Illinois Events
Sunday, November 1, 2026
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Grainger Engineering undergrads - consider a dual degree! Your primary degree + the ILEE degree.

Monday, November 2, 2026
Tuesday, November 3, 2026
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Learn the accessibility requirements for making your Canvas courses accessible. This hands-on workshop will cover using the Canvas editor to create navigable pages, writing effective alt text description for images, charts, and graphs, ensuring readable color contrast, creating accessible tables and links, and using Canvas accessibility tools to fix common issues.

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This hands-on workshop covers what makes digital math accessible for all learners, including major accessible math formats, accessible math tools, structuring workflows to deliver accessible math, and how digital math interacts with platforms like Canvas, Jupyter Notebook, MS Office documents, and webpages. See full description for free software requirements.

Thursday, November 5, 2026
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Representatives from the HuMetricsHSS Humane Metrics Initiative will present on the values-based frameworks they’ve developed to guide all kinds of scholarly processes.

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Fairview by Jackie Sibblies Drury Geovonday Jones, director

Friday, November 6, 2026
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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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Fairview by Jackie Sibblies Drury Geovonday Jones, director

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By Jane Austen adapted by Jessica Swale Nisi Sturgis, director

Monday, November 9, 2026
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Jeremy Benton, stage director and choreographer Michael Tilley, music director

Tuesday, November 10, 2026
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Get up to speed quickly on the basics of making PDF documents accessible for all while meeting state and federal accessibility standards. For hands-on participation, you will need Adobe Acrobat Pro (not Acrobat Reader). U of I, UIS, and UIC faculty and staff can obtain Acrobat Pro free from the U of I Webstore: https://webstore.illinois.edu/shop/product.aspx?zpid=7227

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Immigration attorney Matthew Meltzer of Meltzer Hellrung, LLC, who specializes in employment-based immigration and works with entrepreneurs and companies, will share practical guidance and answer student questions. Whether you already have a startup, are exploring an idea, or simply want to understand your options for pursuing entrepreneurship in the U.S., this workshop is

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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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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

Thursday, November 12, 2026
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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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Friday Funnies
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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

Saturday, November 14, 2026
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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

Monday, November 16, 2026
Tuesday, November 17, 2026
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Get up to speed quickly on the basics of making PDF documents accessible for all while meeting state and federal accessibility standards. For hands-on participation, you will need Adobe Acrobat Pro (not Acrobat Reader). U of I, UIS, and UIC faculty and staff can obtain Acrobat Pro free from the U of I Webstore: https://webstore.illinois.edu/shop/product.aspx?zpid=7227

Wednesday, November 18, 2026
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Get up to speed quickly on making your Microsoft Word documents accessible for everyone while meeting state and federal accessibility standards. In this hands-on workshop, we’ll start with a brief overview of common accessibility challenges in Word and then jump right into practice.

Thursday, November 19, 2026
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Get up to speed quickly on making your PowerPoint presentations accessible for everyone while meeting state and federal accessibility standards. In this hands-on workshop, we’ll begin with a brief overview of common accessibility challenges in PowerPoint and then dive straight into practical solutions.

Friday, November 20, 2026
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Friday Funnies
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Saturday, November 21, 2026
Tuesday, November 24, 2026
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Get up to speed on using the Pope Tech Canvas Accessibility Guide to make Canvas pages more accessible for everyone! In this hands-on workshop, we’ll start with an overview of the Pope Tech Canvas Accessibility Guide, how it functions, what the various errors, alerts, structural elements, and features mean, and how to fix these issues on a Canvas page.

Thursday, November 26, 2026
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RSO Spotlight
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Friday, November 27, 2026
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Friday Funnies
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