Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora has been awarded a $15,000 Literary Arts Emergency Fund Award.
Obsidian receives Literary Arts Emergency Fund Award
Unit: English
#ObsidianVoices event and continued Syllabus for Liberation project
The final spring 2022 #ObsidianVoices event, “____ing While Black,” will be held at 6 p.m. (CT) Friday, April 29.
PRESS 254, Spoonfuls to host virtual launch for four books, April 26
Join PRESS 254 and the Publications Unit for a virtual chapbook launch and reading event at 7 p.m. CST April 26 to support your local teaching press and to celebrate the creative work of our authors and the professional work of publishing studies majors for producing the books.
Where are they now? Dr. Lucia Cordell Getsi
This edition of “Where are they now?” features Distinguished Professor Emerita Dr. Lucia Cordell Getsi.
Illinois State student Dorothy Stone receives Fulbright to Cambodia
Dorothy Stone, graduate student in English, has received a prestigious Fulbright to study in Cambodia in 2022-2023.
Toro-Morn to deliver CAS Spring Lecture on April 25, 2022
Dr. Maura Toro-Morn, professor of sociology and director of Latin American and Latino/a Studies, will deliver the 2022 Spring College Lecture at 7 p.m. on Monday, April 25 in Section I of the Brown Ballroom in the Bone Student Center. Her lecture, “Gendered Migrations in the Age of Global Disruption,” is free and open to the public.
The Vidette honored in Illinois College Press Association competition
The news organization and its staff earned first place for overall General Excellence. The awards were declared at the ICPA’s annual conference in Chicago.
Designing Civic Engagement Assignments Using an EDI Lens, April 15
Employing service learning as a way to decolonize engagement will be the focus of the “Designing Civic Engagement Assignments Using an EDI Lens” from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Friday, April 15, via Zoom.
Day in the Life: Future educator takes on role of Gamma Phi Circus president
Jon Fulton, a member of the Gamma Phi Circus, is a co-act captain for the clown act, one of the heads of the publicity committee, and the president of the nation’s oldest collegiate circus. Follow Fulton through a day in his life.
Celebrating 100 years of Winnie-the-Pooh: 2022 Lois Lenski Children’s Literature Lecture
The annual Lois Lenski Children’s Literature Lecture will feature Dr. Niall Nance-Carroll with the talk “The First Hundred Years of Winnie-the-Pooh” at 7 p.m. Monday, March 21.
