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Category: Past Events
MLK Dinner to feature activist, lawyer Lani Guinier
Lawyer, scholar and civil rights activist, Lani Guinier will be the featured speaker for Illinois State University’s Martin Luther King Jr. Dinner. The first African-American woman tenured professor at Harvard Law School, Guinier has worked diligently on issues of social justice, voting rights and women in the law. The dinner will be 6 p.m. Friday,
TV-10 marks 40th anniversary with reunion plans
Currently housed in the lower level of Fell Hall, TV-10 has given students hands-on training for 40 years. The station is hosting a reunion on campus March 21-22, 2014.
Sister Circles Café Soul To Feature Mahogany Browne
Café Soul will feature spoken word artist Mahogany Browne in a performance focusing on women’s empowerment at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 5, at the Redbird Ballroom B of the Marriott Hotel and Conference Center in Uptown Normal. Sponsored by Illinois State University’s Diversity Advocacy, the event is free and open to the public. Browne is the
Community Peace Prize applications available
The Peace and Conflict Resolution Studies Program at Illinois State University is accepting nominations and self-nominations for the Grabill-Homan Community Peace Prize, which is named for Joseph L. Grabill and Gerlof D. Homan, Illinois State University emeritus professors of history who helped establish the interdisciplinary Peace and Conflict Resolution Studies Program. The Grabill-Homan Community Peace
Auditions for the Vagina Monologues
Auditions for the annual production of the Vagina Monologues from the student organization Feminist Led Activist Movement to Empower (FLAME) will be from 6:30-10:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19, and Wednesday, Nov. 20, in the Center for Visual Arts, room 149. Those interested should show up ready to do a cold reading of selected monologues. There
The Philippines topic of AsiaConnect
The Philippines will be the topic of the next AsiaConnect meeting at 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15, in DeGarmo Hall, room 551. Patrick Moraleda of Student Health Services and Grace Brown of the Office of International Studies and Programs will provide a presentation. The event is a potluck meal. All faculty and staff are invited
CTLT event to focus on smartphones in the classroom, November 11
Every instructor has experienced it—distracting noises and disengaged students, all thanks to smartphones and other portable digital devices. Some instructors see this technology as a modern plague, while others hope it is the key to a new kind of teaching.
TV-10 to mark 40th anniversary with reunion, March 21-22
Illinois State’s student-run television station, TV-10, broadcast its first live newscast March 4, 1974. From that historic moment to today, TV-10 has helped launch the careers of broadcasters, producers, and journalists across the country.
Phoenix Area Alumni to hike at Camelback Mountain, November 23
Come join the Phoenix Redbirds as we hike famous Camelback Mountain Saturday, November 23!