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Chancellor Sam Goldman’s decision to go against a Faculty Senate Judicial Review Board recommendation on a March faculty dispute has been overturned by the Office of the President, sources close to the matter say.

Five years ago, Shema Jamaluddin quit her day job to coordinate fundraisers that support the local community as well as schools and orphanages in Bangladesh.

Starting Friday, a result of her efforts will begin as a five-week art class. The course will teach children and adults about art history and drawing techniques.
The proceeds from course costs will benefit For Kids’ Sake, a fundraising organization in partnership with Dayemi Tariqat, a group that provides financial assistance to Bangalesh orphanages and students.

The university is slowly but surely returning to normal following the aftermath of a May 8 storm that demolished a majority of the campus’ vegetation.

Brad Dillard, associate director of the Physical Plant, said the university reopened Thompson Woods last week and hopes to have the campus in regular shape by the beginning of the fall semester.

Nearly all of the university’s walkways, bridges and parking lots have been cleared of debris, Dillard said, and the university is now turning its attention to removing more than 300 tree stumps from campus grounds.

Another student was arrested as part of a large drug sweep by University police.

Chancelor Richard Herman was awarded the Michael P. Malone International Leadership Award, which is sponsored by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), according to the News Bureau.

University alumnus Scott Altman is set to command an upcoming space mission.

United States Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood is speaking at the college of law's commencement on May 16 at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, according to the News Bureau.

Adjusting to a foreign place without knowing the spoken language can be difficult for immigrants. But Jorge Chapa, director of the Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society, said he and the ten professors who came to a panel sponsored by the center on April 25 are working to address these kinds of issues.

The Clybourne is opening its doors tonight.

On April 30, the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District discussed a number of proposed changes to campus bus routes at a public hearing held at the College of Law.