Kyle Ciani and Pamela Hoff have been named joint recipients of the 2016 David A. Strand Diversity Achievement Award at the Founders Day Convocation.
Ciani and Hoff named 2016 Strand diversity award winners
Unit: English
Chapbooks available, Press 254 launch event
Students enrolled in English 254 (Introduction to Professional Publishing) have produced 150 chapbooks this semester as part of PRESS 254, a teaching chapbook press and publishing workshop.
Holocaust survivors’ guilt spreads through generations
Illinois State University faculty look at Holocaust survivors’ guilt as it is passed from generation to generation, and comment on the idea that no one could see the Holocaust coming.
Chapbook launch to feature reading by authors, April 26
The Publications Unit will host a launch for the new chapbooks Things Are Tough All Over and The Next Train Home at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 26.
Diane Smith retirement reception, April 27
A retirement reception for Diane Smith, an administrative aide in the Department of English, will be from 3-5 p.m. Wednesday, April 27, in the Founders Suite at the Bone Student Center.
Lucia Getsi Reading Series, April 21
The SRPR (Spoon River Poetry Review), published through the Illinois State University Publications Unit, will host the 4th annual SRPR Lucia Getsi Reading Series from 7-9 p.m. Thursday, April 21.
Voices of Pride plays to feature faculty voices
Plays written by Paula Ressler and Duriel Estelle Harris, and directed by Duane Boutté will be featured at the Voices of Pride, a festival of new LGBTQ plays.
Crime author Steven Gore to explore Chinatown with talk, screening
Former private investigator turned best-selling author Steven Gore will give a talk and participate is a post-screening discussion of the movie Chinatown on the campus of Illinois State University.
Reading from The Art of Salvage by Bill Morgan, April 13
Poet and scholar Bill Morgan will read from his debut collection of poetry, The Art of Salvage at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 13, at the Normal Public Library.
Comics and young readers focus of Lois Lenski Children’s Literature Lecture
The annual Lois Lenski Children’s Literature Lecture will feature Carol Tilley with a talk titled “A Severe Case of Comics: Looking Back at the Problem That Wasn’t” on March 21.
