Thursday, May 11, 2017

St. Louis entertainer Alan Ox is the featured artist for Lovejoy Library’s “Night in the Stacks” annual fundraiser:

6 p.m.
Saturday, May 13
SIUE campus

Ox will be performing songs of Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett and Nat King Cole in classic crooner style. The 1818 Chop House will provide dinner with a cash bar. A silent auction will include items from performers of the Mississippi River Festival and will be available on Lovejoy’s first floor.

Individual tickets are $55, and seating is limited. Tables of 8 are available for $400. Learn more about the event, view the auction catalogue and obtain tickets online at siue.edu/lovejoylibrary. Parking is free in Lot A.

Revenue from the event will support Lovejoy Library’s collection development.

For more information, contact Jeff Brown, director of development for Library and Information Services, at jefbrow@siue.edu or 618-650-2714.

SIUE faculty interested in proposing a faculty-led travel study program during the terms of January, Spring Break or Summer 2018 are now invited to submit their plans. Proposals are requested no later than Monday, May 15.

The proposal form is located on the Study Abroad website under Information for Faculty. Please print the completed form and have it signed by the department chair, dean and the International Affairs director. Faculty planning to repeat a previous program need only complete the EGC section (page 2), and update the dates and budget.

Faculty who would like assistance in planning a travel study program should contact Kim Browning, study abroad advisor, at kbrowni@siue.edu or ext. 2419.

2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the infamous East St. Louis race riot. The Department of Political Science is sponsoring bus tours of East St. Louis, and faculty, staff and students are welcome to join.

Those who would like to participate in the bus tour, should check with their supervisors to ensure adequate departmental coverage and take personal time for that period.

9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Fridays, June 9, 16, 23, 30
Departure from SIUE Hairpin flagpoles

Tours will focus on “sacred sites” related to the 1917 Race Riot—which was one of the bloodiest riots in American history. The SIUE Meridian Society has generously funded the placement of markers at some of these sites.
 
Seating is limited and reservations are required. To RSVP, call Andy Theising, chair of the Department of Political Science, at ext. 2308 or atheisi@siue.edu.

Register now for SIUE's Odyssey Cosmic Investigators.

9 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Monday-Friday, July 17-28

In the Cosmic Investigators Odyssey Camp, students begin their journey of learning to navigate by preparing a star shapes and stories log book. Of course they will need to know the different types of telescopes, how they work, and build one to take home. Participants will explore our solar system, making moon craters, solar viewing, investigating edible rocks (meteors), conducting planet temperature experiments and building a pocket solar system. Along the way, students will participate in the Viking search for life experiments and look for life in the universe.

Campers and their families are invited to a star party with the River Bend Astronomy Club on the evening of Saturday, July 22 at the Shaw Sky Lab on SIUE's campus.  

Registration costs for Odyssey Science Camps are $325, plus a $25 non-refundable application fee. Registration information is available at siue.edu/summer/camps.