Illinois State’s Publications Unit hosted a celebratory PRESS 254 Chapbook Launch and Reading Event on May 2 for alumna Emily Ronay Johnston, Ph.D. ’16, and Ph.D. candidate Laurel L. Perez.
PRESS 254 releases chapbooks by ISU authors to packed house
Unit: English
Trites named winner of the International Brothers Grimm Award
Illinois State University’s Distinguished Professor Roberta Seelinger Trites is the recipient of the 16th International Brothers Grimm Award by the International Institute for Children’s Literature, Osaka, Japan.
Alexa Leyba selected as student speaker for spring commencement
Alexa N. Leyba has been selected to be the student speaker for the 2017 College of Arts and Sciences spring commencement Friday, May 12, at 7 p.m. in Redbird Arena.
Publications unit to launch two new chapbooks, May 2
Illinois State University’s Publications Unit will host a launch for two new chapbooks at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 2, in Williams Hall Annex on campus. The event is free and open to the public.
LAN Students at the 2017 Women’s and Gender Studies Symposium
Several Languages, Literatures, and Cultures students took part in the Women’s and Gender Studies Symposium this year, an annual event now in its 17th year.
Inaugural cohort earns Scholarship of Teaching and Learning certificate
The Cross Endowed Chair in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and the University Graduate School celebrated students who completed the first-ever Certificate of Specialized Instruction in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning at Illinois State University.
CAS Dean’s Address and Awards Ceremony, April 11
The Spring College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Address will be held at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 11, in the Old Main Room in the Bone Student Center.
Professor McBride talks with WGLT about Chuck Berry
Illinois State University English Professor William Thomas McBride has taught and written about Chuck Berry, and he’s a regular guest on GLT’s Sound Ideas to talk about American culture.
Spoon River Poetry Review Annual Lucia Getsi Reading Series
The Spoon River Poetry Review (SRPR), published through the Illinois State University Publications Unit, will hold its annual reading event at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 6, at the Ewing Cultural Center, 48 Sunset Road in Bloomington.
Robillard to give spring faculty lecture, March 29
Amy Robillard will present “Story, Stripped” for the Department of English spring faculty lecture on March 29.
