An American Book Award recipient and two-time NAACP Image Award winner, Dyson was named one of the 150 most powerful African Americans by Ebony magazine.
Martin Luther King Jr. Cultural Dinner – SOLD OUT
Unit: Office of the President
A welcome back from President Larry Dietz
President Larry Dietz welcomes faculty and staff members back to campus for the start of a new semester.
Suspension of potential: Charles Bell examines perceptions of school discipline
School suspensions are counterintuitive in nature, says Charles Bell, who uses his own experiences growing up in Detroit to help others tap into their potential.
Illinois State part of national effort to increase college access and completion
The initiative, known as Powered by Publics: Scaling Student Success, is organized by The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities and brings together 130 public universities and systems.
Nominations for Strand Diversity Achievement Award due December 14
Members of the Illinois State University community are encouraged to nominate a deserving colleague for the Strand Diversity Achievement Award.
First Generation Powerhouse Celebration, November 8
Illinois State University will celebrate all first-generation students, faculty, and staff with the first-ever campus-wide First Generation Powerhouse Celebration.
Staff, team nominations due November 9
Nominations are being sought for the Administrative Professional and Civil Service Distinguished Service Awards, Administrative Professional Emerging Leader Award, the Team Excellence Award, and the David A. Strand Diversity Achievement Award.
African American Studies Program growing with research initiative, scholarships
Coordinators of African American Studies announced several initiatives to enhance the work and scholarship of faculty and students.
Schedule for CRCC Conference announced, October 30-31
The conference will feature a Multicultural Gala; student and community presentations; and keynote talks from an author on the black power movement, the founder of Silent Voices Uganda, and a scholar on the intersection of race, place, and school.
Former White House CIO, cybersecurity authority to present Stevenson Lecture
Theresa Payton will present “Hype or Reality? Your Workplace and Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning & the Internet of Things” and the lecture is free and open to the public.
