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Raising $10 Million for Scholarships

We have raised four million, two hundred and ninety-three thousand, one hundred thirty-seven dollars and twenty-six cents for scholarships so far.In celebration of Lincoln Hall’s long-awaited renovation, have your name—or the names of those you wish to honor— memorialized in Lincoln Hall by making a gift to the college’s scholarship fund.

Give to the Lincoln Hall Scholarship Fund.

Engrave your name on a paver, bench, or chair.

 

Lincoln Hall Wins PACA Institutional Heritage Award

Champaign County’s Preservation and Conservation Association presented this prestigious award to Lincoln Hall at a ceremony on Sunday, April 21, 2013.

Lincoln Hall Rededication Ceremony

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Watch a video of the Lincoln Hall Rededication ceremony that took place on Tuesday, February 12, 2013. This ceremony, on Abraham Lincoln’s birthday, was exactly 100 years to the day of the building’s original dedication.

The 1913 Lincoln Hall Dedication

program In 1913, the original dedication drew presidents of the major American universities of that time, plus local and state politicians. Even classes were canceled so every student could attend the tribute to "the finest monument thus far erected to Abraham Lincoln in the country," according to U of I President Edmund James. See the programs distributed at Lincoln Hall’s dedication ceremony a century ago.

“We could go out for an hour and gather derelicts like old tires, trophies belonging to clubs from the 1970s, theater props or costumes, misshapen hunks of wood, ancient cassette tapes, and any other strange relics of the past we could find in the basement, attic, or wherever else in the building. We’d then wrap the gift, invent a story, and give them to each other in the room as jokes.”

—Jeff Ginger (BA ’06, sociology)

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Remembering Lincoln Hall

Remembering Lincoln Hall
View the Storyography video that debuted at the Lincoln Hall Open House in the Lincoln Hall Theater. University of Illinois alumni reflect and describe the significance of Lincoln Hall.

More Videos

crowdFebruary 2013
The Lincoln Hall Rededication ceremony.

open houseOctober 2012
The big reveal: the Lincoln Hall Open House and time capsule ceremony.

bustJuly 2012
The Lincoln bust returns.

theaterMarch 2012
The theater receives its floor and the courtyard its plants.

courtyard entranceFebruary 2012
Attention is focused on the first floor.

theater seatsJanuary 2012
The renovation is proceeding at a fast pace as it enters its final few months.

More Renovation Photos