Each year, the Student Affairs Outstanding Staff and Program Awards (OSPA) celebrate and recognize the tremendous efforts of staff and programs from every unit within Student Affairs. The OSPA Nomination Form is Live until March 23, 2025. Please share and encourage nominations.

Each year, DSJE seeks to honor and celebrate folks working to dismantle systems of oppression and create a more inclusive campus. Please nominate your students, colleagues, affiliated RSOs, and programs for these awards! For more information and the list of categories, please visit go.illinois.edu/SJA

Join us for Keep Calm and Ask Dad, an enriching evening hosted by the Illini Dads Association which is dedicated to fostering connections and supporting student success. Meet dads eager to share their career stories, offer advice, and provide networking opportunities. Enjoy a relaxed setting with pizza, great conversations, and maybe a "dad" joke or two, while gaining insights from their professional experiences. Registration required. To learn more and to register visit Handshake. Hosted by Illini Dads Association, in partnership with New Student and Family Experiences and The Career Center.

OAE and IHR is offering a one-hour training session for Student Affairs Hiring Managers, which will cover the following: 5-minute welcome/introductions, 15-minute overview of Hiring Manager Guidelines, 25-minute scenarios, and 15-minute Q&A. The Training will take place on Friday, February 28th at 10:00 a.m. This training will be recorded for those who cannot attend during this date/time. Attend the ZOOM Event.

The Counseling Center will host events for students to learn about safer substance use as they approach Unofficial St. Patrick's Day and Spring Break. Interested students can stop by, take a brief assessment, and talk to a counselor about strategies customized to their personal habits. There will also be prizes, games, and t-shirts!

Join us for a weekly Friday Forum + Conversation Cafe lunch series with local and national speakers tackling some of our most pressing social justice issues. Topics this semester include DEI, democracy, immigration, environmental justice, interfaith, and more. Free lunch provided! This week’s speaker: Rev. Terrance Thomas, Bethel AME Church, Champaign.

Daniel Gray-Kontar, the BNAACC's new Assoc. Director of Arts & Cultural Programming, will be the guest speaker at the next Noontime Knowledge hosted by the Facilities & Services Diversity & Inclusion Committee in honor of Black History Month. He'll speak on “Imagination for an Imagined Nation: Centering young artists as catalysts for liberatory democracy." Join: https://illinois.zoom.us/j/89647291791?pwd=cHSQQAUbYanmkKD6IWbPHuNKo0NR8t.1 (ID: 896 4729 1791; Password: 306577) Or, join by phone at 312-626-6799 or 470-250-9358. Questions? Contact Julie O'Mahoney (jao22@illinois.edu; 217-244-0905).

Join us for a free monthly practice of the Tamarkoz concentration and meditation method, which includes relaxation, breathing exercises, slow meditative movements and visualization. The practice will be led by a licensed clinical psychologist. Sessions will be held the first Saturday of each month at 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Wesley Student Center at 1203 W. Green St. in Urbana. The next session is March 1.