Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017

The SIUE Office of Educational Outreach invites you to attend the Fall 2017 Lifelong Learning Speakers Series every Wednesday on the campus of SIUE beginning today.

Lifelong Learning Speakers Series
10:30 a.m. and 1:15 p.m.
Today- Nov. 15
Hickory-Hackberry Room, Morris University Center
Cost: $5 for general public, $2 for Lifelong Learning members and FREE for alumni and students (with valid student ID)

You don’t want to miss this exhilarating semester jam packed with presentations that are sure to inform and educate!

To view the fall brochure or to become a Lifelong Learning member, please visit our website or contact coordinator, Eboni Thompson at 618.650.3233.

SIUE Library and Information Services (LIS) is now home to an expansive collection of mathematics books that have been donated by the institution’s longest-serving president, Earl Lazerson, who led the growing University from 1979-1993.

The President Earl Lazerson Collection includes more than 2,000 books. It comprises mathematics focused materials that Lazerson collected for more than 65 years. They are catalogued and available online, and can also be accessed through the Eugene B. Redmond Collection and Learning Center in SIUE’s Lovejoy Library.

“The President Earl Lazerson Collection is a one-of-a-kind concentration on mathematical studies over time, which emanates from one of the major research and educational goals of SIUE’s undergraduate curriculum,” said LIS Dean Regina McBride, PhD. “It’s important to have special collections accessible to the campus community. The use of these collections provides an active learning environment for educating students on research methods utilizing primary sources.”

For more information on the Collection, including comments from Lazerson, read this SIUE News Story.

Tens of thousands of books are needed in support of a Guinness World Record attempt to create the “Longest line of books” at SIUE.

Steve Hupp, PhD, professor of psychology, is spearheading the attempt, which will occur Friday, Sept. 8 (International Literacy Day) on campus.

The current record was set in 2016 with a line of 13,410 books that stretched 1.4 miles.

Donations can be mailed to or dropped off at the SIUE Department of Psychology, Alumni Hall room 0118. It will help organizers if the books come pre-counted by Sept. 7 in advance of the Sept. 8 attempt. The Edwardsville Public Library is also serving as a drop-off site.

Any individual or group donating at least 2,500 books can be considered a co-sponsor of the record attempt.

For more information, contact Hupp at sthupp@siue.edu and find updates on Twitter @StephenHupp. 

Read more in this SIUE News Story.

Join us as we examine Speak Right On: Conjuring the Slave Narrative of Dred Scott by Mary E. Neighbour. Instructor Renee Fussell, instructor in the Department of Applied Communication Studies, will facilitate the discussions.

The book and discussion guide will be provided at the first meeting:
11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 8
Multicultural Center
Morris University Center second floor
Feel free to bring your lunch.

The author will attend the Friday, Sept. 22 discussion.

How does a destitute, illiterate, enslaved man manage to bring his plea for freedom before the U.S. Supreme Court? Speak Right On, a work of historical fiction, delves beneath the obvious answer to the core truth.

"In this historical fiction, Mary E. Neighbour took on a difficult task with her debut novel, Speak Right On. Most Americans know of Dred Scott and his famous fight to cast off the bonds of slavery, but few of us know the man behind the 1857 Supreme Court case that ignited the flames of the American Civil War. One-fourth biography and three-fourths fiction, Neighbour takes the reader on an incredible journey of dignity, accomplishment, and bonds of the mind, spirit, and heart. Neighbour fills in the gaps of Dred's life from its humble beginnings in Virginia, where he worked in the house with his Gran, then as a field slave in Alabama, on to St. Louis, the Wisconsin Territory, Illinois, back to St. Louis, then Louisiana, and back to St. Louis once again." -- Julie Failla Earhart, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Register online for Fall 2017 Book Club.

For more information, contact the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion at 618-650-5382.

11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 12
Morris University Center Second Floor Conference Center
Attendance prizes: Career Readiness Totes

The Cougar Career Closet Clothing Giveaway helps provide students with professional attire needed for an interview, career fair, a conference or networking event.

The attire was generously donated by faculty, staff, alumni and employers to help students succeed!

Students, please stop by to pick up gently used professional attire for your next career event. We have areas for you to try on clothes. Don’t forget your cougar card ID for registration.

Please note that clothing supplies are limited and based on the donations received. 

For more information, please contact the Career Development Center at 618-650-3708.

Don't miss this Faculty Development event:

Between the World and Me (2015)
by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Noon-1:15 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 13, Oct. 4
and
12:30 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 9
Lovejoy Library, Third Floor, Room 3021

Open to faculty, staff and students. Facilitated by: Dr. Jessica Harris, associate professor in the Department of Historical Studies, and Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Denise Cobb.

We’ll provide the book and it's yours to keep. Amount of pre-purchased books is limited.

Click here for more information about the book.