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Cecilia Ruffin recently became the Multicultural Leadership Institute's executive director. While volunteering in the Bloomington-Normal community for decades has been a key focus in Ruffin's life, she shares what keeps her grounded and why she devotes her time to being engaged in her community.
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A group that represents 250 engineering firms in the state says it's excited about Illinois State University's decision to start a College of Engineering.
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The Illinois Board of Higher Education approved a new College of Engineering at Illinois State University on Tuesday.
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Minority students in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields face an unfair expectation to shoulder institutionalized racism, according to one researcher specializing in those areas.
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Bloomington Police say they will try harder to hire more women officers over the next decade.
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The panel discussion, “A Local Look at Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI),” was hosted by the Illinois Prairie Community Foundation’s Women to Women Giving Circle on Tuesday evening at the Illinois State University Alumni Center.
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Illinois State University officially dedicated its new Multicultural Center on Friday. The site includes meeting spaces for cultural events, a social justice library and reflection room. The center also will have a counselor on site.
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A longtime 4-H leader in McLean County says many young people of color have little exposure to farming and don't get to see the benefits it can have in their daily lives.
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Eric Ellis is president and CEO of Integrity Development Corp., a diversity and inclusion consulting firm. He'll be the keynote speaker at the Bloomington-Normal NAACP's Freedom Fund event at 6 p.m. Saturday on Zoom.
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The new principal at Hammitt Elementary in Normal says she never planned to get into education, until she realized schools needed more teachers of color. Latasha Schraeder says she came to realize that when she started law school to become an attorney.