• Blackburn Pride Celebration

    Join us for Blackburn Pride on Saturday, June 17 from 12 pm to 9 pm. The Office of Student Engagement and Campus Activities Board will host the FIRST Blackburn Pride Celebration during Pride Month with the help of Residence Life and the Student Life Office.  This event is open to all students, faculty, and staff. […]

  • DEI Workshop

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

    Autumn Wilson, Class of 2023, will present and lead a DEI workshop in the Bothwell Auditorium on August 24th at 10 am. All participants will receive free lunch following in Ding.

  • 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 Brought to you by SPANISH CLUB and MODERN LANGUAGES with help from CAB and DEI

  • 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 pm. Find more information at BlackburnBeavers.com >

  • 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 autism. This event is sponsored by the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Center.

  • 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 speak on “The Hope for Humanization: A Conversation on Social Justice & Second Chances.” This event, part of the Kathleen J. Eberle Memorial Lecture Series […]