Monday, Oct. 7, 2019

SIUE is proud to celebrate LGBTQIA+ History Month throughout October! We hope that you will join us for these upcoming events celebrating Coming Out Week and future events throughout the month.

For more information email tarmoor@siue.edu or mroccia@siue.edu.

Please note these remaining events:

LGBTQIA+ History Month Celebration
5:30 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 7
Morris University Center, Mississippi/Illinois Rooms
RSVP at tinyurl.com/SIUELGBTQIA 

The Center for Student Diversity and Inclusion (CSDI) is pleased to welcome renowned jazz musician Bryan Carter to SIUE as the featured speaker for the LGBTQIA+ History Month Celebration. Carter will share his personal coming out story and the role that jazz has played in teaching him about love and self-acceptance. Shortly after completing his musical training at The Juilliard School in New York City, Carter played with many notable artists including Wynton Marsalis, and served as the house drummer for NBC’s “Maya and Marty” starring Maya Rudolph and Martin Short. Light refreshments will be available. For more information about Bryan Carter, visit bryancartermusic.com 

A Space for Healing: A Film and Discussion
5:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 8
CSDI, Morris University Center, Second Floor

Please join us for a screening of "The Miseducation of Cameron Post." The film is based on the novel by Emily M. Danforth and follows the main character, as she is sent to a gay conversion therapy center. Discussion will follow, led by Dr. Courtney Boddie, director of Counseling Services.

Coming Out Cupcakes with CSDI
11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 9
CSDI

Stop by and celebrate Coming Out Week with CSDI and cupcakes! Grab some free sweet treats and gather together to learn more about LGBTQIA+ History Month events.

National Coming Out Day
11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 11
Morris University Center, Goshen Lounge

Please join us for an opportunity to tell your coming out story on National Coming Out Day! Students, faculty and staff are welcome to stop by the Goshen Lounge to share their story on one of the poster boards.

Please remind all students (high school seniors, returning students and graduate students),  to apply for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®).

Be sure to file the 2020-21 FAFSA and use 2018 income information. Students and parents are recommended to use the IRS Data Retrieval Tool.

FAFSA can be filed online at FAFSA.gov or on the app, myStudentAid.

For more information, visit FAFSA.gov or siue.edu/financial-aid.

Stop by the Beet Box Mobile Farmers Market on the Quad this fall!

Noon-1:30 p.m.
Tuesdays through the end of October

Fresh vegetables, including tomatoes, cucumbers, squash and more, will be available for purchase. The Beet Box accepts cash or card. Customers can also use their Illinois Link Card.

Details on the Beet Box’s weekly stops are available on the Goshen Market Foundation’s Facebook page.

The market on wheels is among the initiatives supported by SIUE’s food sustainability consortium, a constellation of courses, projects and services related to agricultural education and food access.

Jeffrey Skoblow, PhD, emeritus professor of English, and Eric Ruckh, PhD, associate professor of history in the Department of Historical Studies and director of Honors Program, will read Allen Ginsberg’s "Howl" on one of the small knolls in the Main Quad. The pair will be joined by itinerant artists and musicians.

12:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 8
SIUE Quad

Ginsberg wrote "Howl" in Berkeley, Calif. in 1954-1955, and read it for the first time at the Six Gallery in San Francisco on Oct. 7, 1955. Ginsberg’s reading of "Howl" is a signal moment in the history of American culture and letters. With this poem, Ginsberg aligns spirit and body, breadth and idea—“that’s the measure, one physical-mental aspiration contained in the elastic of a breadth”—to assault the madness of American culture and society (then and now), and redeem the holiness of the body and its manifold, myriad pleasures.

For some years now, we have been reading and re-reading Ginsberg’s "Howl." We hope many of you will join us.

For more information, please contact Ruckh at eruckh@siue.edu.

Please note the below list of events planned by the Women's Studies Program for the month through October.

Dr. Lindsay Ross-Stewart, “The Role of Media in Suppressing and Supporting Women in Professional Sports”
3-4 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 8
Morris University Center, International Room 

Rhonda Magee, MA Sociology, JD, “The Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing Ourselves and Transforming Our Communities Through Mindfulness”
3-4 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 16
Peck Hall, room 1402
6-7 p.m. - Reception at Fuller Dome
7-9 p.m. - Talk at Fuller Dome 

Dr. Ashton Speno, “Adolescents, Sexualization and Sexting”
1-2 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 17
Morris University Center, International Room 

Coffee With Cool Women: Mary Grose
Pediatric ER nurse at Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center and local organizer of Bring Your Own Glen-Ed
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 21
Peck Hall, room 3407 

Dr. Ezra Temko, “The Social Construction of Gender Quotas: Iowa's Successful Adoption of Gender Balanced Boards and Commissions”
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 22
Morris University Center, International Room

Yoga for Beginners
5-6 p.m.
Tuesdays and Thursdays, Oct. 8-Nov. 12 (with no class on Oct. 31)
Bioatechnology Laboratory Incubator
Cost: $85 for all 10 sessions or $10 a session 

Yoga for Beginners provides the fundamentals of practice for those getting started in yoga, as well as those with more experience who enjoy gentler movements. You will learn posture alignment, practice breath work through guided demonstration and reap the benefits of yoga, including improved balance, physical strength, flexibility, relaxation, increased energy and better digestion. 

To register or for more information, please visit our new and exciting educational outreach website.

John Scott from Blackboard will be visiting campus from Thursday-Friday, Oct. 10-11 to increase awareness of Blackboard Ally and Universal Design for Learning.

Students, faculty and staff are invited to stop by the table to learn more about Ally, try it out and pick up some cool swag:
8:30-10:30 a.m.
Thursday, Oct. 10

and

10 a.m.-Noon
Friday, Oct. 11

John will host the workshop for faculty and staff, "Supporting Diverse Needs through Inclusive Design and Learner Preference."
10 a.m.-Noon
Friday, Oct. 11
Lovejoy Library, room 003B 
Visit the workshop page to register.

Do you know an SIUE student or recent graduate with a disability and who is seeking employment? 

Each year, SIUE participates in the Workforce Recruitment Program (WRP) to give students with disabilities the opportunity to apply for internships or permanent positions at federal agencies across the United States.  

The WRP Program is an excellent way to:

• Find an internship or permanent position at federal agencies
• Explore careers in the federal service
• Promote skills and abilities
• Gain resume development and interviewing experience 

To be eligible for the WRP Program, students must be:

• Current, full-time undergraduate students with a disability
• Current, full-time graduate students with a disability
• Alumni, who have graduated within one year
• U.S. citizen 

The registration process for the WRP program ends Friday, Oct. 11. However, it is important to begin preparing for registration as soon as possible. 

To learn more about the WRP Program and the registration process, please contact the Career Development Center at 618-650-3708 to schedule a WRP appointment with Jamie Doss, MA, LPC, career counselor/WRP campus coordinator.

SIUE Safe Zone's next Ally Training for faculty and staff is set for:

11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 21
Morris University Center, International Room
Space is limited so sign up early!
To register, please click here.

The deadline to register is 4:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 14. 

For more information, contact Jennifer Hernandez at jennher@siue.edu or Nick Niemerg at nniemer@siue.edu. 

Plan to attend SIUE’s Graduate School Open House:

11 a.m.-1 p.m. or 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 16
Morris University Center, Meridian Ballroom

Meet program directors and faculty scholars. Talk to current students.

Learn more about:
• SIUE’s 140+ 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
• Our integrative studies program, which allows you to meet your career goals by integrating courses from two or three disciplines

The $40 Graduate School application fee will be waived for those who apply during the open house!

Learn more and register at siue.edu/graduate-visit or call 618-350-3705.

SIUE hosts A Year of Mindfulness and Meditation.

The first of two speakers is Rhonda V. Magee, MA Sociology, JD:

3-4 p.m. - Discussion
Wednesday, Oct. 16
Peck Hall, room 1402

6-7 p.m. - Reception
Wednesday, Oct. 16
Center for Spirituality and Sustainability

7-9 p.m. - “The Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing Ourselves and Transforming Our Communities Through Mindfulness”
Wednesday, Oct. 16
Center for Spirituality and Sustainability

This event is sponsored by the Provost’s Office, the College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Sociology.

All Faculty Meeting
"2020 Vision for Shared Governance"

1-4 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 31
Morris University Center, Hickory/Hackberry Rooms

Meeting Agenda
1-1:45 p.m. - Social hour (Refreshments will be served)
1:45 p.m. - Opening remarks
2-4 p.m. - Guided discussion
Come and go as your schedule allows.

Due to the recent Collective Bargaining Agreement, new initiatives, and standard University evolution over the past decade, Faculty Senate’s role in University work has shifted and needs to be realigned with the University’s mission of shared governance.

Our focus and engagement in shared governance requires some “course correction” in order to fit the needs of the faculty, within the changing landscape of SIUE, and ensure that faculty continue to have an effective voice at SIUE.

At the All Faculty Meeting, we will hold guided discussions to gather faculty input about these potential changes.

Topics to be discussed:
• Current and future faculty responsibilities
• Current challenges in shared governance
• Increasing faculty involvement in Faculty Senate

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