The fun-filled Cultural Festival will hit the Brown Ballroom on Saturday, July 25 with everything from the Kendo Japanese sword demonstration to the Sugar Creek Cloggers, The festival is free and open to all ages.
The Diversity Task Force of Graduate Students in Psychology at Illinois State University is a volunteer group that is dedicated to the diversification of the field of psychology.
Illinois State University has been chosen to take part in a national initiative from Harvard University to boost the number of women in economics majors across the country.
The Chicago Teacher Education Pipeline (CTEP) was awarded a $10 million grant last fall to expand its model in urban, high-need communities in Chicago, including Pilsen and East Garfield Park, as well as in other major cities in Illinois, including Decatur and Peoria.
The inaugural LGBTQA ceremony, called Lavender Graduation, was held Wednesday, May 6, in the Bone Student Center.
The pre-commencement ceremony Umoja: Celebration of Black Graduates at Illinois State has opened the door for a new ceremony this year called the Lavender Graduation: Celebration of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ) and Allied Graduates. Ceremony founders say the events provide students—and the campus—another chance to celebrate.
An Artist Talk & Reception will be at 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 31, to celebrate artist Rick Lewis’ (In)Visible Men: Examining Stereotypes Through Art, on display until May 9 on the main floor of Milner Library.
This May, the Publications Unit is officially releasing a journal dedicated to African and diasporic African literature, art and scholarship.
Winners of the annual Commitment to Diversity Awards were honored at the Bone Student Center on April 12.
Older generations may flinch at the use of the word “queer,” uncomfortably shuffling it into a category of forbidden terms. Yet Pride students are hoping that discomfort opens up narratives with their “Color Me Queer” campaign.
