tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10012196Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:24:43 +0000The latest news and informationhttp://www.uis.edu/newsbureau/noreply@blogger.com (UIS Web Services)Blogger1006125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10012196.post-7396108144747546733Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:00:00 +00002010-03-12T13:14:34.476-06:00VideoInternationalEducationFacultyTwo professors from the Harbin University of Science and Technology in China, who are visiting the University of Illinois Springfield, in an educational partnership met with students at a Springfield elementary school on Tuesday, March 9.Yufeng Jiang, Dean of the College of Foreign Languages at Harbin University and Fuming Chen, a faculty member in the College of Foreign Languages are spending http://www.uis.edu/newsbureau/2010/03/chinese-professors-visit-springfield.htmlbwood8@uis.edu (Blake Wood)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10012196.post-3402792653329985792Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:37:00 +00002010-03-09T13:34:28.969-06:00UndergraduateStudentsVolunteerStudent LifeA record number of students from the University of Illinois Springfield will spend their spring break volunteering in Galveston, Texas helping with recovery efforts following Hurricane Ike.The 45 students and 3 advisers will leave Springfield on Friday, March 12 and return to campus on Sunday, March 20. The group will stay at a local elementary school in Galveston with other students from acrosshttp://www.uis.edu/newsbureau/2010/03/uis-students-to-spend-alternative.htmlbwood8@uis.edu (Blake Wood)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10012196.post-3496740945817802752Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:53:00 +00002010-03-12T13:20:18.694-06:00UniversityVideoStudentsStaffPublicFacultyUniversity of Illinois President Stanley Ikenberry spoke to UIS employees and answered their questions during a March 5, 2010 presentation in Brookens Auditorium.Watch portions of Ikenberry’s comments on state funding, furloughs and the search for the next UIS chancellor in the video above.http://www.uis.edu/newsbureau/2010/03/president-ikenberry-discusses-budget.htmlbwood8@uis.edu (Blake Wood)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10012196.post-4242995400486187940Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:00:00 +00002010-03-03T10:15:38.878-06:00AwardsUniversityStudentsVolunteerThe University of Illinois Springfield has been named to the 2009 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement.The Corporation for National and Community Service, which administers the annual Honor Roll award, recognized more than 700 collegeshttp://www.uis.edu/newsbureau/2010/03/uis-receives-national-recognition-for.htmlbwood8@uis.edu (Blake Wood)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10012196.post-4003852489292486467Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:29:00 +00002010-03-02T17:58:02.766-06:00UniversityChancellorPublicLed decade of transformation at campusSPRINGFIELD – University of Illinois Springfield Chancellor Richard D. Ringeisen, who led the campus through a decade of transformation to become ranked among the top universities of its size, announced today that he will retire as chancellor effective October 31.Ringeisen, 65, described his tenure at UIS since April of 2001 as the pinnacle of a long career http://www.uis.edu/newsbureau/2010/03/uis-chancellor-ringeisen-set-to-retire.htmlbwood8@uis.edu (Blake Wood)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10012196.post-4155341825359564058Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:24:00 +00002010-02-19T14:20:16.862-06:00UniversityUndergraduateStudentsStudent AffairsEducationA total of 455 students have been named to the University of Illinois Springfield Deans’ List for the 2009 fall semester; 80 are students in the college of Business and Management, 68 are students in the College of Education and Human Services, 256 are enrolled in programs in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 40 are enrolled in programs in the College of Public Affairs and Administration,http://www.uis.edu/newsbureau/2010/02/uis-announces-fall-semester-2009-deans.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Derek Schnapp)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10012196.post-4005756682318059062Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:04:00 +00002010-02-12T15:58:58.809-06:00AwardsCollege of Liberal Arts and ScienceshistoryFacultyA two-volume biography that was 30 years in the making, by one of the foremost living authorities on Abraham Lincoln, has won the 2010 Lincoln Prize.Michael Burlingame will receive the $50,000 Lincoln Prize for his book, “Abraham Lincoln: A Life” (Johns Hopkins University Press), as well as a bronze replica of Augustus Saint-Gaudens life-size bust, “Lincoln the Man.” Burlingame is the Chancellor http://www.uis.edu/newsbureau/2010/02/burlingames-biography-of-lincoln-wins.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Courtney Westlake)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10012196.post-3669094278973363386Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:07:00 +00002010-02-10T16:19:34.531-06:00UniversityVideotechnologyPublicTechnology within education has been growing by leaps and bounds, and now educators and institutions are even using social media tools within online learning and teaching.The latest and greatest of this innovative technology was showcased during the 10th annual Technology Day at UIS on Wednesday, February 10 in the Public Affairs Center. The theme for this year’s event was “What Are You Learning http://www.uis.edu/newsbureau/2010/02/technology-day-draws-crowds-to-learn.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Courtney Westlake)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10012196.post-7999288665758397507Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:38:00 +00002010-02-09T13:40:36.792-06:00AwardsUniversityStudentsrecreationUniversity of Illinois Springfield student Brett Walker has recently received the William N. Wasson Student Leadership & Academic Award, given by the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA).The award recognizes top undergraduate and graduate students who are participants of and/or employed by the Department of Recreational Sports at their university and honors outstanding http://www.uis.edu/newsbureau/2010/02/uis-student-receives-award-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Courtney Westlake)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10012196.post-3510121662877049858Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:29:00 +00002010-02-03T10:40:31.763-06:00UniversityChancellorStudentsEnrollment at the University of Illinois Springfield has set a record for a spring semester with 4,862 students enrolled, an increase of 327 over last spring. Spring 2010 enrollment tops a record set in spring 2007 when 4,613 students were enrolled.The 7.2 percent increase is primarily due to a larger number of continuing students, according to both UIS Chancellor Richard Ringeisen and Dr. Tim http://www.uis.edu/newsbureau/2010/02/uis-sets-record-for-spring-semester.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Derek Schnapp)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10012196.post-931392003209973328Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:43:00 +00002010-02-01T10:45:49.273-06:00UniversityrecreationPublicThe University of Illinois Springfield’s Global Experience program will be offering a short course on Japanese language and culture in Ashikaga, Japan during the second and third weeks of June. Members of the public community, in addition to degree-seeking students, are invited and welcome to participate.The daily schedule in Ashikaga will include instruction in Japanese language and culture on http://www.uis.edu/newsbureau/2010/02/public-invited-to-participate-in-uis.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Courtney Westlake)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10012196.post-1097718694402924814Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:31:00 +00002010-03-12T13:24:43.110-06:00AwardsUniversityVideoStaffBob Lael, assistant manager of Human Resources at the University of Illinois Springfield, was named 2009 Employee of the Year at the 27th annual Employee of the Year Recognition Ceremony, held January 28 on the UIS campus.Lael was selected from among 11 UIS staff members who had been employees of the month during the past year. He was employee of the month for May.Materials nominating him at thathttp://www.uis.edu/newsbureau/2010/02/bob-lael-is-named-2009-employee-of-year.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Courtney Westlake)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10012196.post-6311623768598190598Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:54:00 +00002010-01-27T09:54:22.744-06:00UniversityVideohistoryThe Rick and Dona McGraw family of Springfield has donated one of only 15 bronze cast of an original Abraham Lincoln life mask to the University of Illinois Springfield.The original plaster mold was taken of Lincoln’s face by sculptor Clark Mills on February 11, 1865, just two months before his assassination. The mask shows the great toll the Civil War had taken on Lincoln's health with his http://www.uis.edu/newsbureau/2010/01/lincoln-life-mask-donated-to-uis-by.htmlbwood8@uis.edu (Blake Wood)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10012196.post-2612665400201896684Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:44:00 +00002010-01-19T15:10:29.885-06:00AwardsUniversityonlineFacultyDr. Burks Oakley II, visiting research professor for the Center for Online Learning, Research and Service (COLRS) at the University of Illinois Springfield, has been named director of the New Century Learning Consortium (NCLC).The consortium, which was established in 2007 and is funded by grants from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, includes UIS, University of Southern Maine, Southern Oregon http://www.uis.edu/newsbureau/2010/01/professor-burks-oakley-is-named.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Courtney Westlake)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10012196.post-267375368403876025Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:57:00 +00002010-01-22T14:14:31.347-06:00UniversityVideoStudentsAlumniFacultyThe University of Illinois Springfield is taking a look back at the Year in Video 2009.DVD copies of this presentation are available free of charge, upon request by contacting Derek Schnapp, Director of Public Relations at 217/206-6716 or dschn3@uis.edu.This video has been produced by the UIS Office of Campus Relations and Office of Web Services.http://www.uis.edu/newsbureau/2010/01/year-in-video-2009.htmlbwood8@uis.edu (Blake Wood)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10012196.post-8049871494238550160Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:37:00 +00002010-01-06T10:50:04.514-06:00UniversityonlineStaffBrookens LibraryFacultyStaff and faculty members from the University of Illinois Springfield’s Brookens Library and the Center for Online Learning, Research and Service (COLRS) are teaming up with staff members from the Illinois State Library and other libraries throughout the state for a prestigious new institute that will be one of the most significant Illinois library initiatives of 2010. The institute, called ILEADhttp://www.uis.edu/newsbureau/2010/01/uis-staff-and-faculty-help-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Courtney Westlake)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10012196.post-353169068444327230Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:25:00 +00002010-01-05T08:30:32.558-06:00Today, Chancellor Richard Ringeisen sent the following information to all University of Illinois Springfield employees.I want to follow up on President Stanley Ikenberry’s note to all university staff and faculty about the implementation of furloughs, a hiring freeze, and related issues at the University of Illinois.Clearly, the university and UIS are facing our most serious budgetary times in http://www.uis.edu/newsbureau/2010/01/chancellor-discusses-budget-issues.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (UIS Web Services)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10012196.post-2578475642683288829Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:24:00 +00002010-01-04T13:00:43.239-06:00UniversityChancellorhistoryPublicThe University of Illinois Springfield became a part of the University of Illinois system in 1995, and the small liberal arts college in Central Illinois has been gaining momentum ever since. UIS has experienced positive growth over the last 15 years like never before.The new century was particularly exciting for the university with the construction of major campus buildings such as University http://www.uis.edu/newsbureau/2009/12/looking-back-decade-at-uis.htmlbwood8@uis.edu (Blake Wood)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10012196.post-8200134510457312067Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:13:00 +00002009-12-18T10:28:07.711-06:00VideoStudentsVolunteerGraduateThe holidays will be a little brighter for 53 elementary students at Feitshans Academy in Springfield this year thanks to a group of UIS graduate students.The Graduate Public Service Internship -Student Association collected toys as part of its annual “Giving Tree” project. UIS students, faculty and staff selected ornaments from the “Giving Tree” that contained a child’s name and age. The http://www.uis.edu/newsbureau/2009/12/uis-graduate-students-collect-holiday.htmlbwood8@uis.edu (Blake Wood)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10012196.post-7457833721113659359Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:16:00 +00002009-12-15T09:02:40.416-06:00UndergraduateVideoonlinetechnologyStudentsThe University of Illinois Springfield Career Development Center is helping students and employers connect in the virtual world through skills match and social networking sites.“It allows you to connect with employers and recruiters that you wouldn’t be able to connect with. You can connect with people across the country to find different positions,” said Kristen Parsell, senior social work http://www.uis.edu/newsbureau/2009/12/social-networking-and-online-tools-help.htmlbwood8@uis.edu (Blake Wood)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10012196.post-1954840733006363378Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:04:00 +00002009-12-10T10:07:04.812-06:00UniversityonlineStudentsThe University of Illinois Springfield is one of the first universities in the nation to use Google Wave for online learning and teaching.Google Wave is an online tool for real-time communication and collaboration. According to Google, a wave can be both a conversation and a document where people can discuss and work together using richly-formatted text, photos, videos, maps and more. Google http://www.uis.edu/newsbureau/2009/12/uis-utilizes-google-wave-for-online.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Courtney Westlake)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10012196.post-4364559203986350240Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:53:00 +00002009-12-09T11:57:44.538-06:00UniversityVideoPublicMembers of the University of Illinois Presidential Search Committee held a public forum on the UIS campus on Tuesday, December 8, 2009, to hear what qualities students, faculty and community members want in the next U of I president.The forum held in Brookens Auditorium was lead by U of I trustee Karen Hasara, who filled in for committee chair and trustee Pamela Strobel, who couldn’t attend due http://www.uis.edu/newsbureau/2009/12/u-of-i-presidential-search-committee.htmlbwood8@uis.edu (Blake Wood)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10012196.post-7006810423839644357Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:22:00 +00002009-12-03T15:35:00.875-06:00UniversityVideoStudentsVolunteerStaffFacultyThe University of Illinois Springfield collected a record 6,209 pounds of food for the Central Illinois Foodbank as part of the 2009 Holiday Stars Project. That’s an over 40 percent increase in donations from last year.“It’s fun to be able to say we raised a ton more than last year because in this case we really mean it, literally. It’s heartwarming,” said Richard D. Ringeisen, UIS http://www.uis.edu/newsbureau/2009/12/uis-holiday-stars-projects-collects-3.htmlbwood8@uis.edu (Blake Wood)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10012196.post-2567430526352507188Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:13:00 +00002009-12-01T10:26:15.638-06:00UniversityVideotechnologyThe University of Illinois Springfield’s listing in the iTunes Store, a popular software-based online digital media store, is paying off in boosting the campus’ presence on the web.UIS was selected by Apple, Inc. to join the iTunes Store on August 18, 2009. UIS had been using an internal iTunes U account on campus since January 2007, with limited public access. The switch has made UIS content http://www.uis.edu/newsbureau/2009/12/itunes-u-boosts-uis-visibility-on-web.htmlbwood8@uis.edu (Blake Wood)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10012196.post-7367962228354171675Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:54:00 +00002009-12-01T08:57:28.953-06:00VideoWUISWUIS/Illinois Pubic Radio has launched a new “alternative” digital radio station as part of a nearly $300,000 upgrade effort.The new station called “Xponential Radio” signed onto the airwaves in mid-October and can be received by using an HD radio or listening online at www.wuis.org. The station is available on the second channel (HD-2) of the primary WUIS 91.9 FM digital signal.“The advantage ishttp://www.uis.edu/newsbureau/2009/11/wuis-public-radio-launches-new.htmlbwood8@uis.edu (Blake Wood)0