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  Bruce N. Barron and the REAM Foundation commit $5 million

  May 7, 2018 8:00 am0 views

  In recognition of this investment in Gies College of Business, the academy will be renamed the Origin Ventures Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership.

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  College of Business receives $150 million naming gift

  Oct 26, 2017 8:30 am8 views

  The College of Business at Illinois will be known as the Gies College of Business after an unprecedented investment from a distinguished alumnus. 

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  College of Medicine begins recruiting first - tuition free! - class

  Oct 16, 2017 8:30 am3 views

  The Carle Illinois College of Medicine, the first engineering-based medical school, has received preliminary accreditation and is recruiting students for its first class

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  Be a part of the U of I's $2.25 billion campaign

  Oct 13, 2017 8:00 pm1 views

  Illinois’ largest, most ambitious philanthropic campaign was introduced to donors, alumni, faculty and staff, students and local community members Friday evening

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  We give because we care

  Sep 24, 2016 10:00 am3 views

  The 2016 Campus Charitable Fund Drive kicks off September 19, 2016. Pledge your support today and make a donation.

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  University’s first Lincoln Scholars set to graduate

  May 9, 2016 1:30 pm7 views

  Students earned degrees with scholarships tied to Lincoln Hall renovation

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  Small but vibrant Program in Modern Greek Studies is expanding

  Dec 10, 2015 3:30 pm6 views

  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.

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  Marajen Stevick Foundation gives $100,000 for journalism student internships

  Nov 10, 2015 12:00 pm6 views

  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.

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  Klues Family Foundation gives $1 million to College of Media

  Oct 21, 2015 1:00 pm11 views

  The gift will provide scholarship support to underrepresented students in advertising who have significant financial need. Jack Klues is a 1977 advertising graduate. 

   

   

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  Monsanto gift helps create state-of-the-art soils lab

  Sep 21, 2015 11:30 am4 views

  "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

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  Skipping Christmas gifts, Illinois alumnae save to make mark on campus

  Jul 23, 2015 11:15 am466 views

  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.  

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  ACES students 'pay it forward'

  Apr 7, 2015 10:15 am330 views

  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.

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  Long after renovation, Lincoln Scholars program still growing

  Mar 31, 2015 2:30 pm11 views

  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.

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  Giving: A Dixon Springs Agricultural Center internship

  Mar 19, 2015 1:15 pm13 views

  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.

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  Student Jamie Goldberg

  Feb 16, 2015 4:15 pm12 views

  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.