Dr. Menah Pratt will lead the workshop “Envisioning and Implementing Social Change for Sustainable Campus Transformation” for Illinois State for faculty, staff, and graduate assistants. RSVP by November 10.
Publication: Identity
ReggieCon with guests Marvel artist David Mack and Dr. Lee Francis IV, November 16
ReggieCon will focus on the graphic novel Daredevil Vol. 8: Echo-Vision Quest with guests including creator and Marvel artist David Mack and Native Realities founder Dr. Lee Francis IV.
Athletics hosting Pride Night at volleyball game, October 28
Illinois State Athletics will host its annual Pride Night on Friday, October 28, at the Redbird Volleyball match against Missouri State.
IDEAS course designation process open to faculty
Faculty can submit courses for consideration for the Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access in U.S. Society graduation requirement.
Hostile Terrain art exhibition, November 1-4
Hostile Terrain is a participatory art exhibition organized by the Undocumented Migration Project that will run November 1-4. The exhibit aims to illuminate the humanitarian crisis of all the lives lost at the United States’ border.
Broadway, film star Lauren Ridloff to headline cultural dinner, ticket deadline November 4
Tickets are available for University Housing’s Latino and Disability Awareness Cultural Dinner on November 10 with actor Lauren Ridloff. Deadline for buying tickets is November 4.
CSD to host screening of In Our Right Mind at Normal Theater, November 1
The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) will present the free film In Our Right Mind from 7–9 p.m. on November 1 at the Normal Theater to help educate campus and community members about the impact of these disorders on individuals and their families.
Latinx Alumni Network president works toward ‘creating a new legacy’
A succinct but apt description of the professional career thus far of Simon Rodriguez Jr. ’13 might read: “In service to others.”
Take Back the Night, October 25, 2022
Illinois State University’s student organizations are hosting the annual Take Back the Night march and vigil October 25.
Native (Self) Representation: From Social Media to Reservation Dogs, November 2
Dr. Shannon Epplett of the School of Theatre and Dance and Native American Studies will give a presentation and celebration of Native American storytelling in the digital age.