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  • Your Feedback Matters: Please Complete Undergraduate Student Survey

    Your Feedback Matters: Please Complete Undergraduate Student Survey

    We’d like to hear about your early experiences with Illinois Tech—what brought you here and any thoughts you would like to share about the process. Your perspective is important to us and will help improve the undergraduate admission experience. As a thank you, the first 60 students to complete a quick survey will receive a $5 Starbucks gift card!

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  • Communications Lab (Formerly the Writing Center) Is Here for You!

    Communications Lab (Formerly the Writing Center) Is Here for You!

    Whether you need a second pair of eyes on an assignment or help designing and giving an effective presentation, the Communications Lab (formerly the Writing Center) is a go-to resource for your success.

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  • Free STI / HIV Testing Event

    Free STI / HIV Testing Event

    Walk over to Tech Central 239 on Wednesday, October 8, at 1–5 p.m. or head to the Big Blue Mobile Unit on 34th and State Street on Thursday, 10 9, at 2–6 p.m. for free STI / HIV testing.

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  • Write to Thrive: Creative Writing Workshop

    Write to Thrive: Creative Writing Workshop

    Galvin Library is collaborating with on-campus partners to present a panel and workshop about the creative writing process. Panel topics include the importance of journaling, exploring fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction, combating writer’s block, and more. A workshop allowing space for artistic expression will follow. Refreshments and a giveaway of literary magazines will be provided for guests. Thursday, Oct 9, 2025 from 12:15 – 2:30 p.m. Register using the link.

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  • Workshop: Strategies to Communicate with Purpose and Impact

    Workshop: Strategies to Communicate with Purpose and Impact

    Want to make a lasting impression in interviews, turn casual conversations into career opportunities and build stronger relationships with professors? In this interactive one-hour workshop you’ll learn how to build connections that support your professional goals and navigate professional and academic conversations with ease. Held in person Monday, October 6, and online Wednesday, October 8.

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  • Call for Submissions: Lego Bricks Exhibition

    Call for Submissions: Lego Bricks Exhibition

    We’re inviting creators, builders, and dreamers of all ages to be part of an exciting new LEGO exhibit that reimagines Chicago’s history through the design of LEGO bricks. Selected artists will have their models featured in an exhibition at the Harold Washington Library Center’s 9th Floor Gallery, beginning April 2026. Submit your entry by Monday, December 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM.

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  • Call for Submissions for 2nd Sawyier Philosophy Conference on Ethics of Technology: Promises and Perils

    Call for Submissions for 2nd Sawyier Philosophy Conference on Ethics of Technology: Promises and Perils

    The Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions at Illinois Tech is hosting a conference exploring philosophical, ethical, societal, and legal issues related to technology. We invite submissions addressing topics connected to philosophy and ethics of technology broadly construed from a variety of philosophical areas. Submissions are due by Wednesday, October 1. Register to attend by October 25.

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  • Study Away Advising + Info Sessions

    Study Away Advising + Info Sessions

    Calling all students interested in studying away! Our office is offering various advising and info sessions where you can learn more about program options and starting an application! Check out our dedicated advising and info session times.

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  • Learn What It Takes to Get Hired (or Hire) for a Startup!

    Learn What It Takes to Get Hired (or Hire) for a Startup!

    Every great startup starts with a great team. Kaplan Institute has invited Dr. Nikki Blacksmith, CEO of Symeta Behavior Science, for a workshop that will help you assess your strengths, spot the skills you need in co-founders, and build the team that sets your venture up for success. The event will be held at the Kaplan Institute on Thursday, September 18, at 1–3 p.m.

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  • New Communications Lab Is Now Open!

    New Communications Lab Is Now Open!

    Illinois Tech's new Communications Lab is now open! Students can take advantage of a wide range of FREE peer tutors who can assist with deciphering and drafting writing assignments, lab reports, class presentations, speeches, slide decks, resumes, and more in our new workspace located on the upper level in Galvin Library.

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