Ewing Cultural Center will once again host the free Trick-or-Treat at the Manor event from 4-6 p.m. Thursday, October 31. Trick-or-treaters can stroll through the grounds around Ewing Manor, snap some fall photos, and enjoy a sweet treat.
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Latinx: Queer Brown Voices, October 30
Salvador Vidal-Ortiz of American University will address how the term Latinx has become both a source of solidarity and contention.
Tree Lighting Ceremony cancelled for weather
The Normal Tree Lighting Ceremony for Illinois State University’s Homecoming on Monday, October 21, has been cancelled due to weather conditions.
Ghostly Tales under the Stars at the Planetarium
Prepare for shivers and chills at the Illinois State University Planetarium with Ghostly Tales under the Stars. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. and midnight Friday, October 25, and 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, October 26. Join the storytellers of the Improv Mafia as they perform frightening tales of the supernatural live beneath the stars. The
Board of Trustees approves operating budget, contracts
The Board of Trustees of Illinois State University approved the University’s annual operating budget of $479.2 million for FY2020 during its October 2019 meeting, and authorized expenditures from tentative budget allocations before state appropriations for FY2020 were known.
Research and Honors
Honors, presentations, and publications from Illinois State University faculty and staff.
U-Club: The ruby-throated hummingbird up close and personal, October 25
Dave Peters will present a talk titled, “The Ruby-Throated Hummingbird—Up Close and Personal” at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, October 25, at the University Club in the Founders Suite of the Bone Student Center.
Administrative/Professional October spotlight: Katie Pratt
Get to know this month’s spotlight, Katie Pratt, communication specialist for University College.
Equity, activism, solidarity to highlight CRCC Conference, November 18-19
Registration is open for the 2019 Culturally Responsive Campus Community Fall Conference with the theme “Building Solidarity Across Movements.”
Board of Trustees to meet October 18
The Board of Trustees of Illinois State University will hold its next quarterly meeting at 9 a.m. Friday, October 18, in the Old Main Room of the Bone Student Center. The pre-meeting discussion hour, at 8 a.m. in the Bone Student Center Circus Room, will feature a presentation on the Honors Program. An agenda and