentation and workshop will be hosted by James Liszka, PhD, director for the Center for Interdisciplinary and Area Studies, senior scholar with the Center for Ethics in Public Life, and professor of philosophy at the State University of New York, College at Plattsburgh. 

Last year a committee at SIUE was awarded National Endowment for the Humanities funds to plan the Digital Community Engagement Pathway (DCEP), a program for students who will take a set of core courses emphasizing interdisciplinary research and problem-solving methods. The DCEEP committee has brought in Liszka to share his work on the similarly designed Common Problem Project. 

As a follow up to his presentation, Liszka’s workshop will cover such topics as self-directed learning, basics of problem-solving, benefits of cross-disciplinary teaching and learning, student teams and team dynamics, working with community partners, available resources and more. 

Register to attend the presentation here. 

Register for the workshop here.

The Office of Human Resources is proud to announce Bill Weidler, instructional development specialist at Lovejoy Library, as the March 2019 Employee of the Month. 

Please join us in congratulating Bill as the Employee of the Month:
3:30 p.m.
Friday, March 22
Lovejoy Library, outside of the Makers Lab on the first floor

You can also send Bill a congratulatory email at wweidle@siue.edu. 

“Nowhere else have I found someone more committed to helping, being helpful, and to being engaged in success than Bill," said Ian Toberman, University honors program academic advisor. "He has greeted new guests as if they are the most important people on campus, and he has made us all feel comfortable when we are in the library. He is, by all accounts, the demonstration of a servant-educator.”

“In my years of experience in public service and administration, I have found few employees who daily take serious the need to satisfy the user during each interaction," said Library and Information Services Interim Dean Lydia Jackson. "Bill’s knowledge of quality to users whether training, working the information desk, or helping a colleague is unparalleled. He seems to be a walking encyclopedia of what it means to provide excellence in service.”

"I have been blessed to be in my position here for the last 7 years, with opportunities to work with great people and to be of service to coworkers, students and all visitors to the library," said Weidler.

For more information about the Employee of the Month recognition award, contact Jen Oates-Blair at joatesb@siue.edu or ext. 2127.

It's time for another Science and Engineering Research Challenge (SERC) at SIUE! This year’s event will be held on Saturday, March 23. 

Once again, we need volunteers to help us with this important event to support participating students and their science aspirations. Please consider sharing your time by signing up to help. 

Also, please share this judge sign-up link with anyone else you think may be interested. More information on the event, including a tentative schedule, is available at SIUESTEMCenter.org. 

Contact the SIUE STEM Center at 650-3065 with any questions. 

Thanks for everything you do to help promote STEM in southern Illinois!

Alumni Association Annual Trivia Night

6-11 p.m.
Saturday, March 23
Edwardsville American Legion

Gather your team and join us for a night of trivia, silent auctions, a 50/50 raffle, a "decades-themed" team costume and table decoration contest, and more!

Registration for a team/table of eight is $200, with all proceeds from the night benefitting SIUE student scholarships and alumni programs. The first place team will win $350, and second place will win $200.

A cash bar will be available. Teams are invited to bring their own food and snacks, but no outside alcoholic beverages please.

Visit siue.edu/alumni/trivia to register your team. Contact Nick Niemerg at 618-650-3630 or nniemer@siue.edu with any questions.

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.

Please save the date for the Staff Senate Scholarship Banquet!

Thursday, April 18
Morris University Center, Meridian Ballroom

All proceeds from the event benefit the Staff Senate Scholarship. If you would like to be a part of the planning committee or would like to make a donation for the event, please contact Cindy Cobetto at 650-2164 or cgorsag@siue.edu.

Here is the latest news and information at SIUE.

• SIUE’s College Student Personnel Administration Program Expands, Adds Value with External Partnerships

• Students and Alumni put their Best Foot Forward at SIUE’s Spring Career Fair

• SIUE’s Arts and Issues and the Center for Spirituality and Sustainability Present Orchid Ensemble

For more news and information, visit SIUE News.