Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019

Be sure to stop by for SIUE Day Rally Week and enjoy FREE offers and incentives.

10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Today

Scott Credit Union
Visit our table, use our Snapchat Geo-filter and take home a special giveaway (while supplies last)!

Pearl Vision
Visit Pearl Vision to obtain $25 bonus towards a complete pair of eyeglasses or prescription sunglasses (valid only at Edwardsville location).

Bank of Springfield
Stop by the BOS table for a chance to win $50 gift card from Mike Shannon’s Grill, Artisan 222 Bakery or Wang Gang.

Axis Edwardsville
Stop by to learn more about our luxe apartments and receive FREE cups and t-shirts!

Digital Credentials in Higher Education: Complete Waste of Time or Enhancing What We Do?
10:30 a.m.-Noon - Presentation
12-1 p.m. - Lunch and SIUE digital badging workshops
Today
Center for Faculty Development and Innovation, southwest corner of the second floor of Lovejoy Library

Enjoy lunch from Panera and the opportunity to discuss your badging idea with an industry expert. Please include an idea for badging in your discipline or department with your reservation.

Presenter: Brenda Perea, director of education and workforce strategies for Credly.
Sponsored by: The Office of Educational Outreach, with support from an Excellence in Undergraduate Education (EUE) award.

Alternative or micro-credentials such as digital badges are a growing education and employment trend, leaving faculty and higher education administrators to determine whether badging is the wave of the future or a poor use of university resources that will not benefit students. In this session, Perea will highlight key badging opportunities and challenges, specifically as it relates to digital badging at SIUE. Please don't forget to register.

Supporting Diverse Needs through Inclusive Design and Learner Preference
10 a.m.-Noon
Friday, Oct. 11
IT Training Room 0033B, basement of Lovejoy Library
Presenter: John Scott, product manager for Blackboard Ally. Prior to joining the Blackboard Ally team, John completed his PhD in learning sciences and new media at the University of California Berkeley, where he designed, taught, and researched online learning courses focused on collaborative learning, multimodal literacy, and Universal Design for Learning. 

Accessible content authoring is not only essential for students who use assistive technologies, but it also results in more usable, flexible content that can adapt to diverse student needs and devices. During the workshop, we’ll discuss some of the key terms and research around inclusive learning and Universal Design for Learning (UDL), and the different ways Ally’s alternative formats and instructor feedback help support those learning goals. Please don't forget to register.

Depression Screening Day:
11 a.m.-1p.m.
Today
Morris University Center, Goshen Lounge

Come to the table in Goshen Lounge to complete a free screening tool about mental health with Counseling Services and the School of Nursing. Counseling Services staff members will be on hand to help interpret the results.

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

Please join Dining Services for its annual Taste of SIUE Food Show:

11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Today
Morris University Center, Meridian Ballroom
(While supplies last!)

Yoga for Beginners
5-6 p.m.
Tuesdays and Thursdays, through Nov. 12 (with no class on Oct. 31)
Biotechnology 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.

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:

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.

SIUE Educational Outreach presents Open Figure Drawing:

1-3 p.m.
Fridays, Oct. 11 and 25; Nov. 1 and 15
Art & Design Building, room 2103
SIUE campus

Course fee is $8 per session.

Please register here.

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 tomorrow - 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.

Beginning tomorrow, one-hour open forums for the SIUE Strategic Plan are now scheduled to present the campus community with draft goals, objectives and key performance indicators.

All forums will be held in the Morris University Center’s International Room, and campus community members are invited to attend and offer feedback toward editing and finalizing the draft statements. 

All sessions will be streamed live on siue.edu/tv.

Goal #1
Increase the recruitment of a diverse student body ready for the rigorous challenges of higher education.
2-3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11
10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 25

Goal #2
Optimize high-quality curricular offerings and co-curricular opportunities to meet the needs of the region, engage students, and increase student persistence and graduation rates.
2-3 p.m. Monday, Oct. 21
9-10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 24

Goal #3
Deliver a mix of co-curricular programs and services across all campuses that enhance student learning and development.
9-10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 18
10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 31

Goal #4
Recruit, support, and retain a highly accomplished, high quality, student-centered, and diverse faculty, staff, and administration to achieve University goals and achieve excellence.
2-3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30
2-3 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1

Goal #5
Develop and strengthen collaborative relationships to effect positive changes in the University, region, nation and the world.
9-10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 11
9-10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 4

Goal #6
Develop, maintain and protect University assets through sound economic practice.
9-10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 17
2-3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18

The SIUE Police Department and SIUE Pharmacy Department will be hosting a pharmaceutical take back initiative:

8 a.m.-12 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 12
Goshen Market

Please come out to visit us and properly dispose of any unwanted/unused pharmaceutical products.

On this week’s episode of Segue, SIUE’s weekly radio program exploring the lives and work of the people on campus and beyond, Chancellor Randy Pembrook interviews Howard Ross, a founding partner in Udarta Consulting, and the previous principal consultant and founder of Cook Ross.

Ross has dedicated his life advocating for social justice, and is regarded worldwide as one of the most influential thought leaders on identifying and addressing unconscious bias. He will be the keynote speaker at SIUE’s second annual Diversity Day on Tuesday, Oct. 15.

This episode of Segue airs at 9 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 13. Listeners can tune in to WSIE 88.7 FM The Sound or siue.edu/wsie.

SIUE Women's Basketball will present the Lil' Cougar Basketball Clinic for girls in grades 1-6:

1-3:30 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 13
First Community Arena at SIUE's Vadalabene Center

The cost is $10 and includes a T-shirt , basketball, picture with Eddie the Cougar and pizza party at the end. The first 50 people to register get in free. 

Please register by contacting Jay'nee Alston at jalston@siue.edu or calling 650-2791.

SIUE's second annual Diversity Day celebration, under the theme “From Awareness to Action, SIUE Shaping a Changing World,” will be held Monday-Tuesday, Oct. 14-15 with educational and active engagement sessions at the Edwardsville, East St. Louis and Alton campuses.

An opening reception will be held for community stakeholders from 5-6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 14 in the Cougar Pavilion, located in the Vadalabene Center’s Lukas Annex.

Diversity Day events being held Tuesday, Oct. 15 will begin with an Opening Community Gathering and Welcome Breakfast at 8 a.m. in the Meridian Ballroom. The opening session will feature a School of Business alumni panel.

Social justice advocate Howard Ross will serve as keynote speaker during the Diversity Day luncheon from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Morris University Center’s (MUC) Meridian Ballroom. Howard will highlight his life’s work and his highly-acclaimed book Everyday Bias, which raises readers level of insight and awareness of important issues surrounding unconscious bias.

Other activities include, but are not limited to:

• Diversity Day Community Fair: 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. in the MUC Goshen Lounge
• Parade of Nations: 9:30-10 a.m. from the Meridian Ballroom to the Stratton Quadrangle
• Athletics, Art Hive and Multicultural Music: 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on the Quad
• Taste of Diversity at SIUE: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. in the MUC Food Court and Fixins’ Restaurant
• Community Service Project: 12-1:30 p.m. on the Quad
• Book Signing with Howard Ross: 1:15-2:15 p.m. in the Meridian Ballroom

A complete schedule of events, including details on the array of engagement sessions, is available at siue.edu/institutional-diversity-and-inclusion/diversity-day.

The Center for Spirituality and Sustainability is hosting "Worship for a Wounded Planet," this year's Celebration of World Faiths program:

6:30 p.m. - Doors open
7:00 p.m. - Program begins
Saturday, Oct. 19
Center for Spirituality and Sustainability (Fuller Dome)
SIUE Campus

This multi-faith worship service includes statements and scriptures from six faith traditions addressing their responsibility and mandate to care for the earth. Admission and parking in Visitor Lot B are free.

Join the SIUE Student Government for Spooky Trivia Night:

7 p.m.-10 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 28
MUC Conference Center

Admission is free. Food, drinks, and prizes will be available. Come connect with fellow students and possibly connect with city officials. Register on GetInvolved.

Here is the latest news and information at SIUE.

• SIUE SOP’s Rousseau Selected SPPCP Student Trustee
  
  
• SIUE Alumnus Jacob Carlson Selected as an Educational Leader
  
  
• SIUE Holds its 18th Annual Arts Sculpture Walk

For more news and information, visit SIUE News.