Temple Grandin, often considered the most accomplished and well-known adult with autism in the world, will be the keynote speaker for Science and Technology Week 2019 at Illinois State University.
Unit: Office of the President
Campus Climate Task Force report available
The first progress report of the Campus Climate Task Force is now available. The report highlights University actions and initiatives addressing suggestions made by the task force.
Women’s and Gender Studies Symposium, March 22
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.
Annual retirement recognition event date announced
President and Mrs. Larry Dietz will host Faculty, Administrative/Professional, and Civil Service retirees on Monday, April 29, 2019, for the Annual Retirement Recognition Reception.
Surviving Stalin and the Nazis: Vladimir Rott to speak, March 28
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.
New grant aims to infuse diverse books into classroom
The Representation Project, spearheaded by the English Education Student Advisory Committee, will award a set of books to an Illinois high school English teacher for classroom use.
Courageous Conversations: Faculty working to tackle tough discussions in the classroom
A new cross-college initiative called Courageous Conversations enlists faculty facilitators to lead interested instructors through teachable moments in the classroom.
LGBTQ+ literacy advocates, authors of Reading the Rainbow, to speak March 6
Caitlin Ryan and Jill Hermann-Wilmarth, co-authors of the book Reading the Rainbow, will speak at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, in the Brown Ballroom of the Bone Student Center.
Adaptapalooza gives ISU community look into adapted recreation
The fifth annual Adaptapalooza will be held in the Student Fitness Center on Wednesday, February 27, from 5 to 6:30 p.m.
Briahna Joy Gray to speak for Black History Month, February 19
Columnist Briahna Joy Gray, esq., will be the speaker for the annual Black History Month celebration at Illinois State University.