Dr. Taiwo Durowade ’09 has become a successful entrepreneur in the medical field not only because of her personal excellence, but also because she knows when to ask for help.
Topic: Diversity
Register by November 10 for Dr. Menah Pratt workshop
Dr. Menah Pratt will lead the workshop “Envisioning and Implementing Social Change for Sustainable Campus Transformation” for Illinois State for faculty, staff, and graduate assistants. RSVP by November 10.
Preserving the past, protecting the future: Dr. R. David Edmunds dedicates life’s work to the past, present, and future of Native Americans
Dr. R. David Edmunds is a well-known and trusted expert in Native American ethnohistory, a status he’s acquired through more than a half century of teaching and scholarship.
NCUE teachers new to Chicago Public Schools kick off the school year
This past August, many recent graduates kicked off the school year as new teachers in Chicago. We are highlighting three of these #edbirds as we checked in this fall to see how the 2022-23 school year is going so far.
Connecting ISU faculty, staff, students to community-integrated urban education
One of the primary goals of the National Center for Urban Education (NCUE) is to prepare preservice teachers to teach in urban settings.
Chicago Public School students attend the 2022 ISU Future Teacher Conference
Illinois State University College of Education (COE) hosted its fourth annual Future Teacher Conference on campus. This year, close to 1,100 high school students and 150 education personnel from over 30 Illinois school districts participated in various workshops throughout the day.
Queer Coalition Lunch ‘n Learn to focus on queering natural spaces
The next Queer Coalition Lunch ‘n Learn will be November 14 at the Multicultural Center. Dr. Eric Godby will lead the discusion on queering natural spaces.
Athletics hosting Pride Night at volleyball game, October 28
Illinois State Athletics will host its annual Pride Night on Friday, October 28, at the Redbird Volleyball match against Missouri State.
Hostile Terrain art exhibition, November 1-4
Hostile Terrain is a participatory art exhibition organized by the Undocumented Migration Project that will run November 1-4. The exhibit aims to illuminate the humanitarian crisis of all the lives lost at the United States’ border.
Broadway, film star Lauren Ridloff to headline cultural dinner, ticket deadline November 4
Tickets are available for University Housing’s Latino and Disability Awareness Cultural Dinner on November 10 with actor Lauren Ridloff. Deadline for buying tickets is November 4.