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Native Americans in Central Illinois did not go gently into that good night. Accustomed to trade partnerships with French and then British corporate concerns, they established successful understanding of respective rights and obligations with these Europeans. At the end the American Revolution the British signed over the lands of Illinois to the Americans. The Americans looked at Illinois as land destined for American families, land from which Indians were to be removed. Today we call this ethnic cleansing.

This event honors nursing alumni who graduated 50 or more years ago, and pins will be handed out to the Class of 1967.

All alumni are invited to celebrate milestone reunion classes and award recipients.

Little known today, racial segregation became solidly established here in the early 20th Century and was only ended with much struggle from the 1940s into the 1960s. What happened to Jesse Fell's community? Why was it OK that blacks were kept out of restaurants, hotels, and the whites' swimming areas?

While much of Illinois’ policy making has ground to a near halt during the past two years, issues in public education, and especially the way it is funded have continued. Hear more about recent issues in education policy.

Should we revise how we draw district lines for Illinois? Set term limits on any elected officials? Eliminate any constitutional offices? Toss on your hard hat and get ready to work through these issues with crew boss Sheila Simon, who will share safety tips for this hazardous job.

If there is one thing that most Illinoisans can agree on, it is that our current politics and government are dysfunctional. How did this happen? We will examine a few of Illinois’s key characteristics, along with the historical and national context, to try to help answer this question.

As the Great War ended in Europe, another sort of war erupted at home. Public battles over prohibition and women’s liberation, rising crime rates, race riots and a surge of nativism in the form of the Ku Klux Klan shattered Americans’ sense of peace. This session will examine the fraught aftermath of WWI, a time that gives new meaning to the idea of “the roaring twenties.”

Join us for a prideful march through the history of the New Negro movement, renaissance, as it battles racial violence alongside economic and political disenfranchisement, learning how African Americans were affected by the Great War. It will capture the emergence of an eclectic Black literature in the aftermath of the war that was supposed to end all wars.

At the end of WWI, the League of Nations embodied the hope of millions of people for a better, more peaceful world order. In the 1920s and early 1930s; however, the League failed to do much to alter international politics. This class will examine why that failure occurred and explore the role the League played in international security in the years after the Great War.

Activists who reinvigorated women’s suffrage in the 19th century met their share of critics who characterized them as militant, angry, disreputable and insufferable. Instead of buckling to the criticism, they challenged those who saw them as misguided women to see them as citizens deserving of full rights.

Participate in a variety of workshops designed to help explore careers and majors, learn about resources and strategies to help prepare for future careers.

Dozens of faculty members will explore new concepts and perspectives to introduce to their students, as part of CTLT's Summer Institute course design cohorts. Join us on Thursday, August 3, to see some of these innovative ideas and how your fellow instructors will put them into practice. Members of CTLT’s summer course design cohorts, and others, will give short presentations and display posters. Participants this year include those from: AIM Online (Online course re-design) Design Your Course ( for Early-career…

This training event will discuss innovative ways to foster change with domestic violence perpetrators.

Learn how to use the News.IllinoisState.edu content management system, powered by WordPress, to add news articles, tag them to feed to multiple locations (including your website), insert images, photo galleries, and more. This workshop is open to faculty and staff only.

Join us on August 11th to celebrate students who are graduating from the Accelerated B.S.N. program!

Learn how to use the News.IllinoisState.edu content management system, powered by WordPress, to add news articles, tag them to feed to multiple locations (including your website), insert images, photo galleries, and more. This workshop is open to faculty and staff only.

The School of Information Technology will honor our scholarship recipients and donors at our annual reception on Friday, September 22 at 7:00 p.m. in the Alumni Center, Room 118. Scholarship recipients, their families, and friends are invited to attend. We will be celebrating with an ice cream social. Please RSVP to Cris Embree at cechris@ilstu.edu before September 18 and include the number of guests you will bring so that we can plan accordingly.

Show off your trivia prowess, have a great time and maybe win a prize. Sign up for this great event today!

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Join us for “Navigating Diabetes: Traveling Through Time,” a free educational lecture on Thursday, November 9.

“Join Us as We Explore the Journey of Diabetes,” a free community lecture, will be from 7-8 p.m., November 9, at the Alumni Center. People with diabetes, or have family/friends with diabetes are encouraged to attend.

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MCN Holiday Celebration will be held on Tuesday, December 5 at the Alumni Center.

Alumni and friends are invited to a night full of fun, food, and mystery at this interactive whodunit event!

Learn how to use the News.IllinoisState.edu content management system, powered by WordPress, to add news articles, tag them to feed to multiple locations (including your website), insert images, photo galleries, and more. This workshop is open to faculty and staff only.

Each year the Illinois State University’s Alumni Association recognizes individuals who personify the University’s tradition as an environment for excellence.

Learn how to use the News.IllinoisState.edu content management system, powered by WordPress, to add news articles, tag them to feed to multiple locations (including your website), insert images, photo galleries, and more. This workshop is open to faculty and staff only.

Learn about A/P Council, how to become a member and more with a free lunch provided.

The A/P Council typically meets on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month from 1:15 - 3 p.m. Meetings are designed to discuss issues of concern to all A/P staff members and as such, they are open to any A/P interested in attending. The A/P council welcomes your attendance as it is a great way to remain in touch with university governance issues.

The 2017 Social Work Day Conference: Shaping the Narrative: Social Work Action for Engaged Citizenship hopes to be a vehicle for helping social service providers move forward.

Faculty, students, alumni and community nurses are invited to attend a research poster session beginning at 4 pm. There will be a series of breakout sessions from 4:30 – 5:30 pm, where scholars will present their research. Awards and closing remarks will be presented after the breakout sessions. This event is sponsored by Sigma Theta Tau Xi Pi Chapter. Register online!

A panel of MCN alumni will discuss career options after graduation with current students. All nursing students are invited to attend. Light refreshments will be provided. Register online!  

A chance to connect with current members and fellow Acafellaz alumni at a special dinner.

Join the College of Arts and Sciences at the Alumni Center for the Spring Main Street College event.  Aimee Miller-Ott will present "So Close, and Yet So Far: Staying Connected When Your Cell Phone Pulls You Away."

This event honors nursing alumni whose classes graduated 50 or more years ago. This year we will honor the class of 1968. The Dean and MNAO President will make brief remarks, and Golden Jubilee pins will be given to the 50th reunion class. If you attended this event last year, you are welcome to attend again, share your memories, and wear your pins! Light refreshments will be provided. Register online!

All alumni are invited to attend! Dean Neubrander will give some remarks, MNAO Awards will be presented and milestone reunion classes will be recognized. After the banquet, an optional tour of the Nursing Simulation Lab will be available. Register online! 

Join the Department of Criminal Justice Sciences as we celebrate the Class of 2018!

You've attended Transfer Days and registered for your classes. Now it's time to get ready, get set, and launch your career! Attend the Transfer Career Conference to find out how to jump start your career.

Discover new ways to enrich your teaching through the 2018 CTLT Summer Showcase.  Colleagues who participated in CTLT’s summer course design cohorts will share innovative ideas and how to put them into practice. Short presentations and display posters will cover general course design, civic engagement, diversity, global, and online learning. All members of the campus community are welcome to stop by the Alumni Center between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.  Registration is required ONLY if you plan to join us…

Join us for a GLT Community Conversation about what how we consume local news, and how reporters, editors, and producers make decisions about what to cover.

Join us as we celebrate students who graduate from their nursing programs in August! Light refreshments provided. Please register by Friday, August 3 to attend this event.

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Learn about people, policies, events and circumstances that got Illinois to this point and what is needed to set a different fiscal course for Illinois.

What lies ahead in the Illinois 2019 Fiscal Year future. Learn about the budget passed for the fiscal year, its potential implications and impact.

For a closer look at the Illinois General Assembly, its scope, how appropriation and spending authority works in the state budget process.

Learn how engaged citizens armed with facts and asking hard questions can shape public opinion and help those making difficult choices be better grounded in the lives of those they represent.

Learn about John Wesley Powell, a bigger-than-life character who spent some of his early days living and working in the Twin Cities.

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How and why have the Middle Ages become politicized and even weaponized in this country, and where we go from here?

Examine attempts by foreign governments to interfere in American elections and discern what can be learned from them to develop strategies for preventing future interference and preserving our democracy.

Learn how this national epidemic of opioid abuse is affecting our local community, and the nation at large.

Explore the legal aspects of the Opioid crisis. How it impacts law enforcement and safety of first responders.

Dick and Charline Watts, who have been interpreting the work of Dr. Seuss in talks and classes for decades, discuss Dr. Seuss and his works that challenge us in the realm of social injustice.

Discover what McLean County is doing with drug court in helping addicted offenders with long-term recovery.

What are non-opioid, non-surgical options for pain management?

Discover how the birth of Urban Realism in Early 20th Century American Painting came to be and the artists behind it.

Gain new understanding of the issues and events that traumatized the nation in 1968 and 1969 and why those issues still plague us today.

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Date: Thursday, November 29, 2018 Time: 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. Location: Alumni Center, Room 118, 1101 North Main Street, Normal, IL Registration Deadline - Friday, November 23 Cost: $25 Professionals - $10 Nursing Students Online Registration - pay with Credit Card Online Registration - pay with Check Agenda 8:30 a.m. – Registration 9:00 a.m. – Welcome/Introductions 9:15 a.m. - Interventional Pain Management: Ricardo Vallejo MD, PhD 10:15 a.m. - Functional Medicine: Janine Maere MD 11:15 a.m. - Psychology of Pain Management:…

Join us to celebrated the holiday season! Stop by anytime between 4-6 p.m., brief remarks will be made around 5 p.m. Tuesday, December 4 4-6 p.m. Alumni Center - Room 116 Registration deadline is Wednesday, November 28!

The Illinois School Psychology Internship Consortium (ISPIC) and the Central Illinois Area Health Education Center will present a suicide prevention showcase Friday, December 7 at the Illinois State University Alumni Center from 9:00 to 3:00 p.m. This continuing professional development opportunity will feature a keynote by Karen Stipp, Ph.D. and Kyle Miller, Ph.D. titled, “Working with trauma-affected and suicidal youth: Building personal and team resilience.” The keynote will be followed by presentations by doctoral psychology interns of six prevention programs included…

This class with Michael Wiant of Dickson Mounds Museum will highlight archaeological field work and the discovery of extraordinary objects.

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Join us for an expert panel discussion, moderated by the GLT newsroom, about youth mental health at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019.

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This year, the training will focus on the new Illinois Law, Public Act 100-0193, which increased the reporting threshold from $500 to $1,000. The sessions are designed to provide information and instructions on the new law, inform how the changes will affect departmental purchasing processes as well as the verification of equipment during our annual inventories. The training is open to anyone in the campus community; however, departmental inventory stewards and fiscal agents are strongly encouraged to attend. If a…

This year, the training will focus on the new Illinois Law, Public Act 100-0193, which increased the reporting threshold from $500 to $1,000. The sessions are designed to provide information and instructions on the new law, inform how the changes will affect departmental purchasing processes as well as the verification of equipment during our annual inventories. The training is open to anyone in the campus community; however, departmental inventory stewards and fiscal agents are strongly encouraged to attend. If a…

GLT, in partnership with the League of Women Voters of McLean County, will host a forum featuring the candidates running for Normal Town Council in the April 2 election.

Given advances in medicine, the need to care for our aging loved ones is an increasing priority. Our presenter, Dr. Barry Jacobs, will speak to the challenges of family caregiving, as well as emotional support strategies for the caregiver. Communication approaches within the family will be highlighted, including the role of advance directives in clarifying the wishes of aging loved ones and sensitive information about the appropriate use of hospice. Thursday, March 28 1:00-2:30 pm - Students and community members. 7:00-8:30 pm - Individual…

Given advances in medicine, the need to care for our aging loved ones is an increasing priority. Our presenter, Dr. Barry Jacobs, will speak to the challenges of family caregiving, as well as emotional support strategies for the caregiver. Communication approaches within the family will be highlighted, including the role of advance directives in clarifying the wishes of aging loved ones and sensitive information about the appropriate use of hospice. Thursday, March 28 1:00-2:30 pm - Students and community members. 7:00-8:30 pm - Individual…

The 2017 Social Work Day Conference: Shaping the Narrative: Social Work Action for Engaged Citizenship hopes to be a vehicle for helping social service providers move forward.

We're singing from the rooftop that we are celebrating 20 years of practicing, performing, and creating lifelong friendships.

Learn how to use the News.IllinoisState.edu content management system, powered by WordPress, to add news articles, tag them to feed to multiple locations (including your website), insert images, photo galleries, and more. This workshop is open to faculty and staff only. Registration is required.

Interested in incorporating civic engagement or service learning in your courses? CTLT can help you connect with some community partners. Join us for a lunch and meet representatives from agencies in town who would like to collaborate with ISU students. At this event, community partners will give a short overview of their programs, services, and needs, and then faculty will have the opportunity to talk with community partners and discuss possibilities. No stipend is available for this workshop. Registration is required.

You've attended Transfer Days and registered for your classes. Now it's time to get ready, get set, and launch your career! Attend the Transfer Career Conference to find out how to jump start your career.

Melissa R McGraw, MA, LCPC, CDVP, CPAIP, CCTP, Director of Counseling Services at Safe Passage in DeKalb, Illinois, will provide an in-depth look at the issue of intimate partner sexual violence.

Variants of Populism: Political Polarization in the Age of Globalization - September 11 The recent rise of populism on a global scale has called into question the quality of contemporary democracy. This phenomenon entails the rise of both right-wing and left-wing variants. Drawing on comparative examples, this presentation will explain these variants in terms of the widespread imposition of austerity policies associated with financial globalization. William Munro, Endowed Professor of Political Science and Director of Environmental Studies Program, IWU    From Democracy…

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The Department of Technology Faculty Retreat is scheduled for Friday, September 20, 2019.  Continental breakfast items will be available at 8:15 am.  The meeting will start promptly at 8:30 am in the Alumni Center Room 117.

Integrated STEM: More than Just the Sum of its Parts - September 24 Learn why STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) is increasingly viewed as an integrated discipline, Darner will highlight funding agencies’ priorities for research and their alignment with national goals, STEM at ISU, educational research and under-representation by women and minority groups. Rebekka Darner, Director of the Center for Mathematics, Science and Technology, ISU Teaching STEM Ideas to Kids - September 25 What are best practices for learning STEM topics?…

THE EXTENDING EMPATHY PROJECT: ROW, ROW, ROW YOUR BOAT, REVISITED - September 27 To whom will we extend our empathy? We tend to answer this question through the interaction of unconscious assumptions and the social norms they foster. Because we generate these assumptions unconsciously, we are, in a sense, living in a dream. Moments of conscious reflection, then, are the means by which we wake up, as it were, and examine alternatives to our assumptions. J. Scott Jordan, Professor and Chair, Department…

Recently, the U.S. Speaker and a powerful House committee chair claimed a constitutional crisis existed. Several political pundits and legal experts agreed. However, others argued while current politics is unusual a constitutional crisis is not present. Arguments for both sides will be assessed as well as the criteria for a constitutional crisis and past crises in this nation. *$15.00 payable only at the door. (No pre-registration) Wednesday, October 16  9:30-11:30 am Robert Bradley, Professor Emeritus, Politics & Government, ISU

There’s No Place Like Home: The Wizard of Oz as Political Propaganda - October 28 Although children’s lit seems like an unlikely vehicle for political propaganda, scholars have proven otherwise. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1902) carries overtones of the Populist political party’s agenda at the early part of the 20th century. Victor Fleming’s film The Wizard of Oz (1939) was released to the public seven days prior to Germany’s bombing of Poland. Roberta Seelinger Trites, Distinguished Professor of English, ISU  …

Four different topics covering medieval history, art and literature will be explored. Each addresses the public perception of a controversial subject and seeks to challenge what we think we know about the medieval world. November 12: Common stereotypes of the Virgin Mary November 14: Travels and travelers in the medieval Mediterranean November 19: Taking the Middle Ages “global” November 21: The Black Death Kathryn Jasper, Associate Professor and Director of European Studies, Department of History, ISU

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