Join Gender & Sexuality Student Services and the Women's Center for Shades - Capes and Courage: Celebrating Queer Black Heroes! Shades creates a space for all students to explore topics of identity and intersectionality, with an emphasis on providing space for discussion on experiences from Queer and Trans* communities of color.
Join the Women’s Center for our annual Women’s History Month kickoff, a hands-on mosaic mirror experience celebrating innovation and sustainability!
Monday, March 2, 2026
3-5pm
STU South Ballroom
Open to all UIS students, faculty, and staff. Questions or accommodations? Contact womenscenter@uis.edu or (217)206-7173.
Step into a guided journey through the history of women’s rights and the policies that made change possible. This experience highlights key moments, movements, and voices that shaped progress over time, showing how rights were challenged, fought for, and ultimately secured. Come learn how the past connects to the present—and why this history still matters today. We will be in the Diversity Center Lounge (Student Life Building, suite 22). Sponsored by the Women’s Center and Queer Student Ambassador Program.
Join the Women’s Center for a giveaway pop-up focused on sustainability in honor of Women’s History Month! Stop by on Monday, March 30, 2026 from 11:30am- 12:30pm at the STU North Entrance Tables!
All UIS students welcome!
For questions or accommodations, contact us at womenscenter@uis.edu or 217-206-7173
Celebrate Women’s History Month with a fun and interactive game of Bingo—plus a twist! During this special event, participants will learn about lesser-known women in history who changed the world. From groundbreaking innovators and fearless activists to trailblazers in science, arts, and social justice, each Bingo square highlights a woman whose impact deserves recognition.
Join us in the Diversity Center Lounge as we celebrate the life and impact of Audre Lorde, a queer Black poet and activist whose words sparked truth, courage, and change. This event will highlight her fight for justice, her powerful voice in confronting racism and homophobia, and the legacy she left for future generations. Come learn, connect, and be inspired by the strength and vision she carried throughout her work. Diversity Center Lounge (Student Life Building, suite 22). Sponsored by the UIS Diversity Center, Women’s Center, and Queer Student Ambassador Program.
Join us for Shades: Giant Human Tic-Tac-Toe from 3 pm to 5 pm in the Student Life Building (SLB) Gym! Get ready to become the game as we turn Tic-Tac-Toe into a life-size, human-powered experience with giant boards made for you to jump, move, and play in. Shades creates a safe and affirming space to explore identity while bringing together QTPOC (Queer & Trans* People of Color) students and allies through connection, movement, and fun. Enjoy light snacks and refreshments, and everyone who attends will be entered into a prize raffle.
Join us for our Shades event from 5 pm to 7 pm in the North Ballroom, located on the second floor of the Student Union, and watch the notorious documentary about summer camp for teens with disabilities. Shades is a discussion-based event series for all UIS students, faculty, and staff. The goal of this series is to create a safe and affirming space through which we can explore topics of identity and bring together QTPOC (Queer & Trans* People of Color) students and allies on campus. Light snacks and refreshments are provided.
Join the Women’s Center for a pop-up on different types of relationships, trivia style! Don’t miss out on valentine’s day prizes on Thursday, February 12, 2026 from 2-3pm at the STU North Entrance Tables!
All UIS students welcome!
For questions or accommodations, contact us at womenscenter@uis.edu or 217-206-7173.
Join us for our LGBTea social gathering by GSSS and the Women's Center in the Diversity Center Lounge (SLB 22 - Legacy Campus). We will be crafting trees while talking about resilience, building roots in strength, and creating joy. LGBTea offers a comfortable, accepting, and non-judgmental social atmosphere for students with marginalized gender and/or sexual identities and allied peers. Students hang out, watch movies, listen to music, make plans for the weekend, and play games (Just to name a few!). We will have light snacks and refreshments!