February 2015 – Student Life and Culture Archives

Hillel: The International Jewish Organization Founded in Champaign

Published on: February 27, 2015

Written by Anna Trammell The Hillel Foundation, the largest Jewish student organization in the world, traces its beginnings to the University of Illinois. In 1921, the young Rabbi Benjamin Frankel began serving in Champaign’s Temple Sinai. [1] Meeting the Jewish students on campus, he observed that they were “passively Jewish”... Read More

Romance and Dance: The Dance Cards of Virginia I. Miller and W. Homer Switzer

Published on: February 10, 2015

Written by Caitlin E. Crane As students at the University of Illinois in the mid to late 1930’s, Virginia I. Miller and W. Homer Switzer would often attend dances held by various groups on campus together. The Student Life and Culture Archives recently received a memento of their dances in... Read More

Black Greek Letter Association, Fostering Social Spaces

Published on: February 2, 2015

Written by Nick Hopkins African-American students at Illinois have been a statistical minority since the early days of the University. Black students constituted a small fraction of the student population, but contribute a distinct diversity of culture and ideas to the campus community. The Black Greek Letter Association (BGLA), a... Read More

Month: February 2015

Hillel: The International Jewish Organization Founded in Champaign

Romance and Dance: The Dance Cards of Virginia I. Miller and W. Homer Switzer

Black Greek Letter Association, Fostering Social Spaces

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