Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019

Health Service has 25 doses of flu vaccine still available. We will hold one final clinic at our location until supplies last.

12-1:30 p.m.
Today
Student Success Center, lower level, room 0222

Employees please bring your SIUE ID and state insurance card in order to receive the vaccine (for the state contract to cover the cost). Visitors (18 or older) may receive the vaccine for $35.

Enrolled students may receive the vaccine for $15.

For more information on the importance and benefits of receiving a flu shot, please visit the Center for Disease Control and Prevention website.

The Center for Student Diversity and Inclusion (CSDI) invite all first-generation faculty and staff to help us celebrate National First Generation Day:

11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 8
Morris University Center, Goshen Lounge

This also includes faculty and staff that work to support our first-generation college students.

This event is open to faculty, staff and students.

Join Lenora-Marya Anop, PhD, professor of violin in the Department of Music, as she presents her sabbatical summary presentation.

2-2:50 p.m. 
Friday. Nov. 8
Dunham Hall, room #1109

During her sabbatical project, Anop recorded J.S. Bach's Suites Nos. 1 & 2, BWV1007-8. She is the first American violinist to professionally record these works.

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.

The SIUE Department of Campus Recreation, SIUE Alumni Association and SIUE Campus Activities Board are excited to invite you and your family to Tons of Fun!

6-8 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 8
Student Activity Center

This FREE event is open to all SIUE students, faculty, staff, alumni and their immediate family members. Join us for a fun night of kid-friendly inflatables, yummy snacks, games, prizes, a photo booth and more!

Although there is no cost to attend, registration is strongly encouraged. Click here to sign up today!

Contact Nick Niemerg at nniemer@siue.edu with any questions.

The SIUE ROTC Cadet Club and Cougar Athletics will hold an All-American 5K run/walk fundraiser:

8 a.m. - Registration
9 a.m. - Run/walk
Saturday, Nov. 9
Beginning at Parking Lot 10
SIUE Campus

The purpose is to fundraise for Cadet Club functions and recreational events. Fifteen percent of all proceeds raised will go to the Wounded Warriors project.

For more information, visit facebook.com/siuecadetclub.

The SIUE Ice Hockey Club will host their sixth Annual Military Appreciation Day game against the Saint Louis Billikens:

6:45 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 9
East Alton Ice Arena

SIUE will wear a camouflage jersey design during the game, and individuals will be able to acquire the jerseys through a silent auction. A portion of the proceeds from the jersey sales will benefit the USO of Missouri, Inc.

In previous years, the SIUE Club Ice Hockey team has donated more than $2,000 to the USO of Missouri, Inc. All current and retired military members will receive free admission with their military identification.

Bush Refrigeration and King Air Conditioning and Heating are the title sponsors.

For more information, please contact Natalie Hawkins, assistant director in SIUE Campus Recreation, at nrosale@siue.edu or 618-650-3242.

Creative Writing MFA students from SIUE, SIUC and UMSL have partnered with Good Weather Gallery to put on a fall reading.

7-9 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 9
Good Weather Gallery
301 N. Main St.
Edwardsville

The reading is open to the public and admission is free. Refreshments will be provided.

The Kimmel Student Involvement Center, in partnership with the Edwardsville Rotary, is pleased to accept nominations for the SIUE Student Leader of the Month.

Individuals selected for this award will be recognized at an upcoming Rotary meeting, and at the annual Kimmel Leadership Awards Ceremony during the spring semester.

SIUE students can be nominated by students, faculty or staff. No self-nominations will be considered. Applications are accepted on an on-going basis, and should be received by the 10th of the month to be considered for that month's award. Any nominees not selected for one month, will be considered for the following months. Awards will be given for September through April each academic year.

Candidates will be selected based on the following criteria:

• High academic standards
• Campus involvement and activities
• Service to others on and off campus
• Leadership within their academic area or within an organization
• Demonstrated ability to promote spirit and pride at SIUE

To submit an application, visit SIUE Rotary Student Leader of the Month on Get Involved.

For more information, please contact the Kimmel Student Involvement Center at 618-650-2686.

Since August, the Campus Kitchen at SIUE, an affiliation of The Campus Kitchens Project, has been in the process of transitioning to an affiliated chapter of Food Recovery Network, the largest student-led movement to end food waste and hunger.

The mission and operations of the Food Recovery Network at SIUE will remain the same as Campus Kitchen.

Similar to previous years, the Food Recovery Network at SIUE will once again host a food drive for “Give Thanks, Give Food.” This themed food drive will collect nonperishable and canned food donations that will be used to make Thanksgiving meal grocery bags for Community Care Center clients in Granite City.

Donations can be purchased through Sunday, Nov. 10 for free delivery to Food Recovery Network at SIUE at yougivegoods.com/siue-turkeypalooza-2019.

Donation boxes will be located in the Student Fitness Center, Kimmel Student Involvement Center, Lovejoy Library (Information Desk), Peck Hall and Rendleman Hall.

The items requested for the Give Thanks, Give Food Drive include:
• Stuffing
• Canned vegetables
• Canned yams and potatoes
• Instant mashed potatoes
• Gravy
• Macaroni and cheese
• Applesauce
• Canned fruit
• Gift cards to grocery stores are also appreciated

For more information, contact Brittany Buchanan at bribuch@siue.edu or Carolyn Compton at cacompt@siue.edu.

Your support and generosity is much appreciated!

Do you have questions you want to ask experts, but don’t want the obligation to buy products?  Now is your chance! 

2-3 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 12
Morris University Center, Mississippi/Illinois Rooms

Talk to the experts of your choice with no obligation to buy any products. This is a round table event, where you can come and go as you wish.

The event is open to staff, faculty and students, especially those approaching graduation.

• Do you know the questions you should be asking about company benefits?
• Do you know how to negotiate salary?
• Do you know how to read your credit report?
• Do you know how to create and follow a budget?
• Do you know what it takes to get a car loan or mortgage?
• Do you know about filing your taxes? 

SIUE’s Gerald O’Brien, PhD, professor in the Department of Social Work within the College of Arts and Sciences, will present the annual William and Margaret Going Endowed Professorship public lecture.

6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 12
Morris University Center, Maple/Dogwood Rooms

O’Brien will present “Eugenics, Genetic Innovations and the Minority Group Model of Disability.” Following the lecture, he will be joined by panelists Cathy Contarino, IMPACT Center for Independent Living executive director, Dominic Dorsey, SIUE ACCESS Office director, Alison Reiheld, PhD, associate professor in the SIUE Department of Philosophy, and Duff Wrobbel, PhD, professor and chair of the SIUE Department of Applied Communication Studies.

In February 2019, O’Brien received the William and Margaret Going Endowed Professorship Award in CAS, which honors faculty who fundamentally connect their scholarship to their teaching and transform students’ lives. O’Brien’s scholarly work centers on historical eugenics and contemporary bioethics, and brings a disability perspective to the issues. O’Brien’s research also considers the relationship of pejorative metaphor themes to social injustice movements.

Sign language interpreters will be present during the lecture, which is free and open to the public.

Dance In Concert:

7:30 p.m.
Wednesday-Saturday, Nov. 13-16
Dunham Hall Theater

and 

2 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 17
Dunham Hall Theater

Cost is $15 for adults, $12 for seniors and others, and FREE for SIUE students with valid identification. 

For more information, call the Box Office at 618-650-2774.

Kindermusik announces its new 4-week class offerings.

For more information on classes and registration forms, visit siue.edu/kindermusik. A credit card online payment option is now available at siue.edu/suzuki/current-parents-students/index.shtml. In the "Select what you are paying" option, choose "Kindermusik" in the dropdown column. There is a percentage fee for credit card transactions.

Please note that your credit card payment must be made before or when you turn in your class registration form. If you do pay by credit card, please make that note on your registration form. 

For any questions, please contact Ellen Singh at esingh@siue.edu or 618-792-6190.

“Sing & Play” (Level 1)
Class: Ages 1-3 
Theme: On the Town with Bear
Tuition: $75 by Friday, Nov. 15
Tuition includes all class fees and a high-quality at-home materials package.

Class dates and times include:
Mondays at 6 p.m. - Nov. 11, 18; Dec. 2, 9
Thursdays at 11 a.m. - Nov. 14, 21; Dec. 5, 12
Saturdays at 10 a.m. - Nov. 16, 23; Dec. 7, 14

Lace up your sneakers, we're going out on the town! We'll visit the city and see what there is to see, then head out into the country to check that out, too. Bear will, of course, go over the mountain and go a-yodeling, too. You never know what adventures you'll have, when you're On the Town with Bear.

Please note: The non-refundable class fee is due in full with the registration form and confirms your space in the class. At least one participating adult must accompany the child(ren) in all classes. Please do not bring non-enrolled siblings.

The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Major Research Instrumentation Grant (MRI) program accepts applications for projects to purchase major equipment in support of outstanding research initiatives in a region.

Limit on number of proposals per organization:
NSF limits the number of proposals submitted by an organization to the following:

• Two proposals – Track 1: fund request greater than $100,000 but less than $1,000,000 and 1 proposal; Track 2: fund request greater than or equal to $1,000,000 and up to and including $4,000.

Notice of Intent email should be submitted to Diane Cox at diacox@siue.edu or 650-5886 by Thursday, Nov. 21. Pre-proposal applications are due by Thursday, Dec. 12.

For full details, please visit NSF MRI Program.

SIUE faculty and staff will have the option to sign up for payroll deduction for a Student Fitness Center membership.

• Membership is in effect from the date that you sign up through December 1, 2020
• Four equal payments of $60 will be deducted from each January and February paycheck

You can sign up through the end of November at the Student Fitness Center Reception Desk.

For more information, visit siue.edu/campus-recreation/about/memberships or call Margaret Fredericksen at 650-2375.

SIUE East St. Louis Charter High School's (CHS) annual Angel Tree giving campaign is underway.

This is your opportunity to make this holiday season a memorable one for the students at CHS.

As winter approaches, the CHS staff would like to ensure that all of its students experience the joy of the holiday season. This year, the goal is to give every CHS student a new sweatshirt and to give additional winter gear to the neediest students.

Unfortunately, our students have needs year round for things like school supplies and school uniforms. This year, please consider making a recurring donation that will help to make CHS students successful all year long.

Now through Friday, Dec. 13, we will be accepting donations to the Angel Tree giving program. Click here to donate to CHS Angel Tree online using a credit card.

We also accept cash or checks. Checks should be made payable to the SIUE Foundation and sent to Anne Moore, CHS treasurer, Campus Box 1049. Please drop off any cash donations to Moore in Alumni Hall, Room 1134.

The SIUE Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowable by law.

For more information, contact Moore at 650-3354 or anmoore@siue.edu.

The Friends of Lovejoy Library Good Buy Bookshop will hold a cookbook sale through Friday, Dec. 20. 

Buy three cookbooks for $2!

11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Wednesdays and Thursdays
Lovejoy Library, lower level, room 0012 

Here is the latest news and information at SIUE.

• SIU SDM Gala Sponsors Dental Scholarships

• O’Brien Presents Annual SIUE Going Public Lecture

• IL SBDC for Metro East at SIUE Celebrates House of Ninjas Grand Opening

For more news and information, visit SIUE News.