Three students, Jayda Lochner, Lindsey Knapp, and Cole Merkin from the Illinois State University’s history-social sciences education program headed to Eastbourne, England, to experience teaching at an English school.
Distinguished Professor Ali Riaz is quoted in a report in the Guardian on the political situation in Bangladesh.
Ambassador Geeta Pasi (retired), Inaugural Donald F. McHenry Visiting Professor in Diplomacy and International Affairs, will deliver a lecture, “Representing America Abroad: Telling our story, advancing American interests, and serving Americans,” at 7 p.m. on Monday, November 13 in the Circus Room in the Bone Student Center. Her talk is free and open to the public.
Senior history major Erin Wilcox followed the story of the first YWCA student chapter in the country, founded right here at Illinois State.
Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora is taking part in a research collaboration with Ithaka S+R and Cave Canem funded by The Wallace Foundation.
For the last 12 years, Susan J. Megy, M.A. ’03, has worked in/out of conflict zones and developing countries. Her experience and expertise are now used to help education policies with the Biden admininstration.
From 1:00 to 2:30pm, on Tuesday, November 7th, the Illinois State University Department of Politics and Government held a panel on “The Israel-Palestine Conflict: The History and the Trajectory”, moderated by ISU student Allison Henrichsmeyer, with expert Illinois State University panelists Dr. Ali Riaz, a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Politics and Government, Dr. Reecia Orzeck, an Associate Professor of Geography, and Dr. Camille Cole, an Assistant Professor of History.
Dr. T.Y. Wang, University Professor and Chair of the Department of Politics and Government, served as a roundtable panelist at the Conference on Hong Kong Politics held at Princeton University, November 3-4, 2023.
The mock trial team began its 2023-24 season with a series of tournaments hosted by other schools.
This Veterans Day will be the first time in three decades that retired Brig. Gen. Michelle Letcher ’95, who first answered the call to serve and defend the nation as an undergraduate at Illinois State University, is living the civilian life again.
