{"id":4189,"date":"2025-01-09T22:15:24","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T22:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/?p=4189"},"modified":"2025-01-17T16:26:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T16:26:04","slug":"daley-makes-25k-gift-to-support-interior-design-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/?p=4189","title":{"rendered":"Daley makes $25K gift to support interior design students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SIU Donor Story: Jill Daley\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/buCM5BXuPc4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Jeff Wilson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What began with an interest in a design education has come full circle for SIU alumna Jill Daley. With a $25,000 gift, she established the Jill Daley Design Scholarship in the School of Architecture.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4190\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4190\" style=\"width: 190px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4190\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Jill-Daley-copy-190x300.jpg\" alt=\"Jill Daley\" width=\"190\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Jill-Daley-copy-190x300.jpg 190w, https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Jill-Daley-copy.jpg 406w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4190\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jill Daley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A Crystal Lake native, Daley started her education at Harper College in Palatine and started researching design schools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSIU came up as one of the top 10 design schools in the country, and it had in-state tuition,\u201d she said. \u201cTruthfully, I\u2019m not sure if I didn\u2019t have the SIU option what I would have done, because I pretty much put myself through school.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daley graduated from SIU in 1979 with a degree in interior design. She credits her education for much of her initial success.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI moved to Florida and had to take a licensure exam, which I passed on my first attempt, which is very unusual. I have known people who have had to take it 10 times,\u201d she said. \u201cWe had a lot of bonding in our department. We had a lot of excellent teachers. I will always be thankful to SIU for providing me with the foundation of a great design education.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During her career she has started two interior design firms, Office Dimensions and All Interiors, and written a book, \u201cDesign Secrets,\u201d and she is working on a follow-up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a lot that goes into this. People think interior design is just making places pretty \u2026 but it is a lot more complicated,\u201d she said. \u201cI wanted to educate people a little bit on all the different factors interior designers take into consideration. We want to live a healthy, long life. There are a lot of things we can do, even with our interiors, that can help that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While working in Florida, she helped start a scholarship for members of the local Big Brothers Big Sisters organization.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI saw how impactful it was on the lives of these kids,\u201d Daley said. \u201cPerhaps if it wasn\u2019t for scholarship funds, they wouldn\u2019t have been able to get a higher education.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Once she reconnected with Southern, she decided making a similar impact at her alma mater made sense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI decided this was something I\u2019d like to do because I\u2019d like to enrich and enhance the experience of someone interested in interior design,\u201d Daley said. \u201cIt\u2019s good to leave a legacy, and I believe in the design field and SIU, so I wanted to get involved and see what I could do to help.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(These students) are going to get some additional help to pursue their passion and their love, which is the most important ingredient to having a successful career. Every bit of support, I\u2019m sure, would be appreciated by them and put to good use.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about making a gift, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/siuf.org\">siuf.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jeff Wilson What began with an interest in a design education has come full circle for SIU alumna Jill Daley. With a $25,000 gift, she established the Jill Daley Design Scholarship in the School of Architecture. A Crystal Lake native, Daley started her education at Harper College in Palatine and started researching design schools. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/?p=4189\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Daley makes $25K gift to support interior design students<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-donor-stories","category-philanthropic-women"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4189"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4194,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4189\/revisions\/4194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}