As Illinois celebrates its 150th birthday, who else can better represent Illini values than 44th President Barack Obama. Help tell Barack Obama that we want him to be our 2017 Commencement Speaker.

Commencement is a time to celebrate success, good memories, and overcoming hardships. Obama's story, as a president from Chicago, Illinois, can provide the kind of words that we as students need to hear in order to set ourselves down a path to more success, better memories, and fewer hardships.

Sign the petition, join our event, https://www.facebook.com/events/674939919350978/ and tweet at @BarackObama using our hashtag #ILLINOISInvitesObama