SurfWax News Index  |  Track News  |  Save/Exchange Information |  About Us News and Articles on University of Illinois System NU's Bienen among best-paid college presidents  Nov 18, 2008 Joseph White, president of the University of Illinois system, received the eighth-highest bonus: $105,000. Wayne Watson, president of , had the highest total compensation among Illinois community colleges, pocketing $291,977 in pay and benefits. (Crain's Chicago Business) DarenGlosser  Jul 1, 2008 The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a coeducational public research institution, is the oldest and largest campus in the University of Illinois system. With annual revenue of $871 million, Clayco is one of the largest privately owned businesses based in St. Louis. (St. Louis Business Journal, MO) Local college shoppers dealing with sticker shock ... Confessed serial Krajcir pleads guilty to five Missouri deaths ... Lincoln letter auctioned for a record $3.4 million ... 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At SIU-Carbondale, students paid about 18,900 this year and next year will likely pay 20,750. (Marion Daily Republican, IL) Longtime children's theater falling on tough times  Jan 13, 2008 The University of Illinois system saw contributions rise last year by more than 60 percent -- to $366. 6 million -- largely because of two donations totaling $122 million. (Daytona Beach News Journal) To Have and Have Not  Jan 7, 2008 " Economists and fund-raising experts point to several other reasons for a growing economic divide among charities. Colleges, hospitals, arts organizations, community foundations, and other wealthy institutions have in the past decade built their endowments and reserves to insulate themselves from economic fluctuations. In addition, such groups have been hiring many new fund raisers to focus exclusively on seeking big gifts from wealthy people. Among the organizations that have benefited from... (The Chronicle of Philanthropy) Get Fresh Cows Off to a Good Start During First 10 Days  Dec 14, 2007 Here s how the University of Illinois system works. Once a day, fresh cows were restrained in locking head gates. (Agri-View, WI) Men's Basketball Hosts UIS On Tuesday Night  Nov 14, 2007 UIS, based in the state capital of Springfield, is an NAIA program and is part of the University of Illinois system. After Tuesday's game the Flames won't be back at the Pavilion until Dec. 6th against Milwaukee. (Uicflames.com) The higher ed squeeze  Nov 5, 2007 The University of Illinois system gets about 30 percent of its budget from the state. And the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor gets 24 percent of its nonhospital revenue from Michigan. (Las Vegas Sun) UChicago Argonne names six new members to laboratory’s board  Aug 17, 2007 He is the senior officer responsible for technology commercialization and economic development for the University of Illinois system. In this role, he also serves as the principal member for the university s limited liability companies: IllinoisVENTURES, LLC and the University of Illinois Research Park, LLC, and he is director of the Research Park at the University of Illinois. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL) Despite the love, lawmakers loyal to districts over alma maters  Jan 16, 2007 Tom Hardy, executive director for university relations for the University of Illinois system, said an education at a UI school inspires loyalty that hopefully lawmakers remember when they are budgeting their education dollars. Thirty-one of the states lawmakers attended UI schools, he said. (The Pantagraph newspaper) Back to Colleges News [ Terms Of Use | Privacy | About ] ©1998-2008 SurfWax, Inc. All rights reserved. Patents pending. Copyright SurfWax, Inc. 2008