Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017

SIUE St. Louis area alumni and friends are invited to the Alumni Association's annual fall happy hour.

Catch up with classmates, make new connections, learn about what is going on at SIUE and
find out how you can get involved.

5-7 p.m.
Today
4Hands Brewery
1220 S. 8th St.
St. Louis

Register today!

Please help spread the news about this event with your alumni friends by sharing this event on facebook!

Please welcome more than 100 new international students to SIUE, many of whom arrived over the past weekend!

Students come to SIUE from Spain, China, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, El Salvador, Rwanda and Nigeria, to name a few countries.

This group includes four new Fulbright students, 16 exchange students and one Fulbright Teaching Assistant, who will teach Yoruba.

In addition to students, SIUE welcomes 20 visiting scholars, from China, Italy, Brazil and S. Korea. Ten of the Scholars from China will participate in the International Training Program on Pedagogy during fall semester.

Over the next few days, students and scholars will be involved in orientation activities. If you see international students or scholars on campus who need assistance, your help would be appreciated!

Feel free to direct any student or scholar needing help to the Office of International Affairs, located in the Student Success Center, room 0300, or available by phone at 650.3785. 

Show your spirit and honor of our students by joining the new parade to the Cougar Statue during the SIUE Experience!

Join us at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 18 near “The Rock” in the Stratton Quad as we welcome the incoming class of 2021 with this parade. This new University-wide tradition will help send a heartfelt welcome to our newest Cougars, as they transition into the SIUE community. Feel free to bring “pompoms” and “welcome signs” to boost even more SIUE spirit!

ALSO, participate in the seventh annual Catch the Cougar Spirit Contest:
Wear SIUE apparel on Friday, Aug. 18, to support our new march to the Cougar Statue at 11:30 a.m.
As a special thank you, all faculty/staff participants will receive:
• Special discount on SIUE apparel (courtesy of the Cougar Store)
• A chance to win complimentary basketball tickets to a game of your choice for your department (courtesy of Cougar Athletics based on availability)

How to play along:
1. Appoint a Spirit Captain for your department. Register your department here.
2. Wear SIUE apparel on Friday, Aug. 18, and join us for the new parade to the Cougar Statue!
3. Take a group photo of everyone in your department decked out in their Cougar spirit gear. Creativity may be rewarded. Submit it to tarmoor@siue.edu by noon on Monday, Aug. 21.
4. Enjoy the fun, and help us welcome the class of 2021 with this awesome new tradition!

For more information, contact Tarsha Moore in the Office of Student Affairs at 650-2020 or tarmoor@siue.edu.

The Land of Goshen Community Farmer’s Market is held in downtown Edwardsville Saturday mornings through October 21. At the market, businesses and farmers gather in tents—rain or shine—to sell their locally made products.
 
This year, the City of Edwardsville has again graciously offered the University booth space. Each week, a different department will host the SIUE tent to provide information on events, issues or offerings.
 
8 a.m.–Noon
Saturdays through Oct. 21
St. Louis Street (by the Madison County Courthouse)
Edwardsville
 
Upcoming Goshen Market events: 

Aug. 19 – Arts & Issues
Aug. 26 – School of Nursing
Sept. 2 – Wagner Pottery Association
Sept. 9 – Alumni Association
Sept. 16 – Friends of Lovejoy Library
Sept. 23 – Athletics
Sept. 30 – Athletics
Oct. 7 – Athletics
Oct. 14 – Athletics
Oct. 21 – Athletics  

We hope to see you there!

The first day of classes is right around the corner!

Student Affairs is coordinating Ask Me!, a program to welcome new students and assist them as they navigate campus. Volunteers are needed to stand in key locations across campus with an “Ask Me!” sign to answer questions and get students pointed in the right direction for their classes or to conduct business.

7:30 a.m.-Noon
Monday, Aug. 21

Please consider volunteering to help make a positive first impression and get the year started on the right foot.

If you can help, please sign up for your preferred time and location online.

Shifts are available in 30-minute time slots, and you are welcome to sign up for more than one shift. Please pick up/return your "Ask Me!" sign at the Cougar statue.

SIUE’s first day of classes and the total solar eclipse coincide on Monday, Aug. 21. Classes will be held as scheduled. The solar event will begin at 11:50 a.m. and end at 2:44 p.m., with 99.5 percent totality occurring at 1:18 p.m.

SIUE will be handing out solar eclipse glasses on campus from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 21 at the following sites:

• Between the Art & Design and School of Engineering buildings
• Between Peck and Founders Halls
• At the Cougar statue outside the Morris University Center
• Builders Plaza between Peck and Rendelman Halls
• Morris University Center patio on the east side of the building
• Korte Stadium, the public viewing site

Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to experience this scientific phenomenon during your mid-day break or by arranging a convenient time with your manager or supervisor. 

For the University community, telescope viewing locations will be at the Builders of the University Plaza, Ralph Korte Stadium and the Morris University Center patio, where a solar telescope will also be available. A live stream from the MUC telescope will be shown in the MUC Meridian Ballroom.

Eclipse viewing glasses will be distributed free of charge at each campus location. The Office of Student Affairs will provide free lemonade on the Stratton Quadrangle from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. as part of the annual welcome back to school event for students.

Each campus viewing location will display an enlarged, live video of the eclipse from the telescope. Professors from the SIUE Department of Physics will be on hand at each location, providing solar eclipse science and safety information.

The general public will be able to utilize the Korte Stadium location where an enlarged, live video of the eclipse from a solar telescope will be displayed on multiple large screens. The viewing tent will be on the north side of the stadium adjacent to the parking lot. The Morris University Center food truck will be available for food and refreshments.

For more information, visit siue.edu/eclipse.

Remember: Observing a solar eclipse is a remarkable experience when done safely. Never look at the sun without special eclipse eyewear. Standard sunglasses are not enough.

With the start of Fall 2017 semester now underway, we would like to warmly welcome everyone to campus and share a few general classroom policy reminders aimed to assist us in providing the best possible student learning experience.

The Big 5 Guidelines for Use of General Classrooms:

1. Food and drinks are not allowed in general classrooms.

2. Do not move furniture in or out of classrooms. Manipulating the number of desks in the general classrooms can cause disruptions for colleagues who teach in the same spaces later in the day or week and may violate safety codes. Academic Scheduling conducts classroom inventory at the conclusion of each term and restores classrooms to their approved configurations. At that time, seating deficiencies are also addressed. If you newly discover missing seats or broken items please contact Adrienne Sims at extension 5593 or Joan Green at extension 3087, or email academicscheduling@siue.edu.

3. If you rearrange classroom furniture during the course of a class or event, please return the desks/seating to the original configuration by your scheduled end time. It is of particular importance that ADA seating is returned to the precise location where it began.

4. Do not occupy a room that has not been scheduled for your class or group or switch to an alternate room from the one assigned unless it has been approved by Academic Scheduling. If your assigned classroom is not meeting instructional needs, please contact academicscheduling@siue.edu, and we will determine how best to address your specific needs.

5. Do not occupy classrooms any longer than the approved, scheduled end time for your class or event. If you’ve scheduled a general classroom for a non-academic event, bring a copy of your reservation confirmation from Academic Scheduling as proof of scheduling.

If you have any problems with your classroom, please contact Academic Scheduling. We will do our best to address any issues that you may be having. Additionally, if there are items that you would like to have in the general classrooms to improve the functionality of the space, please let us know by using the Classroom Items Request form on the Registrar’s website.

Although we cannot guarantee that every request will be granted, we remain committed to exploring ways of improving classroom accommodations. For additional academic scheduling resources, please visit: siue.edu/registrar/scheduling_forms.shtml.

Join the Kimmel Student Involvement Center for the annual Cougar Welcome Departmental Resource Fair:

10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Monday-Tuesday, Aug. 21-22
Morris University Center Goshen Lounge

Departments will have the opportunity to set up a table each day to inform students about your services, hand out information and etc. 

To participate in the fair (on one or both days) simply complete the form found here: getinvolved.siue.edu/submitter/form/start/131695. 

Space is limited, so submit your application today!

Jo Ann Di Maggio May is the new director of the Illinois Metro East Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. SIUE School of Business Interim Dean Tim Schoenecker, PhD, appointed Di Maggio May after she had served as the interim director since August 2016.

The SBDC has offices in SIUE’s School of Business on the Edwardsville campus and at the SIUE East St. Louis Center.

A Glen Carbon resident, Di Maggio May was a graduate assistant for the SBDC at SIUE from August 2005-September 2007. She also has served as an international business consultant for the SBDC’s International Trade Center (ITC).

Di Maggio May earned a bachelor’s in business administration from SIUE in 2005 and followed with an MBA in 2007.

Read more about Maggio May in SIUE's News.

The E Today will resume its Friday schedule on Friday, Aug. 25, in conjunction with SIUE's start of the Fall 2017 semester.