Kathryn Stanley Micek studied creative arts at UIS (then Sangamon State University) and graduated in 1974. In her honor, her husband, Sidney Micek, has endowed a scholarship at UIS. Mr. Micek was President and CEO of the University of Illinois Foundation from 2000 to 2012, and after his retirement, he continued part-time at the Foundation, working on special fundraising initiatives. The Kathryn Stanley Micek Scholarship is special because it is available to any student at UIS, graduate or undergraduate, without any other criteria.