Dr. Kathryn Sampeck is the first from Illinois State University to receive the nearly $1 million award from the British Academy. She will lead a team recentering the study of chocolate with an Indigenous Mezoamerican perspective.
Publication: Identity
Nearly $1 million award to recenter study of cocoa
Introducing Thanksgiving to international students
The Office of International Engagement hosted a Thanksgiving Celebration November 17 for international students at Illinois State University.
Registration open for 2023 University Research Symposium
Registration is open to all students enrolled at the University in the spring semester and engaged in scholarship, research, or creative activity under the direction of a faculty mentor.
Artist Bethany Collins book and print signing, December 6
Artist Bethany Collins returns to sign three limited-edition lithographs created collaboratively with Normal Editions and Collins’ 112-page monograph published by University Galleries.
Dr. Byron Craig appointed chair of LGBTQIA+ Policies and Initiatives Subcommittee
President Terri Goss Kinzy announced the appointment of Dr. Byron Craig as the chair and faculty fellow for the new subcommittee on LGBTQIA+ Policies and Initiatives within the President’s Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Council.
Martin Luther King Jr. Cultural Dinner sold out
The Martin Luther King Jr. Cultural Dinner, featuring Dr. Yusef Salaam, is sold out.
Being and Belonging screening: World AIDS Day to be honored at University Galleries
University Galleries and Visual AIDS will honor Day With(out) Art 2022 on December 1 with videos centering the emotional reality of living with HIV today.
Listening Circle for Club Q tragedy, December 2
Illinois State University will hold a Listening Circle on December 2 to help process recent anti-LGBTQIA2+ incidents, including the tragic shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs.
Obsidian’s Playground Issue launch: Reading and conversation, December 5
Obsidian: Literature and Arts in the African Diaspora has partnered with the Poetry Project to celebrate the launch of Obsidian’s LGBTQIA+ GenderQueer/ GenreQueer Playground Special Issue.
First-ever Holiday Drag Show to raise funds for Colorado Gives
New registered student organization, Drag Royalty, will host the first-ever Holiday Drag Show to raise funds for Club Q supporter, Colorado Gives.