Illinois State University anthropology graduate and Illinois AmeriCorps member Cecilia Montesdeoca ’13 will receive the Governor’s Volunteer Service Award at the Governor’s Mansion in Springfield on April 20.
Lorena Garcia, author of Respect Yourself, Protect Yourself: Latina Girls and Sexual Identity, will speak at the next Latin American and Latino Studies Spring Lecture Series (LALS) at 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 18.
Susan Sprecher will tackle social interactions at the monthly series talk from the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at noon, Friday, March 20 in Schroeder Hall, room 212.
Transgender-issues advocate and critically acclaimed actress Laverne Cox will speak at Illinois State University on Wednesday, Feb. 25. Cox, who currently appears in the Netflix original series Orange is the New Black, will present Ain’t I a Woman: My Journey to Womanhood at 7 p.m. Feb. 25 in Braden Auditorium at the Bone Student Center.
WGS 392: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender/Queer (LGBTQ) Studies & Theory is a course that explores how queer theory relates to a variety of academic disciplines and areas of life.
The Department of Philosophy continues its faculty spotlight series. This month we feature Alison Bailey, a professor of philosophy and the director of the women’s and gender studies program (WGS).
This year Wib Leonard will celebrate his 45th year of teaching at ISU. He sat down to talk about his time at the University–from the changing face of campus, to why the fall still gives him a few butterflies.
Claiming independence throughout aging is the topic of the 2014 Social Work Day. The daylong conference, titled State Your Independence Conference on Aging, is dedicated to professional development of those who work in social service capacities. The event will run from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 19, at the Brown Ballroom in the
