Water Works Indoor Pool Party, January 25

Waterworks Indoor Pool Party

You won’t want to miss Illinois State’s cure for the winter-time blues! Hosted by the Chicago Northwest and Chicago West Alumni Networks, this annual event is a splashing-good time for alumni, family, and friends of all ages!

MLK Dinner to feature activist, lawyer Lani Guinier

photo of 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,

Sister Circles Café Soul To Feature Mahogany Browne

image of 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

poster 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

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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

a typical smartphone

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

TV-10 Reunion

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.