Bob and Maureen Schaaf have long been friends of UIS. Maureen is a UIS grad: she earned an Accountancy BA in 1983. Bob was one of the original group that donated land for Sangamon State University (now UIS) which opened in 1970 . Together they have created the Maureen A. Schaaf Scholarship for an undergraduate student with need in the College of Business and Management, with preference given to a graduate of Springfield's Sacred Heart Griffin High School.