The Illinois State University Police Department recently joined with the Prairie Pride Coalition to host a community awareness training for leaders to help engage and build partnerships.
Members of the Illinois State University community are encouraged to nominate a deserving colleague for the Strand Diversity Achievement Award.
Illinois State University’s Feminist Led Activist Movement to Empower (FLAME) is seeking submissions for an open-mic-style performance night in February. Contributions can include monologues, poems, short narratives, or other pieces of writing in any style.
Lisa Vinney, Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) assistant professor; Tricia Larkin, CSD clinical educator; and Jordee Yanez, School of Social Work (SWK) graduate student and CSD graduate assistant actively worked within the local community to build awareness about gender-affirming communication services.
Oforiwaa Aduonum has created performances based on her travels and research in Ghana. A TEDx speaker, she explores how kinesthetic empathy and music is useful for deepened dialogue about the effects of slavery, moving us towards compassion and emotional justice.
Persian Garden is part of the Beyond Boundaries exhibition that is curated by Mehrdad Sedaghat and organized by Ladan Bahmani.
The tears came abruptly. We had been discussing the University of Illinois men’s basketball team—whose run to the 2005 national title game she covered for the Chicago Tribune—when the woman across the table from me apologized. Then, she began to cry.
The Department of Psychology created the Extending Empathy Project, designed to explore the idea of understanding. The project kicked off this fall with a series of speakers and round-table discussions.
Yuridia Ramirez will give a presentation titled ” The ‘First Peoples’ of Mexico: Indigeneity and Migratory Exchanges” at noon Wednesday, November 14, in the Prairie Room of the Bone Student Center.
LS-AMP works to provide a community of peers for underrepresented students studying in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
