Are you wondering what it is like to be a graduate student? Connect with current graduate students and learn about their experiences, the graduate school application process, tips and tricks for writing a personal statement and a resume, and get a glimpse into their everyday life. You may find that applying for and attending graduate school may not be as hard as you think! Access session Access session virtually at: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZDZkOTQ1ZjYtYmViMi00NmE1LTgwZTAtZWQ3MmU3Njc0NmJh%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22085f983a-0b69-4270-b71d-10695076bafe%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22eeef14aa-c40d-4db6-b842-1edd7e4faabf%22%7d Other session of the Graduate School Series Students are also invited to attend the Grad School Game Plan. This series is hosted by Career Services in collaboration with Illinois State University’s Graduate School. Special accommodations If you need special accommodations in order to participate, contact Career Services at (309) 438-2200.Hosted by: Career Services, Graduate SchoolOnline Location: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZDZkOTQ1ZjYtYmViMi00NmE1LTgwZTAtZWQ3MmU3Njc0NmJh%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22085f983a-0b69-4270-b71d-10695076bafe%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22eeef14aa-c40d-4db6-b842-1edd7e4faabf%22%7dAdditional Information can be found at: https://redbirdlife.illinoisstate.edu/event/11354497

The Illinois State University Office of Equity and Inclusion is proud to announce the return of "ISU in Conversation," a series of open forums for ISU students to discuss themes relevant to campus and to share concerns and suggestions with peers and ISU leadership. You are not alone on your academic journey! At ISU, we’re committed to helping you succeed every step of the way. Join us to learn more about the resources available to support you. Co-facilitated by University College.Hosted by: Office of Equity and Inclusion, University CollegeAdditional Information can be found at: https://redbirdlife.illinoisstate.edu/event/11661162

Join us for this exhibition reception at the Student Art Gallery located in the lobby of Central Illinois Regional Airport (CIRA). Free and open to the public during gallery hours. Gallery information and hours are available online: https://finearts.illinoisstate.edu/events-activities/airport-gallery/. For questions or accommodations, please contact the Wonsook Kim School of Art office. Exhibition on display: September 30, 2025 – January 17th 2026 at the gallery.*Reception and exhibition date/time may be subject to change without notice.Hosted by: Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts, Wonsook Kim School of ArtAdditional Information can be found at: https://redbirdlife.illinoisstate.edu/event/11366980

Join Queer Coalition, Illinois State University's LGBTQIA+ faculty, staff, and graduate student affinity group, for our first book club meeting! All are welcome to attend. We will be discussing Water I Won't Drink by Kayleb Rae Candrilli. This short, accessible book of poetry explores Candrilli's addiction, gender transition, and imaginings of a joyful queer future. Participants can access the ebook version for free online through Milner Library. Feel free to bring your lunch or just yourselves. Coffee and tea will be provided.Hosted by:Additional Information can be found at: https://redbirdlife.illinoisstate.edu/event/11628771

Spend time writing poetry in response to artworks on view in Jen Bervin’s exhibition, Shift Rotate Reflect. Materials provided, including poetry templates. Shift Rotate Reflect is a re-imagining of poet and artist Jen Bervin’s first survey exhibition. Originally on view at University Galleries in Fall 2020 during COVID-19 restrictions and closures, the exhibition featured 23 solo and collaborative works created from 1997 through 2020. Opening five years after the first exhibition, this experiment—re-presenting the anchor projects differently alongside new works—is a direct response to the limitations imposed by the pandemic. Audiences will be able to engage with the material complexities of Bervin’s work, explore the expanded connections among them, and participate in robust public programming. The exhibition title, Shift Rotate Reflect, was excerpted from Su Hui’s Picture of the Turning Sphere, a five-channel video installation that Bervin collaboratively created with filmmaker Charlotte Lagarde. The words “shift,” “rotate,” and “reflect” have been guideposts for Bervin and exhibition curator Kendra Paitz while envisioning the 2025 exhibition. This iteration of Shift Rotate Reflect features installations, embroideries, prints, artist’s books, and videos created through 2025. The selected works demonstrate the interdisciplinary range of Bervin’s long-term research on topics including legacies of women artists and writers, relationships between text and textiles, and abstractions of language and landscape. Core projects from the first exhibition include Su Hui’s Picture of the Turning Sphere (2016–2020), a video and textile installation addressing Chinese poet Su Hui and her 4th-century reversible poem, “Xuanji tu”; River (2006–2018), a scale model of the Mississippi River from the geocentric point of view, hand-stitched in silver sequins and spanning 230 curvilinear feet; Silk Poems (2010–2017), which centers around Bervin’s poem for a biosensor written from the perspective of a silkworm and composed in a six-character chain corresponding to the DNA structure of silk; and The Dickinson Composites (2004–ongoing), a series of large-scale embroideries comprising stitched composites of the variant marks American poet Emily Dickinson used in her manuscripts to link alternate words and phrases. New works featured in Shift Rotate Reflect include eight new quilts in The Dickinson Composites series, a 10-foot silk print of the silkworm cocoon, the video Faire et défaire with an original score by Catherine McRae, and two recent artist’s books The Sea and On Weaving—a video, typed prints, and an annotated copy of Anni Albers’ 1965 book of the same name—which, in Bervin’s words, “references the grid that the typewriter and weaving have in common, as well as the direct relationship between looms and computing.” This exhibition is the center point of multiple programs and engagements. Jen Bervin will give a public lecture and meet with students on campus. Bervin’s exhibition is a central focus of a Text and Textile seminar in the Wonsook Kim School of Art. Normal Community High School’s Experimental Ensemble is composing original scores inspired by Bervin’s work and performing them within the exhibition. University Galleries is collaborating with Illinois State University’s Milner Library on a reading list and book display and partnering with Bloomington Public Library on a poetry workshop that will result in a zine. University Galleries’ staff is also leading art-making workshops for ISU students, K-12 students, and community members, as well as organizing pop-up exhibitions. Sensory-friendly times, independent drawing hours, drop-in writing hours, and scavenger hunts are available. Curator-led tours are available by appointment. Field trip reimbursements for tours and workshops are available for K-12 schools and community organizations. A 192-page monograph accompanies the exhibition. Published in 2022, between both exhibitions, the book features poet and playwright Claudia Rankine’s conversation with Bervin, Jennifer Yee’s interview with Bervin and Lagarde, essays by scholar Jayme Collins and curator Kendra Paitz, a facsimile chapter from Bervin’s hand-stitched artist’s book The Desert, a visual index of Bervin’s book projects, and an illustrated biography. Jen Bervin: Shift Rotate Reflect is curated by Kendra Paitz, University Galleries’ director and chief curator. This exhibition and programming are supported by University Galleries’ grants from the Illinois Arts Council and the Alice and Fannie Fell Trust. Workshops and field trip reimbursements are supported by the Lori Baum and Aaron Henkelman University Galleries Community Fund. This exhibition would not have been possible without previous support. The 2020 iteration of Shift Rotate Reflect was supported by University Galleries’ grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Illinois Arts Council, Harold K. Sage Foundation, and the Illinois State University Foundation Fund. Artist biographies Jen Bervin’s projects have been exhibited at the Hong Kong University Museum and Art Gallery; Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa; Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne; The Power Plant, Toronto; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; MASS MoCA, North Adams, Massachusetts; Tufts University Art Galleries, Medford, Massachusetts; and Morgan Library and Museum, New York, among others. Bervin has authored numerous books and artist’s books including Silk Poems, a New Museum Book of the Year and a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award, and Gorgeous Nothings: Emily Dickinson’s Envelope Poems (with Marta Werner and Susan Howe), a Book of the Year selection by The New Yorker.  Bervin has received grants, awards, and fellowships from the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University, Asian Cultural Council, Creative Capital, Foundation for Contemporary Art, SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence), Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Banff Centre, Northwestern University, and New York Foundation for the Arts, among others. Her work is featured in 60 collections, including Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Yale University, Brooklyn Museum, and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Bervin’s work is represented by Catharine Clark Gallery, San Franscisco. She is a 2025–2026 Fellow at The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University and lives in Connecticut and Marseille, Bouches-de-Rhône in France. Charlotte Lagarde has made more than 20 films, which have been aired on PBS, HBO, and the Sundance Channel, and exhibited at MASS MoCA. Her many awards include an Academy Award, the PBS Independent Lens Audience Award, and the Ashland Independent Film Festival’s Best Documentary award, as well as fellowships from Sundance, BAVC, and Camargo Foundation. Her project Colonial White was included in the exhibitions The Racial Imaginary Institute: On Whiteness at The Kitchen, New York City, and Great Force at the Institute for Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University as a city-wide participatory project in Richmond, Virginia. Lagarde is the executive director of the Swell Foundation and the COO & co-founder of B.Public. She lives in Connecticut and France.Hosted by: University GalleriesAdditional Information can be found at: https://redbirdlife.illinoisstate.edu/event/11329037

Celebrate Open Access Week with Milner Library's Lindsey Skaggs and Colby Cilento as they provide information and insights into scholarly publishing for graduate students. Learn about publishing your thesis/dissertation research, including how to select a venue, the submission process, copyright agreements, and open access options.   Key Workshop Takeaways:-Overview of the scholarly publication process-Learn about open access and copyright transfer agreements-Get answers to your questions about publishing your researchHosted by: Graduate School, Milner LibraryOnline Location: https://illinoisstate.zoom.us/j/83068587763Additional Information can be found at: https://redbirdlife.illinoisstate.edu/event/11411306