Friday, March 22, 2019

You are invited to an open forum featuring School of Education, Health and Human Behavior (SEHHB) dean candidate Dr. Robin Hughes.

10:30-11:30 a.m.
Today
Morris University Center, Oak/Redbud Rooms

SEHHB Dean Search Committee Co-Chairs are Jeremy Jewell, PhD, professor in the Department of Psychology, and Alison Reeves, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Educational Leadership.

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics will host the Colloquium Event, Exploring Trigonometric Relationships: Is it a Function? The guest speaker is Dr. Craig Cullen, assistant professor of mathematics at Illinois State University.

3-4 p.m.
Today
Science East Building, room 2204

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.
Today
Lovejoy Library, outside of the Makers Lab on the first floor

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

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!

SIUE’s Department of Theater and Dance offers students unique experiences that help them harness their craft and learn about the human experience.

On this week’s episode of Segue, SIUE’s premier radio show, co-host Greg Budzban, PhD, CAS dean, interviews playwright Cassandra Medley. This episode will air at 9 a.m. Sunday, March 24, on WSIE 88.7 FM The Sound and siue.edu/wsie.

Medley was recently on campus to present a portion of her play, “Noon Day Sun,” during the Second Annual Playwright Festival, sponsored by SIUE’s Black Theater Workshop, the Department of Theater and Dance, and the Center for Student Diversity and Inclusion.

From April 9-14, SIUE University Theater will present two of Medley’s one-act plays, “Daughter” and “Son,” along with the new play, “The War Within,” in the Metcalf Student Experiential Theater on campus. For ticket information, visit the Dunham Hall box office.

SIUE Mass Comm Week 2019, "Amplyifing Many Voices," will be held Monday-Friday, March 25-29.

The keynote speaker is Trisha Ziff, filmmaker and curator of photography with Filmscreening.

Other presenters include:

• Dana Rieck - News Editor at Missouri Lawyers Media
• Joe Pott - Play-by-play Broadcaster at SIUE Athletics
• Elizabeth Donald - President of the St. Louis Society of Professional Journalists
• Beth Hundsdorfer - Investigative Reporter at KWMU St. Louis Public Radio
• Bill Parmentier - Founder and Owner of Oldstorm Studios
• Holly Edgell - Race, Identity and Culture Editor at St. Louis Public Radio
• Recent SIUE alumni

The Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center will host a blood drive on campus:

10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Tuesday, March 26 and
Wednesday, March 27
Blood Mobile, Hairpin

To schedule an appointment, please create an account at bloodcenterIMPACT.org and use sponsor code 9828.

Please reference information regarding eligibility requirements and the donation process here.

5-7 p.m.
Thursday, March 28
The Old Bakery Beer Company in Alton
Click here to register for the Happy Hour! 

The Alumni Association is hosting another happy hour for St. Louis and Metro East area alumni. Come kick back after work while you network and meet fellow SIUE alumni at the amazing Old Bakery Beer Company in Alton.

For more information, contact Nick Niemerg at 618-650-3630 or nniemer@siue.edu.

Hope to see you there!

Noon-1:30 p.m.
Friday, March 29
Morris University Center,
Center for Student Diversity and Inclusion (CSDI), located on the second floor
Feel free to bring your lunch.

Please note these upcoming Inclusive Conversations: Fridays, April 12 and 26.

Inclusive Conversations meetings are designed to support critical conversations and understanding of campus climate issues for students, faculty and staff; social justice; and the collective responsibility to build a sustainable campus environment; one which embodies citizenship, excellence, inclusion, integrity and wisdom.

If you have questions, please contact Timothy Staples, EdD, director of the Center for Student Diversity and Inclusion (CSDI), at tstaple@siue.edu.

Here is the latest news and information at SIUE.

• Beetner Family Endowment Supports SIUE School of Engineering Experiential Learning Opportunities

For more news and information, visit SIUE News.