The dinner is free for Illinois State students who are serving in the ROTC, have served in the armed forces, or are connected to the military. Reservations are required.
Networking dinner for veterans, ROTC, military-connected students, November 19
Topic: Diversity
WGLT interns earn scholarships for work promoting diversity, inclusion
Growing up devouring the pages of African American investigative journalist Ida B. Wells and studying CNN and NPR political analyst Angela Rye’s commentary, Illinois State junior Tiffani Jackson wanted to get into media for one reason: “Be the change you can see.”
University Galleries presents Eric Anthony Berdis: Don’t let them clip your tiny little insect wings, October 25-December 15
Don’t let them clip your tiny little insect wings, Eric Anthony Berdis’ solo exhibition, celebrates LGBTQ+ people, reflects on the historical struggles of the community’s past, and encourages allyship.
First-Generation Redbirds support peer students with positive affirmations
The cold fall weather did not stop members of First-Generation Redbirds (FGR) from spreading positivity on Schroeder Plaza.
Concert to feature West African drumming and dance, November 15
The ISU West African Drum and Dance Ensemble will perform with the BiaJo Community Dance Group at 7:30 p.m. Friday, November 15, in Illinois State University’s Kemp Recital Hall. The performance is free and open to the public.
Voice of the community: Soledad O’Brien speaks at ISU’s Latino Cultural Dinner
Soledad O’Brien remembers walking out of her high school one day with her mother, when an administrator stopped an African American teenager in the hallway.
Carmen Giménez Smith to give reading from Be Recorder, October 30
Carmen Giménez Smith, award-winning poet, memoirist, editor, and educator, will discuss her publishing, writing, and academic roles followed by a public reading from her newest book Be Recorder.
Latinx: Queer Brown Voices, October 30
Salvador Vidal-Ortiz of American University will address how the term Latinx has become both a source of solidarity and contention.
Eric Anthony Berdis Artist Talk, October 28
Milner Library invites the campus community to a special event featuring artist Eric Anthony Berdis.
Latinx Heritage Month at Illinois State
A series of talks, performances, and lectures will help celebrate Latinx Heritage Month, highlighted with a keynote lecture on “Latinx: Queer Brown Voices” on October 30, and the Hispanic Heritage Fair on October 10.
