With the theme of “Unapologetic Blackness,” the pre-commencement event Umoja: Celebration of Black Graduates will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 9.
Umoja: Celebration of Black Graduates, sign up deadline April 1
Publication: Identity
SGA Diversity Week: Panel to speak on working at ISU, March 21
The panel “Better Together: Learn from ISU Faculty and Staff What It Means to be a Marginalized Group in the Workplace” will be at 4 p.m.
Diversify your research through Milner Library
Milner Library has over 250 databases available. Here is a list of databases where content focuses on underrepresented populations.
Physical differences an inspiration: Nicole Kelly to give talk, March 27
Making history as one of the first Miss America contestants to ever compete with a physical disability, Kelly now empowers young people living with a physical disability to understand and accept their difference.
Surviving Stalin and the Nazis: Vladimir Rott to speak, March 28
Vladimir Rott will share his life journey in the talk “Surviving Repression: A Personal Account of Life under Stalinism and Nazi Occupation” at 4 p.m. on Thursday, March 28, in the University Galleries.
Culture and history celebrated at the International Food Symposium
“Thought for Food in the Luso-Hispanic Transatlantic,” the International Food Symposium, aims to celebrate and examine the complex cultural, social, environmental, political, and economic interconnections that define food’s position within these regions.
New grant aims to infuse diverse books into classroom
The Representation Project, spearheaded by the English Education Student Advisory Committee, will award a set of books to an Illinois high school English teacher for classroom use.
Courageous Conversations: Faculty working to tackle tough discussions in the classroom
A new cross-college initiative called Courageous Conversations enlists faculty facilitators to lead interested instructors through teachable moments in the classroom.
Overcoming gaslighting: Seeking help for domestic abuse
Forms of domestic abuse are one of the areas to find assistance in the Student Counseling Services’ Confidential Advising.
Students to connect with alumni at Diversity Meet-up, March 21
Learn how to successfully navigate the transition from college to career from alumni from diverse backgrounds.
