Tickets for the 2017-2018 season at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts are now on sale! Krannert Center holds many concerts, shows, and events throughout the year. In the nearly 50 years since its opening, the Center and its resident academic departments of the School of Music, Illinois Theatre, and Dance at Illinois have welcomed hundreds of thousands of patrons from all walks of life—embracing the University of Illinois’ mission of education, research, and public engagement to establish itself as a classroom, laboratory, and public square for the exchange of ideas, the creation of new artistic work, and the life-affirming power of live performance. 

Visit this link to view the 2017-2018 calendar!

The campus police department offers safety classes and programs for students to learn strategies for personal crime prevention! In 2012, the department became the first university police agency to receive accreditation through the Illinois Law Enforcement Accreditation Program. It offers all the traditional police services, but unlike traditional police departments, those services are uniquely tailored to meet the needs of our university in a community-based manner meant to improve and maintain a healthy climate and quality of campus life.

Check out the services available to help keep your student safe!

Move-In Day 2017 is getting closer and closer! Residence halls are officially open for Fall 2017 check-in on Thursday, August 24^th at 9:00 a.m. Housing has a website that provides all information needed for moving your student into their residence halls. The website includes information on parking, the move-in guide app, moving in early, and checklist for what to bring!

Click here for Housing’s website. We are excited to see you!

Surprise. Parenting is hard. Okay, that’s not a surprise. The surprise is that one of the hardest parts of parenting is doing nothing. Yes. Really. Sitting on your hands and resisting the temptation to fix problems for our kids can be one of the most difficult exercises in parenting. Self-control. It’s ironic that we expect our kids to practice impulse control throughout their lives but we don’t realize how much we need that same lesson.

 To continue reading this article, click here.

The Illini Union Parent and Family Programs Office is committed to providing all University of Illinois families with up-to-date information, resources to assist you in the role that you play in your student’s success, and a point of contact to answer questions or address your concerns. Complete the contact information form and make sure you have access to everything the Parent and Family Programs Office has to offer. Be sure to forward this to other Illini families who are not receiving our updates.

Parents and family members, just like you, have the ability to make our students’ college experience remarkable. Your contribution supports innovative programs that promote student learning, personal development, and well-being. 

Your unrestricted gift to the Parent Fund helps Student Affairs support alcohol-free programming, such as Illinites, provide personal safety training to students, and more. Your gift also ensures that regular communication and support for all families of Illinois students will continue.

To learn more about Student Affairs, click here. 

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The 2017 Summer Illini Families Newsletter, the official newsletter of the Illini Union Parent and Family Programs Office, is now available to view online. To access the summer edition, which includes articles about moving off-campus, summer semester tips from the University Of Illinois Police Department, parent and family self-care, scholarship resources, Dad Weekend events which tickets, and much more!

To view the newsletter, click here.

Did you know UIUC’s campus has TWO free museums available to the public? Both are great places to explore and learn while your family is on campus visiting your student! The William R. and Clarice V. Spurlock Museum of World Cultures is a regional center for cultural and archaeological collections from throughout history and across the globe. There are nine permanent exhibits representing historical and contemporary peoples from around the world. Krannert Art Museum promotes a vibrant exchange of ideas in the visual arts. The museum’s rich permanent collection contains more than 10,000 works of art dating from the fourth millennium BCE to the present, representing a broad range of cultures and varied modes of artistic expression. Both museums offer a rotation of special exhibits. You can see what is on display on their respective websites! Both museums also accept donations and provide a suggested donation size upon entry.

Click here for information concerning the Spurlock Museum, and here for Krannert Art Museum.

The Moms Association is a great way to be involved with the university and learn more about the exciting events, scholarships, and opportunities available to you and your student. While everyone is automatically a member of the association, the Board of Directors is looking for interested moms and mother figures to join the leadership team.

Board members participate in several meetings on campus (in person or by teleconference), are engaged in numerous activities during Moms Weekend, form a closer connection to the university, make new friends with other Illinois moms, and have a great excuse to visit campus a few times a year to see their student! Those with creative, organizational, and/or business skills and experience are encouraged to apply.

If interested, please complete the online application on the Moms Association website here.

You can also support the Illini Moms Association by getting Illini Moms Merchandise from the official Moms Association Online Store. All proceeds will go towards supporting our students and the campus community.

The Moms Association at the University of Illinois is looking forward to an exciting year. Be sure to like the Facebook page for the latest Moms news, events, and advice.

Looking to get involved while your student is at U of I?

We are always looking for fathers and father figures to join our Board and serve on various event committees. If you have experience and skills in event planning, organizing outings, philanthropic causes, marketing, communications, or just plain want to help out on Dads Weekend, then please click here to join the board and we will be in touch.

Whether you are interested in joining our board or not, please click here to activate your free membership with the Illini Dads Association.

All proceeds coming into the Illini Dads Association supports our students and the campus community. Founded in 1922, IlliniDads has provided hundreds of thousands of dollars in scholarships and grants to U of I students and the Champaign-Urbana community. We look forward to hearing from you and meeting you at our next meeting!

For more information about the Dads Association, click here.

The University of Illinois Student Health Insurance Office makes sure students have access to an insurance plan that provides for all the health care needs while attending Illinois. The University of Illinois has chosen UnitedHealthcare to underwrite and process the comprehensive, world-wide accepted, major medical plan offered to students. Information on the Student Health Insurance Office can be found on their website, including how to enroll, what is covered, FAQs, and much more. Coverage for Fall 2017 will run from August 26th, 2017-January 12th, 2018. The fall 2017 enrollment/change period will run from August 24th-September 26th. 

View their website here!

Welcome to the new Dean of Social Work at Illinois! Steven Anderson, the director of the School of Social Work at Michigan State University, was named the dean of the School of Social Work at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign effective Sept. 16, pending approval by the University of Illinois Board of Trustees. This is actually a homecoming for Professor Anderson, who earned both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in social work at Illinois and was a member of the school’s faculty for 13 years. Professor Anderson also holds both a master’s and a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Michigan. He left Illinois to become director of the School of Social Work at Arizona State University in 2011. 

Give Professor Anderson a big Illinois welcome and read more about his work in this article!

No need for a credit card! Illini Cash is a quick, convenient, and secure way to provide funds for your student for anything from food, books, supplies, computers, and printing.  Illini Cash is accepted at most University of Illinois retail locations including the Illini Union Bookstore, the Tech Zone, the Rec Room, Starbucks, Illini Union Hotel, the Quad Shop, the Illini Union Restaurant Partners, University Housing and Dining, and Campus Recreation locations. 

Illini cash can be set up online through a short form, and then money will be instantly available to your student. There are no fees or expiration dates for Illini Cash, making it a simple and effective way for students to make on-campus purchases.

We would appreciate the completion of this short, three question survey about Illini Cash. Thank you in advance for doing this survey!

All you need to set up Illini Cash is your student’s University Identification Number (UIN), which is located on the front of their i-card. Set up your student's Illini Cash here!

• August 3 - Summer Instruction Ends
• August 4 - Summer Session Final Exams
• August 19 - 10 Month Annual Payment Plan Enrollment Deadline
• August 24 - Freshman Move-In Day
• August 26 - Returning Student Move-In Day
• August 28 - Instruction Begins
• September 4 - Labor Day (No classes)
• September 28 - Tuition Payment Due
• October 22-28 - Homecoming
• November 10-12 - Dads Weekend

A study led by UIUC Entomology professor Gene Robinson finds parallels between unresponsive honey bees and autism in humans. The findings, reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, appear to be unique to genes associated with autism and not to other behavioral disorders in humans. The study offers an early glimpse of the molecular heritage shared across the animal kingdom, the researchers say, and offers tantalizing clues about the evolution of social behavior.

Read the rest of this very interesting article about the findings of Professor Robinson here!