The Spring 2018 Illinois State University Speaker Series will feature a Nobel Prize winner, a celebrated chef, a national insurance company CEO, an advocate for the deaf community, and a disrupter in the cause of race and education.
Publication: Identity
Dallinger honored with Gamsky award
The Neal R. Gamsky Quality of Student Life Award was presented to Barb Dallinger. She will also be honored at the Founders Day Convocation.
One-click perfection and what it does to body image
While editing a photo in two minutes with a free app doesn’t seem like it’s doing much harm, the image of perfection, the message of image perfection may make someone else feel as if they’re not doing enough to manage their image or to look good.
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.
True Black History Museum conveys past through artifacts, February 24
The University Program Board at Illinois State University will host the True Black History Museum, a traveling museum that teaches black history through the use of rare and authentic artifacts.
Alumni give back by returning to campus to share career advice with diverse students
Students learn how to transition from college to career from diverse alumni who have been there and done it.
Research shows small insults have large impact
Assistant Professor of Psychology Brea Banks researches the impact of microaggressions on an individual’s ability to learn.
University Club: Identifying obstacles for undocumented students, February 9
Associate Professors Juliet Lynd and Beth Hatt will present a talk for University Club titled “Identifying Obstacles to Higher Education and Developing Resources on Campus for Undocumented Students”
Conference explores social, ethnic, racial boundaries, February 9-10
Illinois State University will host a two-day conference to explore how people see race and ethnicity in the current political climate.
Class worked to break the cycle of sex offenses
For the future members of law enforcement, Shelly Clevenger’s class project connected them to those who are vulnerable to sexual offenses, and those who have committed them.