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Spectrum Club Meeting

Join Spectrum, Blackburn's LGBTQIA+ Club, for our first meeting of the semester in Lumpkin 120. Pizza and drinks will be provided and all are welcome!

Loco About Spanish Heritage: Presenting “Coco”

Join Stoddard Hall and CAB for a showing of the movie Coco followed by Hispanic Heritage trivia to win a gift basket. The movie will be shown in the Stoddard parlor at 6 pm on Saturday October 7th

National Hispanic Heritage Month Trivia Night

Demuzio Center Blackburn College 700 College Ave., Carlinville, Illinois

National Hispanic Heritage Month - TRIVIA NIGHT Thursday, Oct 12th 7-8 pm in DCC Lots of big PRIZE$! Gift cards and baskets TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE! No ESPAÑOL necessary EVERYBODY WELCOME […]

Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation

Bothwell Auditorium at Blackburn College 700 College Avenue, Carlinville, IL, United States

Watch the event from Bothwell Auditorium Open the event program (pdf) Blackburn College will host its annual Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Convocation Friday, January 26, 2024, in Bothwell Auditorium […]

Diversity & Inclusion Basketball Game

Dawes Gymnasium

Athletics & the Black Student Union are partnering to celebrate Black History Month on February 1. The Blackburn Beavers take on Mississippi University for Women, at 5:30 pm and 7:30 […]

Diversity & Inclusion Game – Blackburn vs MUW

Dawes Gymnasium

The Athletics Department & the Black Student Union are partnering to celebrate Black History Month Thursday, February 1. Join us in historic Dawes Gymnasium to watch both women's and men's basketball teams face Mississippi University for Women. Tip off at 5:30 pm. Find more information at BlackburnBeavers.com >

Diversity in a Jar

Demuzio Center Blackburn College 700 College Ave., Carlinville, Illinois

Come create your "Diversity in a Jar" to take home with you as a reminder that we are all unique and learn about how DEI plays such an important role […]

The Taste of Blackburn

Demuzio Center Blackburn College 700 College Ave., Carlinville, Illinois

Hosted by the BSU and the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Taste of Blackburn will be held on Wednesday, March 27 at 5 pm in the Demuzio Campus Center. […]

Autism Acceptance Presentation

Bothwell Auditorium at Blackburn College 700 College Avenue, Carlinville, IL, United States

Taylor Sweating, from Springfield, will give an autism acceptance presentation on Monday, April 15, from 4-5 pm in Bothwell Auditorium. Sweating will discuss what it is like to live with […]

Hope for Humanization: A Conversation on Social Justice & Second Chances

Bothwell Auditorium at Blackburn College 700 College Avenue, Carlinville, IL, United States

Blackburn College will host Dr. Larry D. Terry II, a distinguished criminal and restorative justice scholar, author and leader. Currently Vice President for Outreach at Penn State University, Terry will […]

Martin Luther King (MLK), Jr. Convocation

Bothwell Auditorium at Blackburn College 700 College Avenue, Carlinville, IL, United States

https://youtube.com/live/tvpFzbwsN_g ### Blackburn College's annual Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK) Convocation allows the campus and the greater Carlinville community to gather in honor of Dr. King’s enduring legacy. The MLK […]

Lunch & Learn: Coretta Scott King and The King Center

Demuzio Center Blackburn College 700 College Ave., Carlinville, Illinois

Following Blackburn College's annual MLK Convocation, the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging team will host a “Lunch & Learn” session in the Demuzio Campus Center focusing on Coretta Scott King […]