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Reserve your space in University Housing for Fall 2019 and Spring 2020!

Current students can reserve their space on-campus for summer 2019, fall 2019 - spring 2020 during the housing reservation process beginning in January. The online application for space will be available online from October 24, 2018 - February 8, 2019. Current residents will have to complete the online application for space and pay the $200 advance payment by February 2, 2018. Current residents should not complete a new student application.

If you have any questions please contact the Central Housing Office at (618) 650‑3931 or housing@siue.edu.

Policies – YOU NEED TO KNOW!

As a resident of University Housing, you are responsible for knowing the information, policies, procedures, and deadlines that are contained in the University Housing Living Guide.  To access the living guide, go to:  http://www.siue.edu/housing/pdf/SIUE-Housing-Guide-Final.pdf

Overnight Guests

An overnight guest is defined as an individual who is visiting in any living unit past 2 a.m. The appropriate paperwork must be submitted to host an overnight guest. You must obtain a Residence Hall Overnight Guest Registration form from your front desk. The form must be completed and submitted either upon or prior to your guest(s) arrival on campus. You will need your roommate’s signature on the Residence Hall Overnight Guest Registration form. Please note, these signatures are verified by the staff and forgery of your roommate(s) signature constitutes a violation of the overnight guest policy and will result in disciplinary action. A maximum of two guests may be approved for the same night, with no more than two single guests in a single living unit per night. Guests will not be able to stay any more than three nights in a seven-day period in any University Housing area. If a guest stays for three nights in a seven-day period, a time period of no less than seven days, starting from the last day the guest was registered, must elapse before that same individual may be registered as an overnight guest again. Guests are not able to get around the three night by switching living units/housing areas or who hosts them. If this behavior occurs, the guest will be asked to leave University Housing and may not be allowed to return as an overnight guest in the future. The host(s) involved may also face disciplinary action. If the guest is a student, they may face additional disciplinary action.

Interested in being an RA for the 2019-2020 academic year?  Attend one of the following Information Sessions:

• November 4, 2018 (Sunday) 5:00pm @ Cougar Village Commons MFR
• November 6, 2018 (Tuesday) 3:00pm @ Bluff Hall MFR
• November 8, 2018 (Thursday) 6:00pm @ Woodland Hall MFR
• November 12, 2018 (Monday) 5:00pm @ Prairie Hall MFR
• November 14, 2018 (Wednesday) 9:00pm @ Evergreen Hall MPR
• November 28, 2018 (Wednesday) 2:00 pm @ MUC International Room

Must attend an Information Session to apply!  More information about the qualifications can be found online. Questions? Contact Sarah Kirkpatrick at skirkpa@siue.edu.

The Shorter your Sleep, The Shorter your Life!  Research suggests that the typical college student is extremely sleep deprived and that sleep deprivation leads to a host of physical, emotional, and even academic problems.  Join us for a brief presentation about the importance of sleep and practical tips to help you better your sleep in a residence hall environment.  Your bodies, minds, and GPA will thank you!  Still need more incentive to come?  Pizza and prizes will be provided!  The presentations will be tomorrow, Tuesday 11/6 from 6-7 p.m. in the Prairie Hall Multifunction Room.  Any student is welcome to attend, you do not have to live in Prairie!  Hope to see you there!

What is Influenza (Flu)?

Flu is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses that infect the nose, throat, and sometimes the lungs. It can cause mild to severe illness, and at times can lead to death. The best way to prevent flu is by getting a flu vaccine each year.

Flu Symptoms

Flu can cause mild to severe illness, and at times can lead to death. Flu is different from a cold. Flu usually comes on suddenly. People who have flu often feel some or all of these symptoms:

• fever*
• cough
• sore throat
• runny or stuffy nose
• body aches
• headache
• chills
• fatigue
• sometimes diarrhea and vomiting

*It’s important to note that not everyone with flu will have a fever.

How Flu Spreads

Most experts believe that flu viruses spread mainly by tiny droplets made when people with flu cough, sneeze or talk. These droplets can land in the mouths or noses of people who are nearby. Less often, a person might get flu by touching a surface or object that has flu virus on it and then touching their own mouth, nose or possibly their eyes.

Period of Contagiousness

You may be able to pass on flu to someone else before you know you are sick, as well as while you are sick.

• People with flu are most contagious in the first 3-4 days after their illness begins.
• Some otherwise healthy adults may be able to infect others beginning 1 day before symptoms develop and up to 5 to 7 days afterbecoming sick.
• Some people, especially young children and people with weakened immune systems, might be able to infect others with flu viruses for an even longer time.

Onset of Symptoms

The time from when a person is exposed and infected with flu to when symptoms begin is about 2 days, but can range from about 1 to 4 days.

Preventing Seasonal Flu

The first and most important step in preventing flu is to get a flu vaccine each year. Flu vaccine has been shown to reduce flu related illnesses and the risk of serious flu complications that can result in hospitalization or even death. CDC also recommends everyday preventive actions (like staying away from people who are sick, covering coughs and sneezes and frequent handwashing) to help slow the spread of germs that cause respiratory (nose, throat, and lungs) illnesses, like flu.

For more information… https://www.cdc.gov/flu/keyfacts.htm

Some children are at especially high risk

Children at greatest risk of serious flu-related complications include the following:

1. Children younger than 6 months old
   These children are too young to be vaccinated. The best way to protect them is to make sure people around them are vaccinated.
2. Children aged 6 months up to their 5th birthday
   Since 2010, CDC estimates that flu-related hospitalizations among children younger than 5 years ranged from 7,000 to 26,000 in the United States. Even children in this age group who are otherwise healthy are at risk simply because of their age. Additionally, children 2 years of age up to their 5^thbirthday are more likely than healthy older children to be taken to a doctor, an urgent care center, or the emergency room because of flu^1,2,3. To protect their health, all children 6 months and older should be vaccinated against flu each year. Vaccinating young children, their families, and other caregivers can also help protect them from getting sick.
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native children
   These children are more likely to have severe flu illness that results in hospitalization or death.^4,5
4. Children aged 6 months through 18 years with chronic health problems, including:

• Asthma
• Neurological and neurodevelopmental conditions [including disorders of the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerve, and muscle such as cerebral palsy, epilepsy (seizure disorders), stroke, intellectual disability, moderate to severe developmental delay, muscular dystrophy, or spinal cord injury]
• Chronic lung disease (such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [COPD] and cystic fibrosis)
• Heart disease (such as congenital heart disease, congestive heart failure and coronary artery disease)
• Blood disorders (such as sickle cell disease)
• Endocrine disorders (such as diabetes mellitus)
• Kidney disorders
• Liver disorders
• Metabolic disorders (such as inherited metabolic disorders and mitochondrial disorders)
• Weakened immune system due to disease or medication (such as people with HIV or AIDS, or cancer, or those on chronic steroids)
• Children who are taking aspirin or salicylate-containing medicines
• Children with extreme obesity (body mass index [BMI] of 40 or more) Calculate your Body Mass Index or BMI, here

Vaccination is the best protection against flu

For more information…https://www.cdc.gov/flu/parents/index.htm

Come to the Tutoring Resource Centerfor help with your math, science, and business questions!

Campus Kitchen at SIUE is looking for student volunteers for our cooking shift! Here’s what you need to know:

• What: You will have the opportunity to prepare approximately 80 meals to be distributed to the Community Care Center in Granite City, IL
• Where: Student Fitness Center. Volunteers will use their student ID to gain entrance into the basketball courts. The SFC kitchen is past the basketball courts and restrooms.
• When: Wednesdays, 2:30pm-5pm
• How: Register at à https://campuskitchens.volunteerhub.com/lp/cksiue/
• Why: Campus Kitchen is a great way to personalize your volunteer experience, and improve the lives of community members. The experience can help expand your leadership capacity and help you meet new people.

Please note that Campus Kitchen is fueled by the work of our volunteers! Signing up to volunteer is a commitment of your time for that day. If you cannot commit to Campus Kitchen, be sure to remove yourself from the volunteer website. Thank you!

LeaderShape Applications are live!

Here is the link to information on the institute through SIUE: https://www.siue.edu/kimmel/leadership/Leadershape.shtml

Here is the link to apply: https://www.leadershape.org/Applications/Apply/3754

Additionally, we have three more info sessions available for you to attend:

Monday November 5 at 3pm in the MUC Mississippi Room

Wednesday November 7 at 2pm in the MUC University Club Room

Tuesday November 13 at 1pm in the Mississippi Room 

General Election – November 6, 2018

SIUE is in Precinct 21.  Only those registered to vote in Precinct 21 for Edwardsville are allowed to vote at this polling place on this day, in the Meridian Ballroom, MUC from 6am-7pm. 

Questions about voting or elections should be directed to your Illinois County Clerk or to the State Board of Elections for the state in which you are currently registered to vote. 

If you are registered to vote in Madison County (IL), you can search for your polling location here.

Monday, November 5, 7:30 p.m.                                          
Meridian Ballroom, Morris University Center 

Fred David Gray is a nationally recognized civil rights attorney who helped change history. After earning his law degree in 1954, the young attorney was thrust into the national spotlight in 1955 when he represented Rosa Parks after her arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery city bus. The incident sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, considered the beginning of the civil rights movement. Despite the danger in fighting segregation in the Deep South, Gray helped organize the boycott that brought a young, unknown minister, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., to the attention of the world. Gray went on to serve as King’s first civil rights attorney. With a legal career that has spanned more than half a century, Gray has won multiple landmark civil rights cases. Hear the story of this important chapter in American history and Gray’s fight to destroy segregation.

Sponsored by: Madison County Regional Office of Education, SIUE Office of the Provost and SIUE Department of Political Science

The Department of Theater and Dance at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) opens the smash hit musical, CHICAGO by John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Bob Fosse.  Performances of CHICAGO will be given on the Dunham Hall Theater stage on the campus of SIUE November 7 through November 11, 2018.

Curtain times are Wednesday – Saturday at 7:30 pm and Sunday at 2:00 pm only.  Ticket prices start at $12 for seniors, 65 and up, non-SIUE students, with a school I.D., and children under 18; $12 for SIUE faculty, staff and retirees; $15 for adults, 18 and older; SIUE students with a valid I.D. are given one free admission.  To purchase call the Theater and Dance box office at 618-650-2774 or in person.  The box office is located in Dunham Hall, #1 Hairpin Drive on the SIUE campus between the hours of 10:00 am and 4:30 pm Monday – Friday or prior to showtime.  

CHICAGO, the musical, is based on a 1926 play of the same name by reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins and is about actual criminals and crimes she reported on. CHICAGO first opened on Broadway at the 46th Street Theatre in New York City on June 3, 1975. It was directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse. It is the 1975 Tony Awards nominee for Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, and Best Original Score and the winner of the 1997 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical.  Reviews are nothing but rave such as "A pulse racing revival that flies us right into musical heaven." - The New York Times.  "Wildly entertaining...[with a] dazzling score." - New York Daily News.  "As dazzling a demonstration of the craft of musical theatre as you're ever going to see on a Broadway stage." - The New York Post.  CHICAGO was made into a hit movie in 2002 starring Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Richard Gere.

In roaring twenties Chicago, Roxie Hart murders a faithless lover and convinces her hapless husband, Amos, to take the rap...until he finds out he's been duped and turns on Roxie. Convicted and sent to death row, Roxie and another "Merry Murderess," Velma Kelly, vie for the spotlight and the headlines, ultimately joining forces in search of the "American Dream": fame, fortune, and acquittal. This sharp-edged satire features a dazzling score that sparked immortal staging by Bob Fosse.  CHICAGO is a satire on corruption in the administration of criminal justice and the concept of the "celebrity criminal" all the while set to brilliant musical numbers and amazing dance choreography.   

SIUE’s Department of Theater & Dance presents four plays and one dance concert during its October through April season. All productions are open to the community at large. The Department of Theater & Dance is part of the College of Arts and Sciences.

College of Arts and Sciences: Central to SIUE’s exceptional and comprehensive education, the College of Arts and Sciences has 19 departments and 85 areas of study. More than 300 full-time faculty/instructors deliver classes to more than 8,000 undergraduate and graduate students. Faculty help students explore diverse ideas and experiences, while learning to think and live as fulfilled, productive members of the global community. Study abroad, service-learning, internships, and other experiential learning opportunities better prepare SIUE students not only to succeed in our region's workplaces, but also to become valuable leaders who make important contributions to our communities.

COUNSELING SERVICES PRESENTS

3 Session Workshop Series

ANXIETY

Have you been feeling stressed or have you had anxiety?  You are invited to attend our workshop series to help you understand anxiety symptoms and to build coping skills.

WHEN:  TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30; TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6; AND TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13

WHERE:  SSC 1201

TIME:  3:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.

NO RSVP NEEDED

For additional information contact:  Lisa Thompson-Gibson at lithomp@siue.edu or (618) 650-2842

Please stop by and check out the Career Development Center located in the basement of the Student Success Center, room 0281.  We can help you with your resume, cover letters, job search, LinkedIn accounts, graduate school personal statements/application, mock interviews, and much more.

Upcoming Fall 2018 Events:

Health Careers Fair

November 13^th

3:00-5:00 pm

MUC 2^nd Floor Conference Center

A list of employers can be found at www.siue.edu/careerdevelopmentcenter/students
** Student Volunteers are needed for this event.  If you are interested in volunteering, please contact the CDC at 618-650-3708.

Financial Matters: Ask an Expert

November 14th

2:00 - 3:00 pm
2^nd Floor MUC, Mississippi/Illinois

**Please call to register for these events!

SIUE Career Development Center
618-650-3708
careerdevelopment@siue.edu
www.siue.edu/careerdevelopmentcenter

Remember that you can search for full-time and co-op/internships on the Cougar Jobline.

The Career Development Center has great volunteer opportunity for students to help at the career fair.  This gives students a chance to network with employers before and after the career fair. Students get a chance to make that first impression or leave that lasting impression with employers.  Students will be helping employers with a variety of tasks like helping employers in from the parking lot, walking employers to their career fair table, showing them where everything in located, and helping them pack everything up at the end of the career fair.  Students may also help at the registration tables for employers and/or students.

The Career Development Center needs students for the below dates and times:

Health Careers Fair

November 13^th

1:15 to 3:15 p.m. and/or 4:15 to 5:15 p.m.

If you are interested in volunteering please contact Carrie Smolar at csmolar@siue.edu. Please put in the body of your email the date(s) and time(s) that you would like to volunteer.  If you have any questions, please call the Career Development Center at 618-650-3708.

Rave Guardian

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) now offers the Rave Guardian app for its students and their families. Rave Guardian is one of the best ways to not only improve personal safety, but also protect your friends by building a private safety network. This app provides instant communication with friends, family, campus safety, and even 9-1-1.

SIUE encourages all students throughout campus to utilize the app to network with friends and help increase overall safety and security of the entire student body. An important part of the Guardian app is that students can use it not only to keep themselves safe, but to help protect others. Even students who may not feel as if they need others to help keep them safe can utilize the app to be a guardian and help protect their friends.

Download Rave Guardian and Become a Guardian on Your Campus

Download Rave Guardian for Free The app is available for free on the Apple or Google app store.

Use Rave Guardian to Protect Yourself and Others

Set a Safety Time – Notify people you trust to check in on you if are alone or in an unfamiliar place.

Manage and Message Your Guardians – Invite family, friends or others to be your Guardian, and communicate with them within the app as needed.

Easy Emergency Communication – Call safety officials directly for help if you are in trouble and send text tips – including photos – if you see something suspicious.

Rave Guardian is a proven personal safety solution used on campuses across the country. To learn more, visit siue.edu/emergency.