NORMAL, Ill. – As a culmination to its year-long celebration of the 50th anniversary of the adoption of Title IX, Illinois State Athletics will host its Title IX Anniversary Celebration dinner sponsored by State Farm on Saturday, June 25, inside the Brown Ballroom at the Bone Student Center. Fans wanting to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Title IX are urged buy a ticket for $40. Dress is business casual or Redbird attire.
The celebration will cap off a busy weekend of events, just days after the 50th anniversary of the June 23, 1972, passing of Title IX, the federal civil rights law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in any educational institution that receives federal funding, which gave women many more opportunities to play.