Thursday, March 14, 2019

The Emeriti Faculty Association is pleased to request proposals from SIUE tenure and tenure-track faculty for projects that strengthen the academic quality of programs and that enhance the reputation of the University.

Deadline for proposals is Monday, March 18. Application guidelines are available here.

Eligible activities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Departmental colloquia that involve recognized outside experts
• Curricular development (disciplinary or interdisciplinary)
• Faculty exchanges, including international exchanges
• Scholar-in-residence programs

Ineligible activities include activities supported elsewhere in the University, such as research, development of teaching skills and individual professional development.

For more information, please contact David Ault at dault@siue.edu, Jim Weingartner at jweinga@siue.edu or Richard Brugam at rbrugam@siue.edu.

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. 

Please join Chancellor Randy Pembrook and the vice chancellors for a Q&A:

9 a.m.
Thursday, March 21
Roller Hall
SIU School of Dental Medicine
Alton

As a reminder, these meetings are open to all faculty and staff. The chancellor invites you to ask questions, have a dialogue and/or express ideas that you might have.

If you would like to submit questions or suggestions to the chancellor in advance of any of the Q&A sessions, please send them to siue.edu/chancellor/suggestions/.

We hope you can attend, and we look forward to your questions.

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 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.

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.

SIUE Campus Recreation will host the 12th Annual Cougar World Games:

6-9 p.m.
Thursday, March 28
Student Fitness Center Activity Gym

The Cougar World Games will challenge, inspire and bring together students, faculty and staff.

The Cougar World Games is a special event designed to promote diversity, understanding and acceptance between groups from different cultures, backgrounds and ethnicities, through participation in various recreational activities offered across the globe.

The basic concept allows students to visit various stations depicted as continents, while learning about culture, sports, music, ethnic foods and more.

For the sixth consecutive year, we are promoting the “interaction zone” during the event. This activity is designed to provide an opportunity for students, faculty and staff to engage in dialogue and to share information about their organization, culture or countries of origin.

For more information or to attend the event, please contact Natalie Hawkins at nrosale@siue.edu.

Check out pictures from past year’s event. A promotional video is also available for viewing.

Learn more about graduate studies at SIUE!

Graduate Admissions Open House:
11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Monday, April 1
Morris University Center
Learn about

• SIUE’s 100+ master’s programs, post-baccalaureate certificates, specialist degrees, doctoral degrees and cooperative doctoral programs
• Graduate admission requirements
• Financial support, including graduate assistantships and competitive graduate awards

Register for the Graduate Admissions Open House.

The Graduate School is hosting the 23rd annual Graduate Student Research Symposium and invites the entire campus community to attend. Join us as we celebrate and showcase the variety of research and creative activities taking place by graduate students at SIUE!

Monday, April 1

2:30-4 p.m. - Graduate student exhibits
Morris University Center, Goshen Lounge

4-5:30 p.m. - Chancellor's Reception
Morris University Center, Meridian Ballroom

• Presentation by Chancellor Randy Pembrook
• Faculty Research Awards
• Andrew Greenwood, assistant professor in the Department of Music, Vaughnie Lindsay New Investigator Award recipient

RSVP for the Chancellor’s Reception by Friday, March 22. Click here to RSVP.    

For more information, please view the Graduate Student Research Symposium website or contact the Graduate School office at graduateschool@siue.edu or (618) 650-3010.

Here is the latest news and information at SIUE.

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• SIUE Construction Leadership Institute Announces 2019 Graduates

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For more news and information, visit SIUE News.