Grab those sunglasses and dancing shoes, bring the Redbird family and friends, and get ready to share in some good times.

Students to be celebrated at Umoja 2023.

Dr. George Pruitt ’68, M.S. ’70, LH.D. ’94, saw the inside of a university president’s office for the first time in the fall of 1967 when he occupied it with other members of the Black Student Association (BSA) to issue their demands to increase diversity at Illinois State University. However, this would not be his last time in a president’s office, as today he is one of longest serving university presidents nationwide.