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University of Illinois Brilliant Futures Campaign Passes 76% Mark Toward $2.25 Billion Goal

The University of Illinois’ Brilliant Futures Campaign, the largest in the school’s 142-year history, has passed the $1.707 billion mark towards its $2.25 billion goal as of Aug. 31, 2009.

U of I and Foundation Set Record, Eclipse $221 Million in FY09 Giving

The University of Illinois and the U of I Foundation had a record-setting year for private gifts received for the fiscal year that ended on June 30, 2009.

11 Gifts to Benefit Urbana-Champaign, Chicago, Springfield Campuses of University of Illinois

Eleven private gifts totaling more than $23 million earmarked for University of Illinois programs at the Urbana-Champaign, Chicago and Springfield campuses were announced today (Friday, Oct. 2, 2009) at the U of I Foundation’s 74th Annual Meeting.

The gift announcements were part of the three-day meeting conducted by the Foundation, an independent, nonprofit corporation that secures and administers private gifts for the University of Illinois. More than 500 alumni and friends of the University are attending the event held on the Urbana-Champaign campus.

Statement by University of Illinois Foundation President Sidney Micek on the resignation of U of I President B. Joseph White

"All of us at the University of Illinois Foundation, including our Board of Directors, are grateful to President Joe White for his outstanding leadership and many contributions to the University of Illinois."

U of I, Foundation have banner year in fundraising for FY09

Despite a bad U.S. and global economy, private gifts to the University of Illinois and to the University of Illinois Foundation unofficially totaled $220 million for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2009.

Roger, Chaz Ebert Announce $1 Million gift for Film Studies Program at the University of Illinois

Roger Ebert, the Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic, got two big thumbs up from the University of Illinois for a seven-figure gift to his alma mater. Ebert, a 1964 U of I graduate and widely regarded as the nation’s most visible and influential film critic, and his wife, Chaz, have made a gift of $1 million toward creation of the Roger Ebert Program for Film Studies Fund.

University of Illinois Alumna Leaves $12 Million for two colleges on Urbana-Champaign campus

The daughter of an Illinois farmer and teacher, Arlys Streitmatter Conrad graduated from the University of Illinois in 1944, had a successful career in the corporate world, and, after a longtime and fulfilling relationship with her Alma Mater, has honored the University with a $12 million endowed gift to be shared equally by the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS). Her estate gift Mrs. Conrad died on Sept. 6, 2007 allows the two colleges to address their most pressing priorities.

Donors Pledge $14 Million for Brazilian Studies Institute at Illinois

Jorge Paulo Lemann, of Jona, Switzerland, and his family have pledged to give $14 million to establish a Brazilian studies institute at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The gift is the largest ever to the university from non-alumni. The Lemann Institute will build on the university's existing programs and initiatives related to Brazil to create one of the leading Brazilian studies programs in the nation.

The University of Illinois at Chicago welcomes Chancellor Paula Allen-Meares

“I look forward to hitting the ground running when I arrive,” Paula Allen-Meares said last July, after the University of Illinois Board of Trustees approved her appointment as UIC chancellor.

Foundation Announces $43 Million in Gifts

Twenty private gifts totaling more than $43 million earmarked for University of Illinois programs at the Urbana-Champaign and Chicago campuses were announced today (Friday, Oct. 17, 2008) at the U of I Foundation’s 73rd Annual Meeting.