The new event from Women’s and Gender Studies aims to provide a space for critical conversations to continue outside the classroom.
Feminist Fridays provide space for critical conversation
Topic: Diversity
ISU psychology professor to give keynote speech on culturally responsive clinical services
The Illinois School Psychology Internship Consortium and Central Illinois Area Health Education Center will present a continuing professional development opportunity: Intervention Tools and Strategies for Special Populations with keynote speaker Brea Banks, assistant professor of psychology at Illinois State University.
State of the University Address highlights achievements and goals
In his sixth State of the University Address, Illinois State University President Larry Dietz stressed that the University’s ongoing success, even during challenging times, results from careful planning and a deep devotion to institutional core values.
New RSO providing support for first-generation college students
A new registered student organization on Illinois State University’s campus, First-Gen Redbirds, is providing a community for students who identify as the first in their family to attend college.
Association of Black Academic Employees General Assembly Meeting, October 24
The Association of Black Academic Employees welcomes new and returning black faculty and staff to their meet and greet and general assembly meeting from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Thursday, September 26, in Stevenson Hall, room 401.
Illinois State University names College of Fine Arts and School of Art in recognition of $12 million gift from alumna
Artist and alumna Wonsook Kim ’75, M.A. ’76, M.F.A. ’78, honorary doctorate of arts ’19, and her husband, Thomas Clement, have made a $12 million gift to Illinois State in support of the College of Fine Arts and the School of Art.
Walking with My Ancestors: Cape Coast Castle premiere, September 21
Walking with My Ancestors: Cape Coast Castle will premiere at the Bloomington Center for Performing Arts at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, September 21.
Call for CRCC: Proposals due September 23
Organizers are looking for proposals for the Fall 2019 Culturally Responsive Campus Community Conference: Building Solidarity Across Movements, November 18-19.
Our newest Redbirds: Twins transfer to ISU together
Miriam and Mayra Maldonado are identical twins with nearly identical backgrounds. The two attended the same schools, participated in the same extracurricular activities, and achieved the same levels of academic excellence. Now, they have transferred to Illinois State to study to become teachers.
Trites explores material feminism in young adult literature
Distinguished Professor of English Roberta Trites delves into the newest ideas in feminist writing in her book Twenty-First-Century Feminisms in Children’s and Adolescent Literature.
