“U.S. – China Relations under President Obama’s Watch: The Trial of Strength during the Global Recession” will be the subject of a presentation by Suisheng (Sam) Zhao on Wednesday, Oct. 6, from 12-1 p.m. in the Bone Student Center Third Floor East Lounge.
Juan and Miguel Vazquez, of the renowned Flying Vazquez trapeze act, recently donated a substantial number of items to the Circus and Allied Arts Collection, housed in the Special Collections area of Illinois State University’s Milner Library.
How do we decide where is home? For millions of immigrants, loyalties and divided between the land of their birth and the country in which they choose to live. Come and watch the award-winning documentary, Motherland – Cuba Korea USA on Thursday, Sept. 30, at 6 p.m. in 107 Vrooman Hall and join in the discussion.
As part of Banned Books Week, Illinois State University’s Milner Library and Barnes and Noble College Bookstore will host readings from banned and challenged books on Tuesday, Sept. 28, and Wednesday, Sept. 29, starting at 11:30 a.m. each day.
Illinois State University’s standard measure graduation rate is at a record 70.4 percent and this year’s retention rate equals a historic high of 85 percent.
A showcase of the talents of School of Music faculty is set for 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 21 in Kemp Recital Hall.
Illinois State University students, faculty and staff will be able to renew their Illinois driver’s licenses and purchase vehicle license plate stickers without leaving campus on Thursday, Sept. 30.
For the 14th consecutive year, Illinois State University’s total fall enrollment is above 20,000. On-campus enrollment was stable at 20,762 for the 2010-11 academic year.
Actor B.D. Wong will be the featured speaker at the Illinois State University Housing Services LGBT Cultural Dinner on Monday, Sept. 27, at 5 p.m. in the Bone Student Center Brown Ballroom.
The Illinois State University Fall Speaker Series offers a wide variety of topics, including the art of tattooing, Cuban children airlifted to the U.S., early women at Illinois State (Normal) University, memoirs from a New York Times best-selling author, generational and innovation issues facing the Millennials and a CEO who left his job to become a teacher and founder of an inner-city charter school.
