Colleges across Illinois State University are creating professional development opportunities for faculty and staff with a lens toward diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Growth plans: Colleges craft professional development opportunities
Topic: Diversity
Black Excellence RSO fosters positive community for students
For many new students, finding a group of friends can be one of the most overwhelming parts of arriving on campus. Jaden Echols realized this firsthand, and was one of the catalysts who sparked the formation of the Black Excellence registered student organization (RSO).
Our newest Redbirds: Criminal justice sciences major wants to be part of the solution
Tony Davenport has a unique perspective when he listens to the ongoing conversations asking for change in law enforcement practices. He is a proud young Black man who wants to see solutions to incidents of brutality that have rocked the nation. He also wants to help make those changes from the inside.
Multicultural Outreach Team’s Student Spotlight: Triston Brown
Triston Brown, a second-year graduate student studying cultural anthropology, wears many hats on Illinois State’s campus.
Series assists international students with career success
Virtual International Student Career Series provides support to Redbirds seeking employment in the United States.
Ahead of her time: Hazle Buck Ewing and the women’s suffrage movement
The Bloomington-Normal area was home to a champion of efforts to ratify the 19th amendment in Hazle Buck Ewing. Toni Tucker, director of the Ewing Cultural Center, discusses Ewing’s involvement in the Women’s Suffrage Movement.
Doctoral alum’s monument is at the center of the movement for racial equality in NYC
As modern-day foot soldiers march in the biggest city of a nation they believe has not always delivered the same promises to certain groups of people, they often gather at the site created by an Illinois State doctoral alum.
Underpinnings and equal terms: How the suffrage movement changed American women and American women changed the nation
View historical and present day items chronicling women’s fight for equality and voting, provided by numerous sources including the Dr. Jo Ann Rayfield Archives, Illinois State University Special Collections, and ISU Digital Collections.
Multicultural Outreach Team’s Student Spotlight: Logan Williams
Logan Williams, now a senior social work student, understands the importance of advocating for the change he wants to see, especially when it comes to race and racism.
Obsidian wins NEA grant
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has announced Obsidian: Literature and Arts in the African Diaspora is the recipient of a $50,000 NEA CARES grant.
