T.A.L.K. to address class privilege

Class privilege will be the topic of Tying All the LinKs (T.A.L.K.) at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, in room 314 of the Student Services Building.

Strand Award nominations available

Strand Award winner

Nominations are being sought for the Strand Diversity Achievement Award. This award recognizes a current Illinois State University faculty or staff member who is instrumental in extraordinary curricular or program activities that assist the University in responding to its commitment to diversity. Nominations will be accepted from now through Friday, Nov. 15. The award recipient

Career Center to host Nursing and Health Professions Fair, October 29

The Career Center will host the Nursing and Health Professions Fair October 29 for employers from hospitals, social service agencies, and other companies seeking to hire candidates in nursing, health care, social work and related fields for full-time openings or externships/internships.

Recruiting a diverse group of students

You Can Do ISU

One of the goals in Educating Illinois is for Illinois State University to recruit a diverse group of students. An initiative, launched in 2008 by the Office of Admissions, does just that.

Stokes, Taylor empowering Diversity Advocacy

Two women from different areas of the nation ended up at the same University with one common goal – to stress the importance of diversity to the students of Illinois State University. Diversity Specialists for the Dean of Students Office Ashley Taylor and Brittany Stokes work together to provide diversity support for the campus community.

Micro-Aggression in Our Daily Lives

A few weeks ago, I attended the Racial Justice Summit, an annual event hosted by YWCA of McLean County. The event was well attended; the room was full with about 150 people from all over town, including Unit 5 School District, local human services organizations, non-profit and for-profit organizations, and many people from ISU. This

Get connected!

Last summer, I was approached by two junior faculty members who wanted CTLT to provide more minority faculty support. We discussed a variety of options such as peer mentoring and workshops, and we decided to start with a Teaching-Learning Community (TLC). TLCs typically get together to read and discuss a book throughout a semester. We