University of Illinois System leaders issued the following statement on Wednesday's riot at the U.S. Capitol.
For more than 150 years, the University of Illinois System has been about learning, and there is a vital lesson that our students and every one of us must take to heart from Wednesday’s horrifying and utterly disgraceful events in our nation’s capital. It is a reminder that our democracy is both sacred and fragile, and can only be preserved if our elected officials and every citizen stand firmly behind the orderly and peaceful democratic processes that built our republic – with a government of, by and for the people – and made this nation a beacon for the world. In the words of Abraham Lincoln, whose signature launched our nation’s land-grant universities: “Be sure to put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.”
Tim Killeen
President
Barbara J. Wilson
Executive Vice President and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Robert J. Jones
Chancellor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Michael D. Amiridis
Chancellor, University of Illinois Chicago
Karen M. Whitney
Interim Chancellor, University of Illinois Springfield
