Overview of our departments
Listed below are the departments in the Division of Student Affairs.
Admissions
Director: Lori Giordano
217/206-7284
The Office of Admissions oversees all applications to the University as well as the recruitment and retention of students.
Career Development Center
Director: Tammy Craig
217/206-6508
Career Development Center provides individualized services to educate our diverse student and alumni population, addressing career development and job search needs. Providing professional career counseling and current career guidance resources, CDC promotes a greater awareness of the world of work and the need to view career development as a lifelong process.
Counseling Center
Director: Judy Shipp
217/206-7122
Counseling Center provides supportive services for students and employees. Confidential counseling is provided to address the personal concerns of students and employees in a safe and private environment, counseling and outreach programming that address issues of concern to students including stress and time management, depression, substance abuse, conflict resolution, communication skills and relationship concerns.
Cox Children Center
Director: Stacey Gilmore
217/206-6610
The Cox Children Center provides a model of high quality early education and care in a safe, nurturing environment for children of students, employees and community.
Disability Services
Director: Sarah Colby Weaver
217/206-6666
Disability Services provides academic accommodations to students with documented disabilities and to assist students in succeeding in college-level courses by empowering them through a variety of support services.
Diversity Center
Director: Clarice Ford
217/206-6333
The Diversity Center is dedicated to developing understanding of cultural differences through educational, cultural, and social programming activities. The office supports student organizations, offers guidance on issues relat
ed to diversity, and strives to promote and incorporate an appreciation for all that a multicultural campus offers. Programs and activities sponsored and co-sponsored by the office are designed to create a campus climate that welcomes diversity, eliminates divisions, and decreases intolerance and stereotyping.
In coordination with other campus offices, the Diversity Center promotes intercultural dialogue and other initiatives that encourage respect for and celebration of race, ethnicity, national origin, and sexual orientation.
Financial Assistance
Director: Gerald Joseph
217/206-6724
The Office of Financial Assistance aspires to ensure access to and affordability of an UIS education. We are committed to service excellence in our interaction with students and families and in assisting them seek funding to meet their educational goals. We strive to be fair, objective and professional in our dealings with all of our students in support of the University's goals of enrolling and graduating a highly talented and diverse student body. We are dedicated to providing for the proper stewardship and fiduciary responsibility of all federal, state, institutional and private funding.
Food Service
Directors: Geoffrey Evans and Randall Williams
217/206-6768
Food Services provides quality food, beverage and service at the lowest price possible to meet the needs of the diverse University community.
Health Services
Director: Lynne Price
217/206-6676
Health Services provides cost effective, comprehensive, accessible, professional health care to the campus community and provide preventive services and resources that support participation in health care, enabling individuals to recognize health as a comprehensive state over which they have control.
Housing and Residential Life
Director: John Ringle
217/206-6190
Housing and Residential Life fosters personal & academic growth in each resident, while providing diverse, progressive, collaborative, & reasonably-priced developmental environments integral to their premier public liberal arts education. Also provide exemplary customer service, intentional campus life experiences, & inclusive traditions which support & enhance their residential living/learning communities.
International Student Services
Director: Rick Lane
217/206-6678
The Office of International Student Services supports the immigration, academic, cultural, and social experience of all UIS international students. The OISS is the primary liaison between our international students and the university, the community, and the U.S. government.
Journal Newspaper
Advisor: Debra Landis
217/206-NEWS (6397)
The Journal is an editorially independent student newspaper of the University of Illinois at Springfield. Our mission is to publish news and feature stories, editorials and opinions relevant to the campus community while upholding the highest professional and ethical standards as outlined in The Journal's code of conduct and editorial by-laws and procedures.
New Student Orientation & Parent Relations
Visiting Director: Yolanda Beamon
217/206-6665
The mission of the Office of New Student Orientation and Parent Relations is to facilitate the transition of new students into the institution; preparing students for the institution's educational opportunities and student responsibilities; initiating the integration of new students into the intellectual, cultural, and social climate of the institution; and supporting the parents, partners, guardians, and children of the new student.
Records and Registration 
Director: Brian Clevenger
217/206-6178
The University of Illinois at Springfield's Office of Records and Registration (also known as the Office of the Registrar) consists of a number of subunits responsible for a variety of duties.
These subunits include Registration (including course registration, catalog/schedule maintenance, and tuition/fee assessment), Records (including the issuance of official UIS transcripts and grade changes), Graduation (including the awarding of all degrees and associated diplomas),and Degree Audits (including the evaluation of all degrees in progress).
Recreational Sports
Director: JT Timmons
217/206-7103
Recreational Sports strives to meet the needs and interests of all who study and work at the University of Illinois Springfield. Participants of diverse ages, skill levels, and abilities are encouraged to take an active role in an assortment of individual and team opportunities. Services, programs, and facilities help to develop and sustain a culture of wellness on campus while improving the overall well-being of the individual.
Student Life
Director: Cynthia Thompson
217/206-6665
Student Life encourages involvement and provides assistance to students as they become involved in the various co-curricular opportunities and sponsors campus-wide events and activities of interest to students and Springfield community.
Veterans Affairs
Coordinator: Cathy Cassavant
217/206-8211
Our staff will help guide the way through Veterans programs and education benefits, and provide assistance with the forms and information related to military grants and scholarships made available through the state of Illinois.
Volunteer and Civic Engagement Center
Director: Mark Dochterman
217/206-7716
Student Volunteers and Civic Engagement provides services and learning to social justice and civic engagement while fostering responsive, reciprocal partnerships between students, faculty, staff and community.
Women's Center
Director: Lynn Otterson
217/206-7173
The Women's Center works to improve the status of women in higher education at the University of Illinois at Springfield. The Women's Center educates the campus community about gender-related issues, addresses matters of particular concern to women, and promotes a campus climate that is safe, healthy, and respectful of all people. The Center enhances all students' academic experiences by offering information, support, advocacy, referrals, and programming on a variety of gender-related issues.
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