Organizers for the annual Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) Student Research Symposium are seeking presentations, panels, papers, and performance pieces for the event.
Call for proposals: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Symposium
Topic: Diversity
ISU community celebrates the opening of the Multicultural Center
In a moving ceremony, the Illinois State campus community celebrated on October 15 the new Multicultural Center, a recently renovated space dedicated to providing support for students and strengthening the University’s commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion.
Dr. Ashley Hicks is fulfilling her mission to increase diversity in the College of Business
Dr. Ashley Hicks, Ph.D. ’20, has been on a mission to make the College of Business’ student body more diverse, and her plan is working well so far. Hicks serves as assistant to the dean for Student Services, but her primary responsibility is enrollment management for the college.
Multicultural Center dedication and ribbon cutting, October 15
Due to the forecast for inclement weather, the ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Multicultural Center at 2 p.m. October 15, 2021 will be available online.
‘Grab the wheel and take control’: Student’s message for survivors
Nastasha Powers ’19 has a passion for the work she does on behalf of survivors of sexual abuse and trauma.
Campus hero: Dr. Becky Beucher
In each issue Redbird Impact highlights an Illinois State faculty or staff member who exemplifies the University’s core value of civic engagement. The fall 2021 Campus Hero is Dr. Becky Beucher, an assistant professor of secondary literacy education in the College of Education.
Introduction to Islam, Myths and Facts with Dr. Sabeel Ahmed, November 11
Illinois State University’s Muslim Student Association will host an “Introduction to Islam, Myths and Facts with Dr. Sabeel Ahmed” from 6-8 p.m. November 11 in the Circus Room of the Bone Student Center. Dr. Ahmed is the executive director of the GainPeace Project, an outreach project of Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA). He is currently
Conversando Entre Nosotros: Discussion highlights methods for ensuring student success
Last week, three Illinois State professors led a public discussion on the affirmation of the bilingual skills and cultural identities of first-year students.
Can America be Redeemed?: African American Studies Fall Speaker Series, November 5
Dr. Byron Craig will explore how spaces like The National Memorial for Peace and Justice offer a space for restorative justice, and provide a site for examining the critical history of lynching.
New book by Dr. Charles Bell explores cycle of fighting, punishment in public schools
Suspended: Punishment, Violence, and the Failure of School Safety looks to the culture of punishment and victimization created through decades of disciplinary policies in K-12 schools.
