Tie-Dye Your Pride

Join us for an afternoon of creativity, community, and color at Tie Dye Your Pride! This event is all about celebrating identity, self-expression, and unity across our campus. Come make your own vibrant tie-dye shirt that showcases your pride—whether it’s pride in yourself, your culture, or the communities you belong to.

Queertober Kickoff: Open House

Start off Queertober the right way, and join us at the centers on Thursday, October 1st, 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. in the Student Life Building (SLB 15 & SLB 22)! Bring friends, or your favorite faculty/staff member to enjoy some snacks, refreshments games, and great conversation. This is your chance to explore the things you love about the Women’s Center, the Diversity Center, and the GSSS Center. 

Shades: Media Representation of US

Join us for Shades: Media Representation of Us from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM in the Diversity Center. Together, we'll watch a short film exploring how media portrays QTPOC (Queer & Trans People of Color) and discuss the impact of representation, the harm of assumptions, and how we can create spaces where people feel truly seen, heard, and valued.

Hang on the Quad

Come kick off the semester with us by enjoying our first LGBTea of the year in the sun! We will have games, activities, and a bubble parade! We will be on the quad from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m., Wednesday, September 2.  LGBTea offers a comfortable, accepting, and non-judgmental social atmosphere for students with marginalized gender and/or sexual identities and allied peers.

Starry Skies and Freedom Stories With the New Philadelphia National Historic Site

Join us at the the Pittsfield City Lake Campground in Pittsfield, IL for an evening of star gazing and freedom stories from the underground railroad in central Illinois.  The event begins at 8 pm with a presentation by rangers from the National Park Service about the history of the New Philadelphia National Historic Site and stories from the underground railroad in central Illinois focused on the hope people found in their experience with the night sky and being led to freedom by the North Sta

Starry Skies and Freedom Stories With the New Philadelphia National Historic Site

Join us at the the Pittsfield City Lake Campground in Pittsfield, IL for an evening of star gazing and freedom stories from the underground railroad in central Illinois.  The event begins at 8 pm with a presentation by rangers from the National Park Service about the history of the New Philadelphia National Historic Site and stories from the underground railroad in central Illinois focused on the hope people found in their experience with the night sky and being led to freedom by the North Sta