Monday, May 15, 2017

Attend the next Coffee and Q&A with Chancellor Pembrook.

3:30 p.m.
Thursday, May 18
East St. Louis Center, Building B, Rooms 2083/2084
 
These meetings are open to all faculty and staff. The Chancellor invites all of you to ask questions, have a dialogue and/or express ideas that you might have.
 
If you would like to submit questions or suggestions to the Chancellor in advance of any of the sessions, please send them to http://www.siue.edu/chancellor/suggestions/.

You’re invited to attend the 2017 LIS Symposium!

"From Transaction to Transformational: The Changing Role of the 21st Century Librarian" will be presented by Maxine Bleiweis.
10-11 a.m.
Monday, May 22
Lovejoy Library, third floor conference room

Learn the top 10 tips for librarians and staff to survive and thrive on library terrain from someone who is leading the way. Presenter Maxine Bleiweis has spent her career as a public library director following early experience in a state library, a major art museum and a university library.  

She created one of the first makerspaces in the United States and authored the book, "Helping Business," on economic development for librarians. She was named Connecticut’s Librarian of the Year in 2011 and received the Charles Robinson Award for Innovative Leadership from the Public Library Association in 2015.

This event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.

The symposium is sponsored by the LIS Research, Projects and Development Committee, and Library and Information Services.

For more information, contact the Library at 618-650-4636 or visit siue.edu/lovejoylibrary/.

The Department of Art and Design invites registrants for its Dare to Think Different summer camps available for students grades 1-12.

Summer studio instruction is being offered for primary, intermediate and advanced students. All classes are designed to stimulate creative growth of students. Emphasis is on developing skills in the use of the media and in generating ideas for creative expression. Art teachers for these “Art Labs” are certified art specialists or in their final course work in the certification process.

Primary Art Lab (grades 1-2), Intermediate Art Lab (grades 3-5), Advanced Art Lab (grades 6-8)
3:30-5:30 p.m.
Monday-Friday, July 10-14, 17-21 and 24-28
Art and Design East

Costs to attend the above offerings are $75 per week. Campers can enroll for one or more weeks.

High School Art Lab (grades 9-12) - Metalsmithing and Jewelry
9-11:50 a.m.
Monday-Thursday, July 10-27
Art and Design East

The metalsmithing and jewelry offering is a three week class, which costs $275. There is a 15 participant maximum.

For more information, contact Janet Hupp at jhupp@siue.edu or 650-3073.