Justice, Inclusion, Diversity and Equity
DEI Events and News
Events
If you know of an event that our office can promote please contact Leann Walters at LE-Walters@wiu.edu.
Wednesday, October 4, 2023, 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. - Town Hall (Faculty & Staff) @ QC Complex, Room 2406 & 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. - Town Hall (Students) @ QC Complex, Room 2406
During the town hall meetings, Carl Ervin, Interim Director of JIDE, along with members of the Anti-Racism Task Force, will share the University-wide diversity plan and the results of the campus climate survey administered during the Spring 2023 semester.
Thursday, October 12, 2023, 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. - Live Webinar Implicit Bias & Micro Aggressions: Rev. Dr. Jaimie Washington on Overcomng Prejudices to Improve Commectons in Stipes Hall Room 121
DEI News Releases
View WIU President Guiyou Huang's messages and DEI Initiative.
Fall 2023
AUGUST
- Standberry Named WIU Human Resources Executive Director
- WIU MCC to Host Welcome Back Bash: “Embrace the Mix” Aug. 19
- DREAMers Need WIU Support – Crowdfunding Underway
- Winners Announced For ARTF Campus Climate Survey
Summer 2023
JULY
JUNE
- President Huang: Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Decision on Affirmative Action
- WIU School of Agriculture Receives Gift to Support Female Ag Students
- MBA Alumnus Funds New Education Scholarship
- Tam Named Marketing and Management Department Director
- WIU President Guiyou Huang: Juneteenth Celebration & Observance
- Wynn-Foster Named Associate Director for Admissions
- WIU Signs MOU with Gwangju University
MAY
- Huerta Named Director of First year Advising Center
- Peace Rally Planned for Thursday at University Union
- A Message from WIU President Guiyou Huang: Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Spring 2023
APRIL
- Students, Faculty and Staff are invited to Take Campus Climate Survey
- Faculty Senate Approves Change to Syllabus Language for Veterans
- WIU Family of Alums Give Back with Scholarship Endowment
Spring 2023
APRIL
March
January
Fall 2022
December
- Hope Chicago Provides New Opportunities
- WIU African Diaspora, Black Collegiate (ABC) Graduation Celebration Set for Dec. 8
September
- Big Picture, LGBT*QA Picnic Sept. 16
- WIU President Guiyou Huang: LatinX Heritage Month
- Ervin Named Acting MCC Director
August
- WIU Multicultural Center to Host Annual Fall Open House Sept. 1
- Brown-Edwards Named Hope Chicago Advisor at WIU
- Ervin Named Interim Justice, Inclusion, Diversity & Equity Director
- DREAMer Scholarship Fund Drive Underway
Summer 2022
July
June
May
- WIU President Guiyou Huang: Remembering Lives Lost in Uvalde, Texas
- WIU President Guiyou Huang: Remembering Lives Lost in Buffalo, NY
- Anti-Racism Task Force Update: May 19, 2022
- WIU President Guiyou Huang: Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Spring 2022
April
- WIU President Guiyou Huang: Minority Health Month
- Screening of 'Monumental Crossroads' Documentary April 21 at Western
- WIU President Guiyou Huang: DEI Update
- Calle Murray April 23 in front of WIU Multicultural Center
- WIU President Guiyou Huang: Pride Month
- Pride Month Celebrated Throughout April at WIU
March
- Anti-Racism Task Force Established at WIU
- A Message from WIU President Guiyou Huang: Women's History Month
February
- Message from WIU President Guiyou Huang: DEI Update
- A Message from WIU President Guiyou Huang: Black History Month Celebration
Fall 2021
December
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