The most prevalent ethnicity in the Ford County district's student body in the 2021-22 school year was white, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
On Senior Night at Huff Hall, the Illinois volleyball team secured a straight-sets victory over Michigan. This win improved the Fighting Illini's record to 16-12 overall and 11-7 in conference play, while Michigan fell to 7-20 with a 5-13 league mark.
The Illinois swim and dive team concluded their participation in the Boilermaker Invite on Saturday, November 18. The event took place in West Lafayette, Indiana, where the team secured third place with a total of 497 points. Junior Paloma Canos Cervera made a significant impact by achieving the sixth-fastest time in the program's history for the 1650 freestyle, clocking in at 16:47.10 and securing third place in the finals.
The City of Champaign is proud to announce that it once again earned the highest possible score on the Human Rights Campaign’s 2023 Municipal Equality Index. This is the twelfth consecutive year that the Human Rights Campaign Foundation has recognized the City for its inclusive LGBTQ+ laws, policies, and services as a part of their annual Municipal Equality Index (MEI). The MEI examines how inclusive municipal laws, policies, and services are of LGBTQ+ people who live and work there. As it did last year, the City achieved a score of 100 on the 2023 assessment – the highest possible score. Champaign joins just two other cities in Illinois (Rockford and Chicago) to receive a perfect score.