Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017

SIUE's  Alumni Networking Breakfast:
9 a.m.
Today
L. Keely Construction
500 S. Ewing Ave. Suite G
St. Louis, MO
Register today! 

Meet the SIUE Alumni named to St. Louis Business Journal’s 40 under 40 class of 2017:

Damon Harbison, MBA '04
Chief Operating Officer, SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital

Dave Ruby, BS Business '03
Vice President and Commercial Banking Relationship Manager, Simmons Bank

Bill Stahlman, BS Civil Engineering '05
Director of Engineering and Construction, America's Central Port

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.
Today
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.

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 today. Nominated students will receive a personal invitation to participate in the program.

For more information, email Welter or contact her at 650-2686.

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.

The SIUE STEM Center is in need of approximately 60 two-liter soda bottles to use for an outreach event they’ll be hosting.

The event will engage Metro East students grades 3-5 in STEM-related topics, and fuel their excitement for the areas of study!

If you have any bottles to donate, please contact STEM Resource Center Manager Colin Wilson at 650-3500 by Friday, Feb. 24.

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.

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.

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.