Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017

Ten scholars are participanting in the School of Education, Health and Human Behavior’s International Training Program in Pedagogy (ITPP).  They will observe courses in the SEHHB, as well as the Schools of Business and Engineering, and the College of Arts and Sciences. 

For more information, please contact Dr. Yuliang Liu, Dr. Huaibo Xin, Dr. Tom Lavallee, Gretchen Fricke or Dr. Mary Weishaar.

From Sichuan University of Science and Engineering:

Yumei Chen is a lecturer in the School of Automation and Information Engineering. Her research interestes include control theory and control engineering. 

Guanglin Liu is a lecturer in the School of Education and Psychological Sciences. His research interests focus on attitudes and social cognition and occupational health psychology. 

Xiaohua Shao is a lecturer in the School of Fine Arts. Her research interests include clothing culture and fashion marketing.

Jing Wang is an associate professor in the School of Automation and Information Engineering. Her research interests include signal and information processing and engineering applications of microwave technology.

Xiang Feng Zeng is an associate professor in the School of Management. His research interests include industrial transformation, regional economic development and housing policy.

From Northwest Normal University:

Lixia Feng is an associate professor of Computer Science and Engineering. Her research interests include database application technology and intelligent information processing. 

Hongzhi Long is an associate professor in the College of Education. Her research interests include preschool bilingual education and preschool game research.

Lyuhua Niu is a professor in the College of Law. She studies national jurisprudence and legal anthropology, especially in the Tibetan Customary Law.

Zhiyan Teng is an associate professor in the College of Education. Her research interests include international comparative education, ethnic education and school bullying.

Fei Xu is a lecturer in the College of Social Development and Public Administration. Her research interests include family and child welfare services, social security and public welfare and services for minorities.

This is an update about our effort to make the “longest line of books” for an official attempt at a Guinness World Record at SIUE on Friday, Sept. 8, which is International Literacy Day.

We have had amazing support from all parts of SIUE and the surrounding communities, and we currently have about 8,500 books! If we can get to 13,500 by Sept. 8, we should have enough to break the record (which is based on distance rather than the number of books). That is, we have about 5,000 books to go.

Most of the books will go to children in the SIUE Head Start/Early Head Start Program. Books that Head Start can’t use will go to:

Phi Kappa Phi (SIUE Honor’s society)
· Greater St. Louis Book Fair (a charity that promotes education and literacy)
· Christian Activity Center (all of the Christian books)
· Other similar good causes

Donations can be mailed to or dropped off at the SIUE Department of Psychology, Alumni Hall room 0118, Edwardsville, IL 62026-1121. 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.

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

The SIUE Office of Educational Outreach invites you to attend the Fall 2017 Lifelong Learning Speakers Series every Wednesday on the campus of SIUE through Nov. 15.

Lifelong Learning Speakers Series
10:30 a.m. and 1:15 p.m.
Wednesdays through 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.

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, 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 Dr. 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.

7:30 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 15
Dunham Hall Theater

Sidra Bell Dance New York is rapidly gaining an international reputation for work that reveals aspects of the human condition through a distinctly female lens.

Bell's creations have been described as “brainy, exuberant, and audacious” by the San Francisco Chronicle. She’s received many international commissions and has produced more than 100 new works seen throughout the U.S. and around the world.

Check out the other Xfest performances at siuexfest.com.

The Office of Admissions is currently looking for student volunteers to join our Tour Ambassador program!

These students are responsible for conducting campus tours for prospective students and families and often serve as one of the first points of contact for the university.

Applications are due by 4:30 p. m. Thursday, Sept. 26 and can be dropped off at the Office of Admissions, Rendleman Hall, Suite 2101.

For more information, contact Anna Schuh at aschuh@siue.edu. 

The Honorary Degrees and Distinguished Service Award Committee invites nominations from the University community for consideration by the committee. All departments and schools are asked to consider and submit well-deserving nominations, particularly of individuals who show a connection or a commitment to the SIUE community.

Please visit Faculty Senate for details on the criteria for submission and the nomination forms. A list of former recipients is available for review on the University Archives website: siue.edu/lovejoylibrary/archives.

Please note that current University employees are not eligible for awards.

Nominations must be received no later than Friday, Sept. 29. Submissions should include the appropriate nomination form along with biographical information. The subject, "librarians in Library and Information Services" can provide assistance in locating documentation that can strengthen the nomination: see here. 

For more information, contact Juliet Kerico Gray at jkerico@siue.edu or 650-3129.

The Department of Theater and Dance will host the SIUE Black Playwright Festival, Celebrating August Wilson.

The festival highlights include:

“Gem of the Ocean," directed by Kathryn Bentley, associate professor in the Department of Theater and Dance
7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 11-Saturday, Oct. 14
and
2 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 15
Dunham Hall Theater

Immediately following 7:30 p.m performance
Friday, Oct. 13
Post Show discussion, "African American History and the Long
Sojourn for Freedom" with the director and cast moderated by Dr. Jessica Harris,
associate professor in the Department of Historical Studies and director of Black Studies. 

1:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 11
Friends Corner, Lovejoy Library
“Sitting at the Feet of an Elder”
SIIUE Professor Emeritus Johnetta Haley shares her life story

3  p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 14
Dunham Hall Theater
Screening of “The Ground on Which I Stand” followed by panel discussion