Student Affairs Calendar
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Latino Family Visit Day is a bilingual, daylong program open to all students and families. Participants will connect with campus resources, meet university staff, and engage in activities and meaningful dialogue about academics, financial aid, campus life, the transition to college, and supporting student success.
Sunday, October 18, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Join the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) and La Casa this Sunday, October 18 for the annual Carrera de los Muertos 5K!
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Public Skate
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Monday, October 19, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Freestyle
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Pumpkin Hunt at the Illini Union!
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Lunch Skate
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Freestyle
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Queer Survivor Strategies is a space for survivors to build community and connect with fellow survivors while exploring new self-care strategies to assist them in their healing journey. Join the WRC Advocacy Team for this special edition in partnership with the GSRC where we'll explore what it looks like to foster healthy relationships after we've experienced harm.
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Nutrition Coaching
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Tuesday, October 20, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Pumpkin Hunt at the Illini Union!
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The Farms: Fall Yoga
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Don't miss the final week of "Stitching Ecologies: Urbana-Champaign Satellite Crochet Coral Reef." On view through October 24.
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Lunch Skate
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Stress Less Tuesday's
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Stress Less Tuesday's
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Wednesday, October 21, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Pumpkin Hunt at the Illini Union!
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Freestyle
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Don't miss the final week of "Stitching Ecologies: Urbana-Champaign Satellite Crochet Coral Reef." On view through October 24.
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Lunch Skate
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Join us for an engaging presentation on breast cancer, including signs and symptoms, risk factors, prevention, early detection, and breast cancer in Black communities. Explore hands-on breast models, pick up educational handouts, and spin the wheel for free swag!
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Food for the Soul: Lunch and Learn
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Wellness Wednesday
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Sit with Sankofa
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Wellness Wednesday's
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Flu Shot Shootout
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The evening continues with a revolutionary-themed open mic. Share an original poem or one from another writer. The open mic begins at 7:00 pm.
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Public Skate
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Thursday, October 22, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Pumpkin Hunt at the Illini Union!
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Don't miss the final week of "Stitching Ecologies: Urbana-Champaign Satellite Crochet Coral Reef." On view through October 24.
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Lunch Skate
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Lunch on Us is La Casa Cultural Latina’s signature educational and community-building series, held on select Thursdays throughout the academic year and open to all University of Illinois students. Over a free lunch, students participate in meaningful conversations, interactive workshops, panel discussions, and presentations led by campus and community partners.
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Are you a first-generation college student? Do you have Federal Work-Study? Are you interested in undergraduate research but don't know how to get started? Visit go.illinois.edu/FirstGenResearch to preview the program and see us at the 10/22 information session to get your questions answered. Please RVSP to attend!
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Pláticas
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Bring A Healthy U of I
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Community Wellness Lounge
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Flu Shot Shootout
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Social Skills
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Thriving More Thursday
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Join us for a talk by Dr. Tyson E. Lewis, Professor Art Education at the University of North Texas: "Research-Creation and the Alchemical Studio: An Experiment in Studious Drift."
Friday, October 23, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Pumpkin Hunt at the Illini Union!
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Don't miss the final week of "Stitching Ecologies: Urbana-Champaign Satellite Crochet Coral Reef." On view through October 24.
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Lunch Skate
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Flu Shot Shootout
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Saturday, October 24, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Don't miss the final week of "Stitching Ecologies: Urbana-Champaign Satellite Crochet Coral Reef." On view through October 24.
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Freestyle
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Public Skate
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Drop in every Saturday for a tour given by our student gallery guides! Topics vary weekly. Free admission and all ages welcome. No reservation required.
Sunday, October 25, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Something excites you; turns you “On.” This is not trivial information. Whatever it is, it can influence your mood, your motivation, your insecurities and anxieties, your vision of the future, and your resolve. Could there be a more fitting place to remind yourself of “it” than on a light switch cover?
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Public Skate
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Monday, October 26, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Freestyle
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Lunch Skate
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Join us for our Dish It Up/Lunch on Us Series at the Women's Resources Center every 2nd and 4th Monday at noon (12 pm CST), while listening to speakers, lecturers, and panelists explore a variety of topics at the intersection of gender and other social identities.
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Freestyle
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Join the WRC to celebrate the release of book #6 of the global bestselling ACOTAR series by Sarah J Maas. To celebrate A Court of Splintered Harmony hitting the shelves on October 27, we will be hosting a night of games, trivia, prizes and more! Bring your faeries, bat boys, and valkyries for a night of fun before you secure your copy.
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Nutrition Coaching
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Tuesday, October 27, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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The Farms: Fall Yoga
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Lunch Skate
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Stress Less Tuesday's
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Stress Less Tuesday's
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Stop by and share your thoughts about Krannert Art Museum with our new director! Stephanie Smith will talk with visitors on a first-come, first-served basis.
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Freestyle
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Lunch Skate
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Food for the Soul: Lunch and Learn
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Wellness Wednesday
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Sit with Sankofa
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Wellness Wednesday's
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Stop by and share your thoughts about Krannert Art Museum with our new director! Stephanie Smith will talk with visitors on a first-come, first-served basis.
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In Focus
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Public Skate
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Thursday, October 29, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Lunch Skate
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Lunch on Us is La Casa Cultural Latina’s signature educational and community-building series, held on select Thursdays throughout the academic year and open to all University of Illinois students. Over a free lunch, students participate in meaningful conversations, interactive workshops, panel discussions, and presentations led by campus and community partners.
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Pláticas
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Bring A Healthy U of I
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Community Wellness Lounge
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Social Skills
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Thriving More Thursday
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Join Dra. Gabriela Corona Valencia from the Department of Latina/Latino Studies for a discussion on the tradition of Dia de Muertos.
Friday, October 30, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Lunch Skate
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Kevin M. Geraldi, conductor Pablo Elias-Rodriguez, graduate conductor
Saturday, October 31, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Freestyle
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Public Skate
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Ian Hobson, music director and conductor Guido Sánchez Portuguez, guitar Marissa Simmons, contralto
Sunday, November 1, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Acompáñenos a una celebración de vida
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Public Skate
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Monday, November 2, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Freestyle
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First-Generation Student Initiatives from The Jeffries Center is celebrating first-gen students at Illinois and sharing information about other First-Gen Week @ Illinois actvities. First-Gen Week @ Illinois is Nov. 2nd through Nov. 8th. Stop by, say hello, and have a pastry on us, while supplies last! All students are welcome to attend.
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Lunch Skate
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Freestyle
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Nutrition Coaching
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In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, the Illini Union Board, Native American House (NAH), and American Indian Association of Illinois, welcome everyone to enjoy a variety of musical genres performed by an ensemble of Native performers. In addition to tabling at this event, the NAH will have food for attendees. Food is first come, first served.
Tuesday, November 3, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Lunch Skate
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Stress Less Tuesday's
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Stress Less Tuesday's
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No prior dance experience required. Event is open to all currently enrolled students at Illinois, you do not need to identify as first-generation to attend. Bring your iCARD to sign in.
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Academia remains shaped by colonialism in how it views knowledge and who it invites to share it. In this presentation, Evan Shannon (Dena'ina Athabascan, Sugpiaq) examines what it means to study and work within a field built without Indigenous scholars in mind, considering how we can begin to indigenize academic spaces long organized around separatism and exclusion.
Wednesday, November 4, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Freestyle
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Lunch Skate
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Food for the Soul: Lunch and Learn
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Wellness Wednesday
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Sit with Sankofa
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Wellness Wednesday's
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First-Generation Student Initiatives from The Jeffries Center is celebrating first-gen students at Illinois through a collaborative program at the Main Library. Come learn about and create a self-published zine that features your first-gen experience. All students are welcome to attend. First-Gen Week is Nov. 2nd through Nov. 8th.
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In Focus
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Join us for a reception and conversation with Yao Jui-Chung and Kao Chien-Hui, "Landscape as Storytelling: The Journey of 'Yao’s Black Divine Comedy'." Presented in conjunction with the "Ink Shower: Contemporary Taiwanese Artists Reimagine Tradition" exhibition at Krannert Art Museum (on view Nov 5, 2026–Feb 27, 2027).
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Public Skate
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Thursday, November 5, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Opening day for the new exhibition "Ink Shower: Contemporary Taiwanese Artists Reimagine Tradition," curated by Kai-Ching Hsiao and Maureen Warren. On view through February 27.
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Lunch Skate
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Lunch on Us is La Casa Cultural Latina’s signature educational and community-building series, held on select Thursdays throughout the academic year and open to all University of Illinois students. Over a free lunch, students participate in meaningful conversations, interactive workshops, panel discussions, and presentations led by campus and community partners.
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Pláticas
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Bring A Healthy U of I
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Community Wellness Lounge
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Perfectionism
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Social Skills
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Thriving More Thursday
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Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with University Housing’s Dining Services and experience a meal at PAR featuring flavors and foods inspired by Indigenous culinary traditions.
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Celebrate the opening of "Ink Shower: Contemporary Taiwanese Artists Reimagine Tradition" at this free public reception. Enjoy live music and remarks from curators Kai-Ching Hsiao and Maureen Warren. Spend the evening exploring the exhibition, connecting with fellow visitors, and celebrating this exciting new presentation at Krannert Art Museum.
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Fairview by Jackie Sibblies Drury Geovonday Jones, director
Friday, November 6, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Lunch Skate
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Join exhibiting artists and curators of "Ink Shower: Contemporary Taiwanese Artists Reimagine Tradition" to to gain an understanding of historical ink painting traditions and artmaking today in Taiwan. Panelists will include Taipei-based Yao Jui-Chung, who will be an artist-in-residence on campus (November 3–7).
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Please join us for a night of community, connections, and joy! In honor of First-Generation College Student Day on November 8th, we are hosting a Friday night dinner celebration for all students, staff, faculty, and families! Please enjoy free food, an RSO tabling section, and performances.
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Fairview by Jackie Sibblies Drury Geovonday Jones, director
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By Jane Austen adapted by Jessica Swale Nisi Sturgis, director
Saturday, November 7, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Join curators Kai-Ching Hsiao and Maureen Warrenu for a special tour of "Ink Shower: Contemporary Taiwanese Artists Reimagine Tradition" (on view Nov 5, 2026–Feb 27, 2027). Gain insights about the history of ink wash painting and how contemporary artists are reimagining those traditions.
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Freestyle
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Public Skate
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Join the Counseling Center to learn how to manage end-of-semester busyness and take care of yourself during a stressful time! Free care packages!
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Fairview by Jackie Sibblies Drury Geovonday Jones, director
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By Jane Austen adapted by Jessica Swale Nisi Sturgis, director
Sunday, November 8, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Latino Family Visit Day is a bilingual, daylong program open to all students and families. Participants will connect with campus resources, meet university staff, and engage in activities and meaningful dialogue about academics, financial aid, campus life, the transition to college, and supporting student success.
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Public Skate
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Monday, November 9, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Freestyle
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Lunch Skate
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Join us for our Dish It Up/Lunch on Us Series at the Women's Resources Center every 2nd and 4th Monday at noon (12 pm CST), while listening to speakers, lecturers, and panelists explore a variety of topics at the intersection of gender and other social identities.
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Freestyle
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Nutrition Coaching
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Jeremy Benton, stage director and choreographer Michael Tilley, music director
Tuesday, November 10, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Lunch Skate
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Stress Less Tuesday's
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Stress Less Tuesday's
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The Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address (Ohén:ton Karihwatéhkwen), or “The Words That Come Before All Else,” expresses gratitude and reciprocity as ongoing, cyclical practices. This Dinner on Us program creates space for dialogue on how gratitude, relational accountability, and respect for the diversity of life shape Indigenous ways of knowing and being.
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Join us for an interactive presentation on wellness. Take a moment to pause, recharge, and learn simple ways to care of yourself - mind, body, and spirit.
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Jeannette Sorrell, conductor and harpsichordist Jeanine De Bique, soprano
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Jeremy Benton, stage director and choreographer Michael Tilley, music director
Wednesday, November 11, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Freestyle
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Lunch Skate
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Food for the Soul: Lunch and Learn
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Wellness Wednesday
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Sit with Sankofa
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Wellness Wednesday's
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In Focus
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Wind Orchestra: Barry L. Houser, conductor Kristina La Marca, graduate conductor Hindsley Symphonic Band: Kimberly Fleming, conductor Pablo Elias-Rodriguez, graduate conductor Ben Roidl-Ward, bassoon
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Fairview by Jackie Sibblies Drury Geovonday Jones, director
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By Jane Austen adapted by Jessica Swale Nisi Sturgis, director
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Public Skate
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Thursday, November 12, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Lunch Skate
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Lunch on Us is La Casa Cultural Latina’s signature educational and community-building series, held on select Thursdays throughout the academic year and open to all University of Illinois students. Over a free lunch, students participate in meaningful conversations, interactive workshops, panel discussions, and presentations led by campus and community partners.
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Pláticas
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Bring A Healthy U of I
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Community Wellness Lounge
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Perfectionism
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Social Skills
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Thriving More Thursday
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SPEAK stands for Song, Poetry, Art, and Knowledge. It is an open-mic public performance space at Krannert Art Museum curated by local artist, Shaya Robinson, featuring guest performers and welcoming all to the mic.
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Fairview by Jackie Sibblies Drury Geovonday Jones, director
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By Jane Austen adapted by Jessica Swale Nisi Sturgis, director
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Jeremy Benton, stage director and choreographer Michael Tilley, music director
Friday, November 13, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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This presentation explores how Tribal Relations Administrators bridge Tribal Nations and higher education institutions. Grounded in Indigenous methodologies, it examines reciprocity, accountability, and resistance to settler colonial practices, offering guidance for policies that center Indigenous knowledge and support Indigenous futurity. Lunch will be provided at noon.
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Lunch Skate
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Stop by on Fridays for our monthly Talk & Tour! Gain insights about the artwork on view in both special exhibitions and the collection galleries.
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Join the Counseling Center to learn how to manage end-of-semester busyness and take care of yourself during a stressful time! Free care packages!
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Dr. Tiffani Kelly will share culturally grounded practices from the University of Oklahoma’s CS-INCLUDES scholarship program, which supports Indigenous Computer Science students through graduation. She will highlight program resources, structured support, and insights to inform efforts to increase Native and Indigenous representation in Computer Science and STEM.
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Fairview by Jackie Sibblies Drury Geovonday Jones, director
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By Jane Austen adapted by Jessica Swale Nisi Sturgis, director
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Jeremy Benton, stage director and choreographer Michael Tilley, music director
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University Band: Hanna Rudy, conductor Kristina La Marca, graduate conductor Campus Band: Beau Bujol, graduate conductor Pable Elias-Rodriguez, graduate conductor
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Illini Men's D2 Club Hockey Game
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Saturday, November 14, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Illini Men's D2 Club Hockey Game
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Freestyle
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Public Skate
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Fairview by Jackie Sibblies Drury Geovonday Jones, director
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By Jane Austen adapted by Jessica Swale Nisi Sturgis, director
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Jeremy Benton, stage director and choreographer Michael Tilley, music director
Sunday, November 15, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Established in 2011, Rock Your Mocs is an annual and global social media event. The Native American House encourages you to break out your moccasins for a worldwide celebration of Indigenous cultures!
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Public Skate
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Monday, November 16, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Freestyle
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Lunch Skate
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Freestyle
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Blue corn holds deep cultural and ceremonial significance for the Diné, including in the Kinaaldá, a coming-of-age ceremony honoring a Diné girl’s transition into womanhood, and traditional Diné weddings. During this cooking demonstration, Chefs Justice Janowski and Patrick Lyke will show participants how this meaningful ingredient can be used to make blue corn cookies.
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Stay connected all semester long with Conexiones, a welcoming space for dialogue, relationship-building, and community connection. Through intentional programs focused on holistic well-being, student engagement, and professional development, Conexiones centers the Latine community and strengthens students’ sense of belonging.
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Nutrition Coaching
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Tuesday, November 17, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Lunch Skate
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Stress Less Tuesday's
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Stress Less Tuesday's
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Join Dr. Worl via Zoom as she shares insights from decades of collaboration with Indigenous communities in Alaska and the Arctic. Drawing on Tlingit culture, subsistence lifeways, and industrial development, she will explore how Indigenous knowledge sustains Native cultures, communities, and relationships with the land.
Wednesday, November 18, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Freestyle
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Lunch Skate
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Food for the Soul: Lunch and Learn
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Wellness Wednesday
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Sit with Sankofa
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Wellness Wednesday's
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In Focus
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Join the Counseling Center to learn how to manage end-of-semester busyness and take care of yourself during a stressful time! Free care packages!
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Public Skate
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Thursday, November 19, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Lunch Skate
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Lunch on Us is La Casa Cultural Latina’s signature educational and community-building series, held on select Thursdays throughout the academic year and open to all University of Illinois students. Over a free lunch, students participate in meaningful conversations, interactive workshops, panel discussions, and presentations led by campus and community partners.
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Pláticas
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Bring A Healthy U of I
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Community Wellness Lounge
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Thriving More Thursday
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Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with University Housing’s Dining Services and experience a meal at LAR and Ike featuring flavors and foods inspired by Indigenous culinary traditions.
Friday, November 20, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Lunch Skate
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Saturday, November 21, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Freestyle
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Public Skate
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Sunday, November 22, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Public Skate
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Monday, November 23, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Lunch Skate
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Tuesday, November 24, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Lunch Skate
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Stress Less Tuesday's
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Stress Less Tuesday's
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Wednesday, November 25, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Lunch Skate
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Wellness Wednesday
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Sit with Sankofa
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Wellness Wednesday's
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Thursday, November 26, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Pláticas
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Community Wellness Lounge
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Thriving More Thursday
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Friday, November 27, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Saturday, November 28, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Freestyle
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Public Skate
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Sunday, November 29, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Public Skate
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Monday, November 30, 2026
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Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨
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Freestyle
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Freestyle
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Lunch Skate
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Participants will learn about AISES programs, membership, scholarships, conferences, and pathways for becoming involved in an Indigenous STEM community rooted in relationships, knowledge, and collective success.
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Join us for our Dish It Up/Lunch on Us Series at the Women's Resources Center every 2nd and 4th Monday at noon (12 pm CST), while listening to speakers, lecturers, and panelists explore a variety of topics at the intersection of gender and other social identities.
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Graduate and Undergraduate Indigenous scholars are invited to meet with Dr. Johnny Poolaw to learn how AISES can support your academic, professional, and personal journey in STEM.
