Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019

The Office of Human Resources is proud to announce Jennifer Albat as the October 2019 Employee of the Month. Jennifer is an instructional designer and certified faculty developer in ITS - Instructional Design and Learning Technologies.

Please join us in congratulating Jennifer as the Employee of the Month:
10:30 a.m.
Today
Lovejoy Library, room 0033

You can also send Jennifer a congratulatory email at jalbat@siue.edu.

For more information, please contact Jen Oates-Blair at joatesb@siue.edu or ext. 2127.

Julie Zimmermann, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Anthropology, will give her sabbatical presentation, “Storytelling in the Creation of Cahokia, a Native American Theater State.”   

3-4 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 23
Peck  Hall, room 0405

SIUE Educational Outreach presents Open Figure Drawing:

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

Course fee is $8 per session.

Please register here.

One-hour open forums for the SIUE Strategic Plan are now scheduled throughout the coming weeks 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.

Your input is critical in helping to determine SIUE’s course of action from present day to 2025, when the Plan will again be reviewed:

The remaining dates and times are as follows:
Goal #1
Increase the recruitment of a diverse student body ready for the rigorous challenges of higher education.
Friday, Oct. 25 - 9 a.m.

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.
Thursday, Oct. 24 - 9 a.m.

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

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.
Wednesday, Oct. 30 - 2 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 1 - 2 p.m.

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

Goal #6
Develop, maintain and protect University assets through sound economic practice.
Sessions have been completed.

For more information and to comment after sessions are complete, please visit Strategic Plan Open Forums.

Committee Chairs:
Goal 1: Scott Belobrajdic
Goal 2: Jessica Harris
Goal 3: Miriam Roccia
Goal 4: Greg Budzban
Goal 5: Gireesh Gupchup
Goal 6: Nancy Lutz

Assistant Research Professor Zachary Riebeling will examine the basics of planning an Omeka archive website in his presentation, "Using Omeka: Strategies and Possibilities."

10-10:30 a.m.
Friday, Oct. 25
IRIS Center, Peck Hall, room 2226

Using the Exhibition Plug-in from the Rosenzweig Center for New Media at George Mason University, Riebeling will explore how to create a self-reflexive and internally-differentiated digital exhibit.

The plug-in represents a creative means to bypass the restrictions Omeka places on items and collections, allowing for layered and intersecting exhibit levels. This presentation is especially designed for scholars new to Omeka.

Shrikant Jategaonkar, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Economics and Finance, will give his sabbatical presentation, "Earnings Management by Cross-Listed Growth and Value Firms."

10-11 a.m.
Friday, Oct. 25
Alumni Hall, room 3402

The Philosophy Department and The Lyceum organization are co-hosting the 14th Annual Undergraduate Philosophy Conference:

4-6 p.m.
Friday-Saturday, Oct. 25-26
Morris University Center, Maple/Dogwood Rooms

The keynote speaker is Dr. Shelley Park of the University of Central Florida. Her presentation is entitled, "From Helicopter Moms to Smart(er) Homes: Technological Fantasies of Care and Control." 

Park's address will explore "how we have technologized femininity and feminized technology with different results."

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 city officials. Register on GetInvolved.

Campus Recreation’s Club Sports program is once again raising money and awareness for breast cancer research, a disease that severely impacts students and their families.

Special Club Sports pink T-shirts will be sold at various Club Sports events during the month of October.

The Sport Club Executive Council will vote at their next executive meeting to select a charity to donate the funds.

Please visit the SIUE Campus Recreation website for a detailed list of Club Sport Home events in October.

For more information on how to donate and/or purchase a Club Sports pink T-shirt, please contact Natalie Hawkins at nrosale@siue.edu  or 618-650-3242.

SIUE hosts A Year of Mindfulness and Meditation.

Dr. Daniel Barbezat will speak on "Contemplative Practices in Higher Education."

6-7:30 p.m. - Reception and discussion
Monday, Nov. 4
Center for Spirituality and Sustainability

This event is sponsored by the School of Education, Health and Human Behavior (SEHHB) and the Department of Teaching and Learning.

A Safe Zone Bingo fundraiser will be held:

6 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 5
Hamburger Mary’s Bar and Grille
400 Washington Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63102

Join the SIUE Safe Zone committee for a fun night of drag queen bingo and raising funds for the SIUE Safe Zone Scholarship Fund. A suggested donation of $10 gets you a bingo card and the chance to win some great prizes!

This event is open to all, so bring your friends.

For more information, contact Nick Niemerg at nniemer@siue.edu.

The New Investigator Awards are made to tenure-track SIUE faculty members to recognize and support individual programs of research or creative activities. These awards recognize faculty members whose research or creative activities have the promise of making significant contributions to their fields of study, their respective school/department and to SIUE, in general. Recipients are expected to produce published scholarly works/products and externally sponsored grants/contracts.

As many as two Lindsay New Investigator Awards will be made per year, pending availability of funds. These awards are designed to support a significant and discrete portion of a faculty member’s larger research agenda. A cost-share equaling 20 percent of the total award is required from the applicant’s school/department. Each recipient of the New Investigator Award will receive $10,000 from the Graduate School and $2,500 from their unit  for a one-year period.

Application is due to the Office of Research and Projects by 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 8, 2019.

For full details and deadlines, please click here.

Here is the latest news and information at SIUE.

• SIUE Athletics Among National Leaders in Academic Achievement

• SIUE Cahokia Head Start Students Express Themselves on Diversity

• SIUE Ceramics Program and the Edwardsville Arts Center Present a Ceramic Cups Exhibition

For more news and information, visit SIUE News.