Let’s hear it for #SquirrelAppreciationDay 🐿️👏🐿️👏🐿️ It’s hard to imagine the #ILLINOIS campus without an abundance of friendly squirrels, but they are likely the result of a large import by University President Andrew S. Draper in the early 1900s. Draper thought bringing squirrels to the University would romanticize and boost campus life. ”The little rodents would add charm to the campus.”