History – Page 16

Paul and Sandra Harmon endow funds to support diversity and the arts

Redbirds Rising campaign volunteers Sandra M.A. ’70, D.A. ’90 and Paul Harmon have been longtime supporters of Illinois State University through their careers and philanthropy. The couple increased their commitment to Illinois State by contributing outright and planned gifts to fund the Paul and Sandra Harmon Shakespeare Endowment and the Harmon Recruitment Scholarship in history. The couple’s over $400,000 in lifetime giving qualifies them to be recognized among Illinois State’s most distinguished donors in the 1857 and Heritage Societies.

Redbirds honored as Women of Distinction

Seven Redbirds were among the 34 nominees honored during the YWCA of McLean County’s annual Women of Distinction awards banquet. Three of the seven nominees were named 2019 Women of Distinction.

Celebrating High School Innovators program helps students drive innovation

Illinois State has been an important part of CHSI from the beginning of the program: Here are a few current CHSI leaders: Illinois State Professor Chris Merrill (left), Illinois State students Blake Whittle and Thomas Moore, and CHSI Director Paul Ritter

Illinois State University is part of Celebrating High School Innovators, a program designed to encourage, award, and showcase innovative students from across the state.

Education differences between the U.S. and England

Noah Tang and Zack Maslanka in front of St. Catherine's College

Illinois State University students Noah Tang and Zack Maslanka present their impressions of the differences in education between the U.S. and England from their experiences student teaching in the UK.

New book looks at southern prisons and the legacy of Jim Crow

Amy Wood’s new book, Crime and Punishment in the Jim Crow South, looks at the role criminal justice played as a tool of racial oppression in the southern United States.

Women’s and Gender Studies Symposium, March 22

microphone and a crowd in the background

Qwo-Li Driskill will give an address titled “Performing Revolution, Scholarship, and Decolonial Practice” at the Women’s and Gender Studies Symposium on Friday, March 22.

Main Street College to explore canine behavior, behavioral psychology

“Going to the Dogs: How our furry friends help us better understand human behavior” is the title of the spring Main Street College event scheduled for March 27.

Surviving Stalin and the Nazis: Vladimir Rott to speak, March 28

man standing in front of monunment with Star of David and plaques of names

Vladimir Rott will share his life journey in the talk “Surviving Repression: A Personal Account of Life under Stalinism and Nazi Occupation” at 4 p.m. on Thursday, March 28, in the University Galleries.

Culture and history celebrated at the International Food Symposium

Portion of The painting Still Life with Chocolate Service by Luis Egidio Meléndez.

“Thought for Food in the Luso-Hispanic Transatlantic,” the International Food Symposium, aims to celebrate and examine the complex cultural, social, environmental, political, and economic interconnections that define food’s position within these regions.

Food Pantry seeks to solve student hunger problem

Noah Tang (right) and Jeanna Campbell were among the ISU students who helped start the food pantry.

When listing the struggles facing college students, people tend to think of homesickness or studying stress—many never consider hunger.