Robert Jones officially approved as chancellor at Board of Trustees meeting
By Claire Hettinger, News Editor
July 21, 2016
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The board of trustees unanimously approved Dr. Robert Jones as the permanent University chancellor Thursday. Jones is the first African-American chancellor of the University. He will begin Oct. 3. Until then, he is the president of Albany University-SUNY. He attended a welcome reception Wednesday att...
UPDATED: University to hold forum for Chancellor search
March 1, 2016
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UPDATE (3/28/16): The committee heading the search for the next chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign posted job descriptions outlining the qualifications and responsibilities that it is looking for in its candidates for both the chancellor and associate chancellor for diversity...
University scores search firms for chancellor
February 29, 2016
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The University has hired multiple executive consultant firms to aid in the selection of high-ranking personnel over the past year given the absence of a permanent chancellor, athletic director and University president. For the chancellor search, they have selected Greenwood/Asher & Associates to help l...
Interim Chancellor Barbara Wilson encourages students to enhance diversity in spring semester
January 18, 2016
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Every semester, campus leaders invite students back to campus, typically in the form of a University Massmail. On Monday, however, Interim Chancellor Barbara Wilson acknowledged feedback about how she communicates in a video message. In her video message, Wilson said that after conversations with studen...
Chancellor search committee chair named
November 23, 2015
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Antoinette Burton, professor in history, will chair the search committee responsible for recommending a new Urbana chancellor. President Timothy Killeen announced Burton's appointment in a University Massmail on Monday afternoon. In the massmail, Killeen said Burton has over 15 years of experience at the U...
Senate Executive Committee Chair Miller names search committee for chancellor
October 24, 2015
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Senate Executive Committee Chair Gay Miller has named the members of a search committee charged with advising President Timothy Killeen on the selection of a new University chancellor.The campus community was notified of the members of the committee via massmail sent out Friday afternoon. The committe...
UI AAUP chapter to hold censure discussion
October 19, 2015
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On Tuesday, Harry Hilton,CC president of the UI chapter of the American Association of University Professors, will mediate the chapter’s open discussion, “AAUP Censure, Academic Freedom, and Criminal Background Checks,” in the Illini Union.Discussions on academic freedom and faculty governance have become incr...
Acting Chancellor Wilson to name interim provost within next few days
September 1, 2015
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Interim Chancellor Barbara Wilson announced that she hopes to name an interim provost within the next few days through a University massmail to faculty Tuesday morning. She said she has spoken with “more than 60 individuals” to help guide her through the process of selecting someone to fill former ...
Provost search will not start until new chancellor named
August 27, 2015
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The search for a new provost to replace Ilesanmi Adesida, who resigned Monday, will not begin until a new chancellor is named first, said Jan Dennis, assistant director for the Office for University Relations. “It’s important the new chancellor have input into the decision of provost, because the...
New University president Killeen addresses future at town hall meeting
May 19, 2015
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Timothy Killeen began his term as the 20th president of the University on Monday by discussing the University’s future at a town hall meeting and press conference.“Technically, this is day one for me, but in many ways, it’s day 181 because my name was announced, and since then, I have been r...
Learning the Lease
October 7, 2014
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Like any textbook, reading a lease requires a set of skills to understand its technical language. But all hope is not lost for the lease-illiterate — the University’s Tenant Union provides free services to students who need help understanding their lease. “It is very difficult for someone who has no training ...
Center for a Sustainable Environment may be elevated to institute status
November 12, 2013
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The University shows its continual support for environmental causes with plans to elevate the Center for a Sustainable Environment to the status of the Institute for Sustainability, Energy and the Environment, pending approval by the University Board of Trustees at its meeting Thursday. The center, which wa...
