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Governor
Quinn visits Urbana-Champaign campus Gov. Quinn visited the Urbana-Champaign campus Oct. 7 and vowed to fight for
Illinois' college students who greatly depend on the Illinois Monetary Award
Program to continue their education. More than 13,000 University of Illinois
students across the three campuses will be affected by the loss of MAP grants.
Students, faculty and staff rallied around the governor to show support. To that
end, they wrote post cards to their legislators in support of MAP grants.
