blog posts Small but vibrant Program in Modern Greek Studies is expanding Dec 10, 2015 3:30 pm Gifts allow the program to offer more culture courses, develop a new academic minor and online courses, and improve cross-cultural understanding between the U.S. and Greece. Marajen Stevick Foundation gives $100,000 for journalism student internships Nov 10, 2015 12:00 pm A $100,000 donation from the Marajen Stevick Foundation in honor of former News-Gazette Publisher John Foreman will fund internships for young journalists at the University of Illinois. Klues Family Foundation gives $1 million to College of Media Oct 21, 2015 1:00 pm The gift will provide scholarship support to underrepresented students in advertising who have significant financial need. Jack Klues is a 1977 advertising graduate. Monsanto gift helps create state-of-the-art soils lab Sep 21, 2015 11:30 am "Investments such as this allow us to attract the best students in the world – students who will graduate and become the next generation of leading soil and crop scientists.” - Interim Chancellor Barb Wilson Skipping Christmas gifts, Illinois alumnae save to make mark on campus Jul 23, 2015 11:15 am By no longer buying Christmas and birthday gifts for each other, three Illinois alumnae and former Illini women’s basketball players were able to leave a more permanent campus reminder of their 40-year-old friendship. ACES students 'pay it forward' Apr 7, 2015 10:15 am The brainchild of ACES’ student advancement committee, the month-long “I Pay It Forward: Students Supporting Students” campaign helps provide scholarships funded by student donations. Long after renovation, Lincoln Scholars program still growing Mar 31, 2015 2:30 pm Funded mainly through donors, the scholarship program selected its first nine Lincoln Scholars in fall 2012. It’s been growing ever since, providing assistance to students with unmet financial need and good academic standing so they can attend the U of I. Giving: A Dixon Springs Agricultural Center internship Mar 19, 2015 1:15 pm For George Cmarik's 90th birthday, his family wanted to do something unique in his name and settled upon providing a student with an internship experience at the Dixon Springs Agricultural Center. Student Jamie Goldberg Feb 16, 2015 4:15 pm As a small child Jamie Goldberg struggled to read, but a first grade teacher believed in her, and offered tutoring instead of labeling her learning disabled. It’s no surprise that Jamie now wants to be an elementary teacher.