CUSF Direct Communication

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Over the long weekend, staff and volunteers moved our entire office to our new place off of Olympian Drive. Its fantastic! We are delighted to be here and can’t wait to show it off! We are planning an open house for [...]

I know, I know, it seems too early to be thinking about this…but I just reserved the IHOTEL for our 2010 LUNCHEON!
The event will be on April 30, 2010.  We are just forming the committee to get it rolling, but we need your NOMINATIONS!  Champaign Urbana HS Alums!  Send them in!  The new form is [...]

I just went past Central HS and saw several members of the Central Class of 79…must be having a reunion coming up?? – out working on the new Alumni Garden!  I took some pics and will post on Facebook and here as soon as I find my USB cord…Thanks go to Judy Yost, Betsy Harper [...]

Unbelievable!  Over 100 teachers have been on the ball the last few days getting their on-line applications into CUSF for the Fall SPLASH Grant offerings!  Unfortunately, we have to close the program.  We will be reopening the program at midnight on January 1, 2010 for the spring semester.  This has happened so fast that we [...]

As a community tool to invest in our public schools, its important for us to stay connected.  In an effort to gain guidance from community leaders, CUSF has created and placed its first Community Advisory Board.  The CAB had its first meeting this past Tuesday and welcomed 17 members on to the inaugural board.
We are [...]

You can now go to Google Maps and search Champaign Urbana to find our local public schools that have received SPLASH GRANTS since JULY 2008!  If you search the info on each school – you can learn how much money each school has been granted!  This is just a great way to illustrate to you [...]

I am just really excited that we are setting up this way to directly communicate with you about the public schools in CU and what the Foundation is up to.  I hope that we can share what we are thinking and all trying to do to help create a forum for the good news.  There [...]