Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017

The International Hospitality Program at SIUE welcomes our international students to the area. We try to demonstrate the warmth and generosity of the community by befriending them and helping them to feel comfortable in their new homes. We could use your help in filling requests from our new group of fall semester international students!

“Back to School” is often the time of year to reorganize and replace items in your household. If you, your relatives or friends are planning to replace any of the following items, please consider donating them to IHP for use by international students:

• Small desks, chairs and reading tables
• Vacuum cleaners
• Beds/mattresses (twin and full size only)
• Sheets
• Blankets/comforters
• Towels/wash cloths
• Small,light sofas/futons
• Living room chairs
• Lamps
• Kitchen tables and chairs
• Kitchen utensils, pots and pans, dishes
• Microwaves, rice cookers, blenders, food processors and toaster ovens

If you have any of these smaller household items to donate, please feel free to bring them to the donations area:

IHP Fall New Student Reception
4 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 15
Morris Universeity Center Meridian Ballroom

Student ambassadors and IHP members will be available to help you unload from Lot B, beginning at 4 p.m.

If you have larger furniture items and need to arrange for a pickup, contact Susan Jernigan at sjernigan@charter.net or 618-304-3443, and she will try to arrange for pickup.

Thank you in advance for your consideration and your generosity in welcoming our international students to SIUE and Edwardsville!

Entrepreneurs and new business startups are invited to compete in the 2017 Metro East Start-Up Challenge (MESC), Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s fourth annual regional business plan competition.

The MESC is organized by the Illinois Metro East Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at SIUE. The purpose of the Challenge is to identify, encourage and support entrepreneurs and business startups across the SBDC’s service area, including Calhoun, Jersey, Madison, Bond, Clinton, St. Clair, Washington, Monroe and Randolph Counties.

The first-place winner will receive a $7,000 cash prize. Second and third place winners will receive $5,000 and $3,000, respectively. Prizewinners will also receive an array of in-kind professional services. 

SIUE’s School of Business, the SBDC’s host organization, will assist with facilitating the competition.

The 2017 MESC invites entrepreneurs and startup businesses from four target industries: information technology, manufacturing, healthcare and sustainable food. For a startup business enterprise to be eligible, it must have been established after April 30, 2014, and be headquartered in the SBDC’s nine-county service area. For pre-venture entrepreneurs, proposed new business operations will need to be located within the same nine counties.

For more information on the 2017 MESC or to initiate the application process, visit siue.edu/metroeaststartup. The initial entry deadline is Tuesday, Sept. 5. Semi-finalists will be announced Friday, Sept. 8, with finalists notified on Wednesday, Oct. 18. The Challenge will announce its cash prizewinners on Friday, Nov. 3 during the monthly Leadership Council SW IL meeting.

SIUE’s Speech-Language-Hearing Center, located in Founders Hall, is now enrolling for the fall semester.

The Center offers clients two 50-minute treatment sessions per week with a graduate student clinician, under the supervision of a licensed speech-language pathologist.

Current openings for Sept. 5-Dec. 7 include:

Monday/Wednesday: 9:30 a.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.

Tuesday/Thursday: 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 3 p.m.

Tuition is $605 (payment plan available).

Contact the Center to schedule your child or for more information:
• (618) 650-5623
• slhc-information@siue.edu
• siue.edu/slh-center