All members of the University and Bloomington-Normal communities are invited to attend the spring 2024 College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Address and Awards Ceremony on Thursday, April 18, 2024, at 3:30 p.m. in the Old Main Room of the Bone Student Center. A reception will follow.
Unit: Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
2024 Civic Engagement award winners announced
Winners in all eight categories of the 2024 Civic Engagement Awards were named as part of Illinois State University’s annual Civic Engagement Celebration.
Retirement reception for Dr. T.Y. Wang, May 1, 2024
The Department of Politics and Government is hosting a retirement reception honoring Dr. T.Y. Wang, chair and professor for the department, from 3:30-6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in the Founders Suite inside Bone Student Center.
Dr. Jonathan Rosa to deliver keynote lecture for Bilingual Advocacy Week
Dr. Jonathan Rosa will visit ISU on Thursday, April 4, to deliver a keynote address on multilingual practices amongst Latinx communities as part of Bilingual Advocacy Week.
Dr. Juana Goergen to present bilingual poetry reading at Milner Library, April 10
On Wednesday, April 10, at 4:30 p.m., Dr. Juana Goergen, M.A ‘86, will deliver a bilingual reading of her poetry on the second floor of Milner Library as part of National Library Week and National Poetry Month. A book signing will follow her presentation.
Languages, Literatures, and Cultures hosts panel on the value of languages for your career
“Why Study Languages and How It Can Benefit Your Career”, organized by Dr. Elke Segelcke, professor of German, was held Wednesday evening. Each of the four panelists (all professors at Illinois State University) provided a background of the languages that they learned growing up and the reason(s) they took them, followed by how this prepared them for their future.
Dr. Touré Reed, history professor, to deliver Spring College Lecture, March 27
Dr. Touré Reed, professor of history, will deliver the Spring College Lecture on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, at 5 p.m., in the Circus Room of the Bone Student Center. His talk, “Is it Race or Racism?: Why Binary Explanations for Inequality Have Failed Black Americans,” is free and open to the public.
Save the Date for ReggieCon Live! April 27-30, 2024
ReggieCon LIVE! 2024: Ruins, Reflections, Creations, and Dreams will be held from Saturday, April 27 to Tuesday, April 30, at Bone Student Center, University Galleries, and other locations across the Illinois State University campus.
Alternative Winter Break participants work to ‘make our world a better place’
Across the Gulf of Mexico, more than 3,000 miles away from campus, a group of 12 Illinois State University students spent a portion of winter break picking pineapples and building stoves and showers in a rural Costa Rican community as a part of a service trip through the Alternative Winter Break (AWB) program.
Graduate students to represent CAS in 3M Thesis Competition
Four graduate student researchers will represent the College of Arts and Sciences in the university-wide Three Minute Thesis competition on February 29 at 6 p.m. at the Normal Theater. This event is free and open to the public. Please come and support our students!