SIU Today - March 28, 2022

International Festival is April 4-8

The university's International Festival 2022, set for April 4-8, celebrates “One Voice, One People," and is a time to highlight the diversity, inclusivity and multicultural impact and influence of SIU and its people.

Chancellor’s Faculty-Staff Lounge schedule for April

The Chancellor’s Faculty-Staff Lounge at Old Main has several university hosts lined up for next month.

SIU hosts interdisciplinary Climate Solutions Teach-in on Wednesday

Faculty, staff and students from over 20 departments will take an interdisciplinary approach to global climate change at a free, public Climate Solutions Teach-in at Morris Library from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday, March 30.

Touch of Nature expanding summer camp offerings for children

This could be the best summer ever for children ages 4-16, thanks to a variety of outdoor fun and adventure summer camps at Touch of Nature Outdoor Education Center.

SIU invites community members to sustainable gardening workshops

In sustainable gardening workshops starting April 2 on campus, you will learn the tools of the trade and be able to take home what you made in mini greenhouses of recycled materials.

A/P performance evaluations due this week

University policy requires that all administrative/professional staff have their work evaluated on an annual basis between Jan. 1 and March 31. The rating period to be used for evaluations completed in 2022 is Jan. 1, 2021, to Dec. 31, 2021. Evaluation forms are on the AIS e-forms website. Completed evaluations should be sent to Labor and Employee Relations at LER@siu.edu or mail code 4319 prior to April 1. If you have questions or need additional information, please contact Labor and Employee Relations at 618-453-6691.

Printmaker Terry Conrad to visit SIU Carbondale on March 31

Printmaker Terry Conrad, an assistant professor in the School of Art and Art History at the University of Iowa, will present a visiting artist lecture on Thursday, March 31, at 7 p.m. in Morris Library’s John C. Guyon Auditorium.

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