Lincoln Hall Project
Welcome
Raising $10 Million for Scholarships
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.
Platinum Recognition: Lincoln Hall Renovation Is Honored for Environmental Sustainability
Planners for the historic Lincoln Hall renovation knew they were aiming high when they set out to earn “gold” certification through the U.S. Green Building Council’s environmental sustainability standards. Not only did the project earn gold status, but it did one better.
Lincoln Hall Rededication Ceremony
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.
Featured Memory
“I currently teach English at New Trier Township High School, and with all the technology in the classroom—projectors, computers, iPads—I still think back to my first day in my first classroom in Lincoln Hall with its couple of pieces of chalk, eraser, and blackboard, and marvel at what a gift it is to be a teacher.”
—Mark Wukas, BA ’77, history; MA ’79, English
Activity
Being a Lincoln Scholar
Max Colon shares his thoughts on his first year in the University of Illinois College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and what being a part of the inaugural class of the Lincoln Scholars program has meant to him.
Watching Over His Namesake
As of June 2011, the renovation was 50 percent complete, making Lincoln Hall right on schedule for opening in the fall of 2012.
Mystery Solved (Almost)
Storyography receives an odd yet enlightening story submission.
A Nose Waiting to Be Rubbed
A refurbished Lincoln bust will make a guest appearance at the Spurlock Museum.
A Seat for Lincoln
Renovated Lincoln Hall will include an intriguing new memorial.
Riding the Green Wave
Electric bicyclists will highlight Lincoln Hall as a model of sustainability.
August 2013
The Lincoln Hall time capsule gets installed.
February 2013
The Lincoln Hall Rededication ceremony.
October 2012
The big reveal: the Lincoln Hall Open House and time capsule ceremony.
July 2012
The Lincoln bust returns.
March 2012
The theater receives its floor and the courtyard its plants.
February 2012
Attention is focused on the first floor.