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

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.
Awards, publications, and presentations of faculty and staff at Illinois State University.
Professor of Psychology Valerie Farmer-Dougan will give a presentation titled, “Student Community Service, Shelter Dogs and Operant Conditioning: A Triple Win,” at the next U-Club.
Due to the impending severe weather for the holiday weekend of January 19-20, Illinois State University will be closed Saturday and Sunday.
Our freshman feature spotlights a first-year undergraduate student with a major in the College of Applied Science and Technology.
The Civil Service Council raised more than $1,500 for scholarships with the 2018 CS Council raffle.
The annual Children’s Holiday Party brought hundreds of children to celebrate at Horton Field House.
The University will remain closed until 10 a.m. on January 15 due to the late morning icing event that occurred close to the University’s normal opening time. All classes that begin before 10 a.m. are cancelled. Lab Schools remain open. The University will reopen as planned at 10 a.m. on January 15. Please continue to
The Council of Editors of Learned Journals named Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora the winner of the 2018 Parnassus Award.
Get to know this month’s spotlight, Aaron Woodruff, chief of police for Illinois State University.