The Illini Union, located at 1401 West Green Street in Urbana, Illinois, on the campus of the
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the Univer ...
, is the
student union for the University.
The building was dedicated on November 1, 1941, as the campus's home for student organizations, meetings, and student programs and activities, replacing University Hall. It was constructed in cooperation with the University of Illinois Foundation, which secured funding for the construction through a $525,820
Public Works Administration grant and a $656,000 loan which was later repaid through student fees.
Today, Illini Union contains the Illini Union Hotel, a credit union, a convenience store, information services, CITES (Campus
IT) instructional facility,
quick-service restaurants, a bowling alley, arcade, student performance spaces, and office space for Registered Student Organizations, student government, Student Legal Services, Student Tenant Union, LGBT Resource Center, and Union administration.
The Illini Union Board serves as a campus-wide programming organization and as the advisory Board for the Illini Union Director.
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School buildings completed in 1941
Buildings and structures of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Student activity centers in the United States