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SIU School of Dental Medicine Hosts Clinic Open House Today
The SIU School of Dental Medicine invites you to an open house of its newly renovated clinic in University Park. Stop by to tour the clinic and enjoy light refreshments.
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Today
195 University Park Dr.
The clinic is equipped to provide a full scope of dental services, including preventive dentistry, cleanings, fillings, crowns and bridges, dentures, surgery, root canals and implant procedures.
The clinic also is equipped to perform simple and complex pediatric dental care. It provides additional training laboratory space in support of the Clinical Certification Course of the SDM’s International Advanced Placement Program.
Read more information in SIUE News.
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Next IRIS Center Brown Bag Discussion, Feb. 17 |
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The IRIS Center at SIUE is pleased to offer three additional Friday afternoon "brown bag" discussions and hands-on tutorials.
These are intended to bring in new users (faculty and students alike) to interesting and useful digital tools that can be incorporated into teaching and research. No prior experience is required! If you like, you can bring your own laptop and follow along.
The next brown bags will focus on:
--Omeka
2 p.m.
Friday Feb. 17
Peck Hall, room 1404
Please register, here.
--Making online, multimedia maps (with an illustration of the Manang Languages Project Atlas)
2 p.m.
Friday March 24
Lovejoy Library, third floor conference room
--A panel presentation of an exciting new project taking place at SIUE: an online encyclopedia and digital archive for Madison County, Ill.
2 p.m.
Friday April 21
Lovejoy Library, third floor conference room
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Note Today's Lifelong Learning Program |
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Take note of today's Lifelong Learning Program:
“The Roots of Cement”
7-8 p.m. special evening event
Today
Main Street Community Center, 1003 N. Main Street, Edwardsville (parking available behind building)
Presenter: Dr. Luke Snell, professor emeritus, engineering
Cost: FREE
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Register Now: Louis Sullivan Architectural Ornaments Conference |
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World-renowned architect Louis H. Sullivan (1856-1924) will be the inspirational focus of a film screening and a free full-day conference at SIUE.
The Louis H. Sullivan Architectural Ornament Collection at SIUE is the largest known collection of physical ornaments from Sullivan constructions. The events will feature this unique academic resource and showcase its significance to individuals interested in architectural history, design and preservation.
Register here for: “Louis Sullivan Architectural Ornaments at SIUE Conference: Bringing the Past to Life in the 21st Century.”
8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 24
Sessions at SIUE’s Morris University Center, Lovejoy Library, and the Edwardsville Arts Center
The free day-long conference will provide attendees with an increased awareness of SIUE’s collection, an understanding of the vital role played by Richard Nickel in the existence and documentation of the Louis Sullivan architectural ornament collection, and a greater knowledge of past and current efforts made to preserve these, and other Chicago historic and cultural artifacts and buildings.
Keynote speakers include Mark Richard Smith, John Celuch, Inlandesign director and first curator of the SIUE Sullivan Collection, and Ward Miller, executive director of Preservation Chicago.
Registration is limited to 100 with the deadline Friday, Feb. 17. Free parking is available for the first 50 non-SIUE registrants. The conference is sponsored by the SIUE Graduate School Conferences and Workshop Program, Friends of Lovejoy Library, SIUE’s Arts & Issues and Preservation Chicago.
Registration to the conference will also include the opportunity to purchase half-price tickets to Arts & Issues’ presentation of “Louis Sullivan: The Struggle for American Architecture." Student attendance is free but tickets are required.
For program information and event details, visit the Sullivan Conference webpage, or contact Therese Dickman at tdickma@siue.edu or 618-650-2695
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Don't Miss the Louis Sullivan Documentary Film Screening |
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Arts & Issues' presents “Louis Sullivan: The Struggle for American Architecture,” a feature-length documentary about the revolutionary and brilliant Chicago architect.
7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 23
Dunham Hall Theater
Film director, Mark Richard Smith, will introduce the film and discuss Louis Sullivan’s legacy and show footage of SIUE’s extensive Sullivan collection afterward.
Tickets to attend the film may be purchased at artsandissues.com, the Morris University Welcome Desk or by calling 1-866-698-4253.
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Find a TAG, Post a Selfie for Chance to Win $100 |
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Have you seen red tags around campus?
Throughout the month of February, the Students Today, Alumni Tomorrow, (STAT) student organization has joined hundreds of universities worldwide to participate in Student Engagement and Philanthropy Month, organized by CASE.
This initiative is designed to increase student understanding of philanthropy and how giving impacts SIUE. It is also meant to increase student engagement now and as future alumni.
The red tags placed around campus represent the tangible impact our donors have on SIUE. TAG stands for Thank-A-Giver.
If you see tags, take a selfie with them and post them on the STAT facebook page with #SIUETAG.
Each tag found and selfie posted, equals an entry into a drawing to win a $100 Visa gift card.
Contact Cathy Taylor at cattayl@siue.edu for more information.
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Nominate an Outstanding Student for the Women's Leadership Institute |
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The third annual Women’s Leadership Institute will be held from 4-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 21.
This year we expect more than 200 students to participate, and we need your help! Please consider nominating outstanding student leaders to participate in this program, which seeks to empower students to become local and global leaders through discussion and reflective thinking.
Participants will become aware of the challenges that are unique to female leaders and will develop the skills necessary to overcome and thrive as leaders. This program is open to ALL SIUE students. Breakout sessions will cover both general leadership topics and topics specific to women in leadership roles.
To nominate a student, email Michelle Welter at mking@siue.edu no later than Tuesday, Feb 21. Nominated students will receive a personal invitation to participate in the program.
For more information, email Welter or contact her at 650-2686.
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Friends of Theater and Dance Dinner Theater, Reservations Due by Feb. 21 |
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The Friends of Theater and Dance will present the Dinner Theater, "Dinner for Fourteen"
6:30 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 25
Morris University Center Mississippi/Illinois Room
Alumni of SIUE’s Department of Theater and Dance will share their talent at this year’s FOTAD dinner theater.
The comedy “Dinner for Fourteen," along with additional acting scenes, will be staged at the event.
Tickets include a meal with two dining options and the performance.
General admission tickets are $45, with a $5 discount for FOTAD members and guest.
Tuesday, Feb. 21 is the deadline for reservations.
For more information, visit FOTADDinner.
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Don't Miss the Eugene B. Redmond Writers Club Annual Black History Month Expo, Feb. 21 |
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Join SIUE Emeritus English Professor Eugene B. Redmond and the Eugene B. Writers Club for:
"Black History/Black Present/Black Future," Commemorating the East St. Louis (Race) Riot of 1917, while Celebrating 'Black Strides':
6 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 21
Room 2083 (Building B)
East St. Louis Higher Education Center
601 J.R. Thompson Drive
East St. Louis
FREE
The EBR Writers Club's Annual Black History Month Expo is produced in collaboration with the EStL 1917 (Race) Riot Centennial Commission and Cultural Initiative.
Special guest presenters are St. Louisans Terry “Kujiliwa” Kennedy (alderman/institution builder) and Gary “Dhati” Kennedy (composer/percussionist/story teller), whose ancestors survived the Riot.
Also featured are poets Roscoe “Ros” Crenshaw, Charlois Lumpkin (Mali Newman), Darlene Roy, Jaye Willis and Eugene B. Redmond; and artist Edna Patterson-Petty (“Riot Quilt” and “Cultural Explosion”).
Sponsors are EstL 1917 CCCI, Black River Writers Press, Drumvoices Revue, SIUE English Department, ESL Cultural & Literary Renaissance Campaign. Books on sale include works by local authors Reginald Petty, Tiffany Lee Grimmett, Redmond and Roy and are courtesy of Amber Books.
All writers, beginners and professionals, are welcome to attend EBR Writers Club meetings on the first and third Tuesday, September-May, at the address noted above. For more information, call 618 650-3991, write EBR Writers Club at P.O. Box 6165, East St. Louis, IL 62201; or email eredmon@siue.edu.
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SIUE Alumni Association Trivia Night, March 11 |
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SIUE Alumni Association will host its annual Trivia Night:
6 p.m. doors open
7 p.m. Trivia begins
Saturday, March 11
SIUE Student Fitness Center Gym
Proceeds will support Alumni Association scholarships.
The cost is $200 per table of eight, which includes some beverages from Recess Brewing. Additional beverages will be available for cash purchase. You are welcome to bring your own snacks, but no outside beverages are allowed.
In addition to trivia, enjoy the silent auction, live auction, raffles and more!
First place table wins $500 and second place wins $250.
Register your table online, or call Cathy Taylor at (618) 650-5176.
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Friends of Art Annual Art Auction, March 15 |
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The SIUE Department of Art & Design and the Friends of Art host the 40th Annual Art Auction:
6 p.m. doors open
7 p.m. Ahrens & Niemeier auctioneers will start the bidding
Wednesday, March 15
Art West Gallery, Art & Design West building
To view images of the artwork to be auctioned, visit the Friends of Art SIUE on Facebook or attend a preview in the gallery on Tuesday, March 14 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Tickets are $7 for the general public and can be purchased at the door. Admission is free to all students, auction donors and members of the Friends of Art. Complimentary food will be provided, and a cash bar will also be available.
Read more about the upcoming auction in SIUE News
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Save the Date: 2017 Graduate School Spring Symposium, March 21 |
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9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 21
Morris University Center
Plans are underway for the 21st Annual Graduate School Spring Symposium.
Watch for upcoming updates on the SIUE website and our Twitter page (@siuegradschool) for more information on Symposium events, including the Graduate Student Poster Presentations, Scholarly Activity SLAM, Speed Networking, the Paul Simon Outstanding Teacher-Scholar Award Luncheon, Chancellor’s Researcher Reception and more.
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