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Beginning Today Black Theater Workshop Presents "Exhibit A: A Journey of August Wilson's Plays"
The Black Theater Workshop (BTW) will perform "Exhibit A: A Journey of August Wilson’s Plays," directed by BTW Artistic Director and Professor Kathryn Bentley.
7:30 p.m.
Today and Saturday, Feb. 4
and
2 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 5
SIUE’s Metcalf Theater
Free admission to all, but arrive early due to limited seating. Seating is general admission.
Join us for staged readings of scenes and monologues from the 10 plays in August Wilson’s The Pittsburgh Cycle – a series of ten plays that chronicle the African American experience throughout the 20th century. Each play is set in a different decade. All of the plays, except for one, take place in the Hill District of Pittsburgh.
The BTW cast includes: Jealyn Bouie, Dominick Garrison, Quincy Gordon, Mitanesha Moffett, Timothy Tan, Justin Truman, Michael Watkins and Kiara Ulmer with student director, Kenneth Coleman and dramaturge, Sherisse Cummings.
August Wilson was an American playwright whose work included a series of ten plays, The Pittsburgh Cycle, for which he received two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama. Wilson won a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award for his play, "Fences," and earned a second Pulitzer Prize for "The Piano Lesson."
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Help Raise Money for Breast Cancer Research at SIUE's Annual Pink Zone Games |
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Saturday, Feb. 4, SIUE Women’s Basketball will host the annual Pink Zone games to raise money and promote breast cancer research and awareness!
The women’s game begins at noon, with the men’s game following at 4 p.m. All proceeds from Pink Zone events benefit Susan G. Komen Missouri.
• In 2016, more than 240,000 cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in women and 2,600 in men in the U.S.
• Every two minutes, one case of breast cancer is diagnosed in a woman in the U.S.
• In 1980, the five-year relative survival rate for women diagnosed with early stage breast cancer
(cancer confined to the breast) was about 74 percent. Today, that number is 99 percent.
• Early detection and effective treatment contributed to a 36 percent decline in breast cancer mortality (deaths) in the U.S. between 1989-2012.
• Currently, there are more than 3 million breast cancer survivors in the U.S.
• One in eight women in the U.S. will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime.
For more information about the 2017 Pink Zone events, visit 2017 Pink Zone or contact Riane Greenwalt, director of Health Service, 650-2852 or rgreenw@siue.edu.
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SIUE East St. Louis Center Reopens Library as Learning Resource Center |
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The SIUE East St. Louis Center (ESLC) has reopened the library on campus and expects it to soon become a critical resource and gathering place for the public.
The SIUE East St. Louis Learning Resource Center will hold weeklong events during its grand opening from Monday, Feb. 6-Friday, Feb. 10 at the East St. Louis Higher Education Campus, Building B, 601 James R. Thompson Blvd., East St. Louis.
Currently, hours are from 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday.
Some highlights of grand opening attractions include:
Monday, Feb. 6:
8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. – “Display of Voices” poster on display
Noon-1:15 p.m. – Viewing of Project 231 documentary
Tuesday, Feb. 7:
10-10:30 a.m. – Story time with Septembre Lewis, ESLC Upward Bound Math and Science counselor
Noon-1 p.m. – Tiffany Lee, assistant professor at St. Louis Community College, author of Legendary East St. Louisans: An African American Series
Wednesday, Feb. 8:
1:30-2:30 p.m. – Dr. Eugene B. Redmond, East St. Louis poet laureate and SIUE emeritus English professor
Thursday, Feb. 9:
2:30-3 p.m. – West African Dance Workshop demonstration
Friday, Feb. 10:
10:30-11 a.m. – Inspirational remarks by Philip Alabi, teaching assistant in SIUE’s Department of Chemistry
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Learn to Network Professionally, Feb. 7 |
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Come practice your networking skills with employers and alumni:
4:30-5:30 p.m. (optional FREE Professional LinkedIn headshot)
5:30-7 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 7
Morris University Center, Second Floor Conference Center
Workshop presentation begins at 5:30 p.m. with a practice networking reception afterwards.
Dress professionally and RSVP to the Career Development Center, 650-5708.
For more information, visit the Career Development Center.
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New Cooperative PhD in Environmental Resources |
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SIUE has introduced a cooperative PhD in environmental resources and policy (ER&P) with the Carbondale campus that will be available for the fall 2017 semester.
The central focus of the ER&P program is advanced interdisciplinary training and research on physical, biological, and social processes responsible for natural resource and environmental problems facing contemporary society.
For more information, read the media release and contact Zhi-Qing Lin, PhD, director, SIUE environmental sciences program at 650-2650.
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Discounted Membership for New Fitness Room Fee for Faculty and Staff |
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Campus Recreation is now offering a special membership yearly rate of $60 for SIUE faculty and staff to access the new fitness room located in the Student Success Center, Room 0206.
This reduced rate allows for access only to this new satellite workout space.
Faculty and staff who wish to or are currently taking advantage of our full Student Fitness Center membership can gain access to this space at no additional charge.
Hours of the Fitness Room will follow the hours of Morris University Center.
To get started, please stop by the Student Fitness Center Reception Desk or call 618-650-2348(BFIT) for more information.
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SIUE Factbook Now Available |
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The publication is courtesy of your friends at Institutional Research and Studies.
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Watch for These Intercollegiate Athletics Events in February |
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7 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 9
Vadalabene Center
Men's Basketball vs Southeast Missouri State*
TV: Fox Sports Midwest
1 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 11
Vadalabene Center
Men's Basketball vs UT Martin
TV: Fox Sports Midwest
2 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 11
Vadalabene Center
Women's Basketball vs UT Martin
TV: Fox Sports Midwest
7 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 15
Vadalabene Center
Women's Basketball vs Austin Peay*
TV: ESPNU
6 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 16
Men's Basketball vs Murray State
Murray State University
TV: ESPNU
2 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 25
Vadalabene Center
Women's Basketball vs Eastern Illinois*
TV: Fox Sports Midwest
7 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 25
Vadalabene Center
Men's Basketball vs Eastern Illinois*
TV: Fox Sports Midwest
*Conference event
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Saturday Studio Art Workshops Begin on Feb. 11 |
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Saturday Studio Art Workshop are set for:
Saturdays, Feb. 11-April 22
No classes March 11 or April 1
Studio instruction is once again being offered for grades K-12 students.
All classes are designed to stimulate creative growth. Emphasis is placed on developing skills in a variety of media and in generating ideas for creative expression.
Art teachers in Saturday Studio classes are becoming certified art specialists and are art majors in the Department of Art and Design.
All sessions will be held in the Art and Design West building on SIUE’s campus.
Classes offered are listed below:
Beginning Children’s Class: grades K-1
9:30-11:30 a.m.
Art and Design West, room 2139
Fee $75
Primary Children’s Class: grades 2-4
9:30-11:30 a.m.
Art and Design West, room 2140
Fee $75
Intermediate Art Class: grades 5-8
9:30-11:30 a.m.
Art and Design West, room 2144
Fee $75
Advanced Art Class: grades 9-12
9:30-11:30 a.m.
Art and Design West, room 2206
Fee $75
For more course information, visit Saturday Studio.
For registration information, contact Janet Hupp at 650-3183 or jhupp@siue.edu. For program information, contact Kiersten Smith at 650-2824 or kiesmit@siue.edu.
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Donate Now to SIUE's Dance Marathon to Help Sick Children |
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SIUE’s 5th annual Dance Marathon is five weeks away.
The students of Dance Marathon of SIUE challenges everyone to donate $5. Your money will help children at Greater St. Louis Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals to receive the best treatments and care available.
To donate, please visit dancemarathon. The marathon will begin at noon, Saturday, Feb. 18 in the Morris University Center Meridian Ballroom.
For more information, contact Carmen Huddleston, faculty/staff outreach chair, at siue.dm.faculty.alumni@gmail.com.
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Information Session: Master’s in College Student Personnel Administration |
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Find out how a master’s in College Student Personnel Administration from SIUE can help advance your career in higher education at an upcoming information session.
Register here and learn more about this high-quality program from:
10 a.m.-Noon
Saturday, Feb. 25
Morris University Center, Mississippi Room on the second floor
Housed in the Department of Educational Leadership within the School of Education, Health and Human Behavior, the College Student Personnel Administration (CSPA) program provides an educational opportunity for student affairs employees or anyone interested in pursuing a career in higher education or student affairs.
The program will prepare graduates to assume entry- to mid-level student affairs or higher education administration positions in two-year or four-year public and private institutions. Occupations in this category include directors and other positions in multiple areas in colleges and universities, such as financial aid, advising, service learning, Greek life, residential life and international programs.
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Diversity Strategic Plan Draft Now Available on Blackboard |
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Please log into Blackboard and review the Diversity Strategic Plan Draft, which consists of Goals and Objectives proposed by the University Diversity Council, and also contains comments and ideas from the Summit.
Also included is a draft timeline for the movement of the Plan.
Please feel free to send comments to vbrown@siue.edu no later than Wednesday, March 1.
We look forward to seing you at the Town Hall Meeting on Monday, April 10.
To access the document on Blackboard:
1. Log in to Blackboard
2. Click on My Organizations
3. Click on Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion Community and Online Training
4. On the left menu under Resources, click on Diversity Strategic Plan
There, you will see not only the Diversity Strategic Plan document, but also a timeline for how action will be taken. We are currently waiting on feedback from the various governance groups on campus: Student Government, Faculty Senate and Staff Senate.
Please share this with your friends and colleagues and gather feedback.
We want to make clear strides toward diversity and inclusion and change our campus culture and climate for the better.
Respectfully,
Venessa A. Brown
Associate Chancellor for Institutional Diversity & Inclusion
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Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Announces its Awards Season |
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The Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society -- SIUE Chapter 203 is announcing the opening of its awards season. Phi Kappa Phi is seeking student applicants for:
- Undergraduate Scholarship ($1,000)
- Undergraduate Paper Competition (prizes of $200, $100 and $50)
- Graduate Fellowship ($1,000 from SIUE PKP Chapter; forwarded to national office for additional fellowships)
If you are a student or know students who should apply, please consider these opportunities.
The application deadline is March 17.
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