Donate to the Career Development Center's Professional Clothing Drive

The Career Development Center is taking donations of professional attire items through Tuesday, Jan. 31 in preparation for its spring recruiting season.

We are accepting both men’s and women’s attire in all sizes. All items need to be in good condition and already clean and ready to be given to students.

Items can include:

suits
dresses
skirts
dress pants/khakis
sweater sets
polos
blouses
belts
ties
anything that could be worn for a professional event with employers
anything that would be appropriate as a starting point for a professional wardrobe

Items can be dropped off in the Career Development Center (Student Success Center 0281) during regular business hours. Please contact the Career Development Center at 618-650-3708 with any questions.

Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center Blood Drive on Campus, Jan. 24 and 25

The Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center will host a blood drive on campus from 10:30 a.m.– 4 p.m. on the following days:

• Tuesday, Jan. 24 - Blood Mobile, Quad
• Wednesday, Jan. 25 – Blood Mobile, Quad

To schedule an appointment, please create an account at bloodcenterIMPACT.org and use sponsor code 9828.

Please reference information regarding eligibility requirements and the donation process here.

Graduation Readiness Workshop Series Begin Jan. 26

Join the Career Development Center's Graduation Readiness Workshop Series: I’m Graduating, Now What?!

Sessions will be held:
4-5 p.m.
Thursdays
Student Success Center, room 0281 (Career Resource Center)

Topics and dates are as follows:

January 26 – Build a Successful Resume

February 2 – Networking Events and Career Fairs

February 9 – Job Search Assistance

February 16 – Interview Preparation

February 23 – Valuable use of Social Media

All students are welcome to attend all of the sessions.

Space is limited. RSVP at SSC 0281 or 650-3708.

Jan. 26 Informational Meeting on URCA Associate Class

The URCA program is now recruiting for the 2017-2018 URCA Associate class.

URCA Associates are a small group (10 students at most per year) of upper-level students who develop their own student-led project and then complete that project under the guidance of a faculty mentor over the course of an academic year. (Note: This is separate from the URCA Assistant program where many more students work on faculty-led projects for one semester.)

If you know of students who may be interested, please encourage them to visit the URCA website, What is an URCA Associate? They can find information regarding benefits, eligibility and how to apply.

The application process requires students to submit a detailed proposal, and the deadline is noon Friday, March 17.

Interested students may want to attend an informational meeting held by current Associates Shaelyn Grant and Daniel Miller:

3-4 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 26
Alumni Hall, room 0406

All associates need a faculty mentor. If a student approaches you about mentoring, we hope you will consider. Mentors must be full-time, tenured or a tenure-track faculty members working in an academic unit. First-time associate mentors are required to attend a brief, introductory meeting to review their responsibilities.

Being a faculty mentor for an URCA Associate provides:

Opportunities to mentor a junior or senior level student
Recognition for sponsoring an associate
Participation with a community of undergraduate scholars

For more information, contact Laura Pawlow, PhD, URCA coordinator, at 650-2608, lpawlow@siue.edu.

Add Your Black History Events to the Black Heritage Month Calendar

This year's SIUE Black Heritage Month theme is "Uplift, Build, Remember Black Heritage ..."

If there are any events that your department or office will host and would like to include on the Black Heritage Month Calendar online, please use the following link: surveymonkey.com/r/8TC7DS2.

For more information, contact David Groves Jr. at dagrove@siue.edu.

Five Women Wearing the Same Dress on Stage Beginning Feb. 15

SIUE's Department of Theater and Dance will present Alan Ball’s, Five Women Wearing the Same Dress, directed by professor Peter Cocuzza:

7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 15-Saturday, Feb. 18
2 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 19
Dunham Hall Theater

General admission is $12 for adults, $10 for seniors, SIUE retirees, alumni, faculty and staff and non-SIUE students. SIUE students with a valid I.D. get in free.

For tickets and more information, contact the Theater and Dance Box Office at 650-2774 or Dunham Hall, room 1042B.