Illinois State University’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) has announced applications are open to three grant programs intended to promote the future of general education and research in the University’s largest college.
The Illinois State University community is welcomed to attend two events on Tuesday, November 4, with journalist and director Mary Beth McAndrews, whose contributions to feminist and queer understandings of horror films have helped to shape the ways audiences engage with the genre.
Queer Coalition, Illinois State’s sponsored LGBTQIA+ faculty, staff, and graduate student affinity group, invites the University community to attend a lunchtime presentation November 19 by Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program Interim Director Dr. Jason Whitesel on the history and visual representation of Girth & Mirth clubs from their advent in 1970s San Francisco through their last hurrah in the early 2000s. This event will take place from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. in 401 Stevenson Hall.
Author Dr. Heather O. Petrocelli and drag performer Peaches Christ, the alter ego of filmmaker Joshua Grannell, will host three events October 15-16, beginning with a podcast-style performance of Queer for Fear Live! at the Normal Theater.
CAS awards a number of highly competitive scholarships to qualified students thanks to our generous donors. Applications are due January 7, 2026.
WGSS recently had a party to celebrate the fall semester and its renovated library.
Take Back the Night, an international march and vigil demanding safety, solidarity, and freedom from violence, returns on Thursday, October 9, beginning in 149 Center for the Visual Arts.
In December 2024, Dr. Alison Bailey retired as director of the WGSS program at Illinois State University after over 30 years at the University.
The Rachel Cooper Art Gallery is featuring abstract art from Ph.D. candidate in English Saima Afreen.
Meet Dr. Bridget Nowicki, full-time instructional assistant professor in the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program.
