News & Features
STEM from Dance highlights science, technology careers to girls of color in Chicago Feb. 1
Black and Brown people — especially females — are underrepresented in science and technology careers. STEM From Dance aims to change with events like the one coming Feb. 1 in Chicago.
Love of group music, drive for affirmation inspire trio to found first-ever queer choir in southern Illinois
Two SIU grads and the leader of the Methodist Church’s Wesley Foundation at SIU are starting the first-ever queer choir in southern Illinois.
Opinion
Are teachers architects, or mail carriers?
Iowa is caught in the middle: middle America, middle-class, middle income, right in the middle of the country. The town where I teach, Grinnell, is in the middle of Iowa. And now, teachers like me...
With courage and care: history and Eisenhower tell us how to handle January 6
For a cue on how to handle January 6 in classrooms and beyond, history teacher Kent Mick recalls Eisenhower’s stance to support desegregation in 1957.



