Last day to withdraw from a first-half semester course. A withdrawal grade of WX will be assigned.

Registration time assignments for spring/winter advance registration will be available on My.IllinoisState.edu after 1 p.m. Advanced registration for spring/winter will begin on Monday, October 14. Students can register and make changes to your schedule anytime after your specific registration date and time.

Are you feeling disconnected, overwhelmed, or simply stretched too thin? In today’s higher education landscape, many instructors are navigating an increasingly dynamic environment marked by political pressures, shrinking budgets, rising workloads, and shifting expectations from students and institutions. Now more than ever, we need spaces that support our well-being and remind us we’re not alone in this work. The Teaching with Presence Learning Community offers a space to slow down, reconnect with your purpose, and find support among colleagues. This hour-long learning community meets every three weeks and is designed to encourage reflection, meaningful connection, support your well-being, and examine how intentional practices can bring more clarity and calm to our teaching.We welcome you to join this learning community at any time. Please contact Mayuko Nakamura (mnakamu@ilstu.edu) to join the group.

Join us online for this CrossPlatform Graphic Design Lecture on Zoom. Free and open to the public. For questions or accommodations, please contact the Wonsook Kim School of Art office. Zoom Link: https://illinoisstate.zoom.us/j/99440542664

September 29, October 1, 6, 8 (Mondays and Wednesdays) 1:30-3:30 pmAttend in person at ISU’s Alumni Center, 1101 N. Main St., Normal            ORWatch Online via ZoomFEES:$35 for Senior Professional members (includes all four sessions)$45 for non-members (includes all four sessions)For in-person participation, pricing is per person.For Zoom participation, pricing is one registration per household.Price includes:Four 2-hour sessions (one Academy of Seniors class).$15 single-session option available for in-person attendance (pay at door).Register online at seniorprofessionals.illinoisstate.edu or call (309) 438-2160.Zoom participants will receive a Zoom link a week prior to the start of the class(es) and again on the day of each session.Learn the dynamics of persuasion, including important source, receiver and message components while also exploring the effects of persuasive communication on receivers’ attitudes, values, beliefs and behaviors.Based on Dr. Hunts’s new book, co- authored with colleague Keven R. Meyer, Hunt will address new media, engaged citizenship and deconstructing messages in a post-truth world to deepen attendees’ understanding of persuasion.Themes will include the application of contemporary persuasion theory and research to the post-truth era, the influence of new media on persuasive communication and how to use persuasion to become civically engaged and advance the common good.Stephen Hunt, Professor, School of Communication, ISU

An overview of how student and faculty use of AI could be studied in the classroom. Participants will consider how they might conduct a SoTL project to study the use of AI in their own teaching and in their students learning, as well as how AI tools might inform their SoTL practices. Registration Required.