University Interim President Stanley Ikenberry was present in Springfield and spoke during the luncheon about the need for state funding for the University.
“The University has probably never been in a more perilous situation than we are right now with more than 400 million unpaid by the state of Illinois that cost us a cash crisis,” Ikenberry said. “It’s students that all of this is about. It’s providing top quality higher education in the state at the University of Illinois.”
Ikenberry added that he believes legislators will listen to students more than anyone else from the University.
