Janaya Khan, international ambassador for the #BlackLivesMatter Network, will be the keynote speaker for the 23rd annual Women’s and Gender Studies Symposium.
Unit: Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
The Vagina Monologues performances, February 24-25
Illinois State University’s Feminist Led Activists Movement to Empower (FLAME) will present their annual production of The Vagina Monologues at 7 p.m. February 24-25 at the Normal Theater.
Faculty panel on the importance of interdisciplinary studies, February 16
Students, faculty, and staff are invited to hear a panel of campus faculty from different fields discuss interdisciplinary studies at 3 p.m. on Friday, February 16, in Stevenson Hall, room 401.
Overcoming emotional barriers with graphic design exhibit
A new graphic design exhibit on the second floor of Rachel Cooper Hall began as a form of catharsis for student artists to overcome social and emotional barriers.
An opportunity to travel abroad!
Go abroad with the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders! Open to all alumni, faculty and staff.
ArtRage and the Politics of Reconciliation, November 27
Nomusa Makhubu, a Mandela Washington Fellow for Young African Leaders at Harvard University, will present “ArtRage and the Politics of Reconciliation” at noon November 27, in Prairie Room South of the Bone Student Center.
Former child laborer, slave to speak on women’s rights, November 13
Nasreen Sheikh was born in a small village on the border of Nepal and India where women are treated as slaves. Sheikh will share life experiences as a child laborer, and how one person can make a change with the support of many others, at a talk titled “What Happens When You Say Yes To Your Intuition” at 6 p.m. Monday, November 13, in Turner Hall, room 201.
Slaying our dragons: She Kills Monsters battles homophobia and loss
Director Paul Dennhardt talks about the compassion, passion, and humor of the fantasy-comedy-drama.
Latin American and Latino/a Studies Faculty Spotlight: Tanya Diaz-Kozlowski
This semester Illinois State University (ISU) welcomed Tanya Diaz-Kozlowski to campus as an Instructional Assistant Professor in Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS), but her impact has already gone beyond the program. Check out these highlights from our conversation to get a peek inside her mind on a variety of topics related to higher education and why she wants students to join the Latin American and Latino/a Studies minor!
Take Back the Night, October 26
Illinois State University will once again rally to Take Back the Night.