Join fellow Kinesiology and Recreation (KNR) alumni and families, as well as past and present faculty and staff, for KNR Alumni Day! The pregame reception and silent auction will be in the Club Room of the new Hancock Football Stadium from 1–3 p.m. Heavy hors d’oeuvres will be provided, and a cash bar will be available. Bring cash or check for the silent auction.
Illinois State University will host its first Undergraduate Philosophy Conference April 25-26, 2014.
Actress and celebrated activist Rosario Dawson will headline the Latino Cultural Dinner at Illinois State University at 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10, at the Bone Student Center. In honor of Dawson’s heritage, the event will explore the music, cuisine and history of Puerto Rico. At the event, Dawson is to be interviewed by Shine on Sierra
Justin Utley, singer, storyteller and LGBT activist, will be on Illinois State University’s campus Tuesday, Nov. 12, to facilitate discussions that are free and open to the public. Utley an “out” ex-Mormon and survivor of ex-gay therapy, will talk about his life and experiences through his inspiring storytelling and powerful, entertaining music. At noon, he
The University Program Board is sponsoring a showing of A Place at the Table, a documentary exploring the hunger epidemic in America. The film will be shown at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6, in the Old Main Room at the Bone Student Center. The event is free and open to the public. According to the
A free showing of “Tough Guise” will be 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 11, in Schroeder Hall, room 103. The event, sponsored by the student organization Feminist Led Activist Movement to Empower (FLAME) is free and open to the public. The film examines masculinity and the social constructs that influence masculinity in the United States today.
Come join Friends of the Arts and University Galleries staff for a guided art tour Wednesday, November 6, at University Galleries.
Bring any unwanted electronics, clothes, and shoes for recycling to this year’s edition of Healthy You Healthy Earth, the annual wellness and sustainability fair.
Andrew Solomon believes it is our differences that unite us.
A celebrated author and lecturer, Solomon will give a talk based on his groundbreaking book, Far From the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity, at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 28, in the Brown Ballroom of the Bone Student Center. The event, which is part of the Speaker Series at Illinois State University, is free and open to the public.
Published in 2012, Far From the Tree won the National Book Critics Circle Award and was chosen as one of the New York Times’ Ten Best Books of 2012. The work is a breathtaking look at parents and children who face extraordinary circumstances including deafness, dwarfism, Down syndrome, autism and schizophrenia, to those facing stigmas for being transgender, prodigies or conceived in rape. While each of these characteristics is potentially isolating, Solomon argues, the “experience of difference” within families is universal.
Experience diversity through food at the Taste of D.A.O. at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, in in the Student Services Building, room 375. The Taste of D.A.O. is a collaborative program designed to give students, faculty and staff a “taste” of diversity and culture that extends beyond the enjoyment of great food. Through interactive presentations
