On January 21, 2025, Executive Order 14173 was issued, rescinding federal affirmative action requirements about employment of minorities and women. As of April 21, 2025, the U. of I.'s employee recruitment and hiring guidelines, training materials, and other resources have been updated to reflect these regulatory changes. For more info, please read the FAQ (https://oae.illinois.edu/our-services/hiring-processes/faq/) and review the Office for Access & Equity’s Search Process Toolkit webpage (https://oae.illinois.edu/our-services/hiring-processes/search-process-toolkit/).

This training series is designed for students, staff, and faculty at the University of Illinois seeking to understand race and racism in deeper ways, promote racial justice, and dismantle systems of oppression through intensive 3-hour trainings, offered twice per semester. Find out more information and register here: go.illinois.edu/RJAA 

Join us for an Introduction to the LGBTQ+ community. In this training we will cover: LGBTQ+ identities, the gender spectrum and transgender identities, gender pronouns and intersectionality. Participants must register: https://gsrc.illinois.edu/programs/ally Upon completion of LGBTQ+ 101 & 102 Ally trainings (strongly recommended taking them in order), attendees can choose to become an Ally by completing an agreement expressing their commitment to supporting the LGBTQ+ community at University of Illinois. 

Join us in becoming an ally. In this training we will cover: homophobia and transphobia, privilege, discrimination and other issues in the U.S., Common LGBTQ+ student challenges, University of Illinois policies and reporting, interrupting bias, a case studies activity and creating an action plan to create change in areas of your life to further inclusion for the LGBTQ+ community. Participants must register: https://gsrc.illinois.edu/programs/ally Upon completion of LGBTQ+ 101 & 102 Ally trainings (strongly recommended taking them in order), attendees can choose to become an Ally.

Join us June 12, June 26, July 10, July 24 in the Swanlund Administration Building, SAB-200 from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. (in-person only). We will be reading Disrupting Burnout by Dr. Patrice Buckner Jackson. Participants will need to purchase a copy of the book (options available on Amazon or at  Bookshop.org).  Please email Monica Brigham at mbrig2@illinois.edu by May 15 to confirm your spot!

The Illini Union and The Career Center have collaborated over the last two years to offer FREE professional headshots for undergraduate and graduate students. This past year, the photo lab completed 3,323 headshots - a 109% increase from 2023-2024. Thanks to our student photographer Geo Boyle, a senior in Cinema Studies, for managing the photo lab this year. 

In 2024-2025, The Asian American Cultural Center (AACC) hosted the 5th annual South Asian American Leadership Conference.