Elected January 29, the Queer Coalition’s 10-person Executive Board will help set the trajectory for this emergent organization during its first year as a faculty, staff, and graduate student affinity group at Illinois State University.
Topic: Diversity
Administrative/Professional February spotlight: Christa Platt
Get to know this month’s spotlight, Christa Platt, director of the Multicultural Center.
The Onyx Connect: A positive news resource for students of color
Tiffani Jackson founded The Onyx connect to share positive stories and insights of those who are underrepresented.
University allocates $552,000 from GEER Fund to support students
Supporting technology needs and retention partners are some of the first efforts for Illinois State University’s allocation on the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund (GEER).
Campus hero: Dr. Shamaine Bertrand
Dr. Shamaine Bertrand, an assistant professor of Elementary Education, is the campus hero for the spring issue of Redbird Impact magazine.
The Weight of Whiteness: New book by Dr. Alison Bailey
In her new book, Dr. Alison Bailey explores the ways white supremacy and privilege operate like an anesthesia, desensitizing white people to the inherited damage of whiteness on collective humanity.
Redbirds share insights at first Alumni Association diversity, equity, and inclusion listening session
The Alumni Association Board of Directors formed the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee to find opportunities to partner with the University to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives for students and alumni.
Multicultural Outreach Team’s Student Spotlight: Ashley Dumas
What we need to understand is that everyone benefits when historically minoritized groups are OK.
Molding a mentor: Sociology graduate and one of the first Black hockey players at ISU paid it forward with Black youth
Dennis B. Holmes ’76 vowed to make sure other Black men growing up in Chicago wouldn’t go through life pondering the same question he did.
Black history, culture, and literature: How one alum is using her voice as an educator to teach about Blackness
Britni Mitchell ’08 is using her voice as both an educator and a Black woman to create a Black English literature class at her high school for juniors and seniors.