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Aug 14, 2023
UIS education programs named to Forbes list of best online teaching degrees for 2023
The University of Illinois Springfield’s education programs have been named to Forbes list of best online teaching degrees for 2023. According to Forbes, UIS…
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Aug 01, 2023
Listen to my interview on NPR Illinois | Community Voices
Listen to my interview on NPR Illinois | Community Voices This past semester, we launched the new CAST Minor and will be welcoming our first students…
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Jul 31, 2023
UIS Public Affairs Reporting program receives grant from Joyce Foundation to support student journalists
Nika Schoonover, a student in the PAR Class of 2023, photographs a rally outside of the Illinois Statehouse. (Clay Stalter/UIS) A grant from the Joyce…
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Jul 18, 2023
Courting Extremism: How State Supreme Court Selection Methods Fuel Ideological Divides
Courting Extremism: How State Supreme Court Selection Methods Fuel Ideological Divides Every summer when the US Supreme Court releases their most…
DR. ISABEL SKINNER, SPIA ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, AND SOPHIA DORAN, PSC STUDENT
May 31, 2023
An Existential Threat to the Indian Child Welfare Act
Indigenous Rights Are Human Rights Passed by Congress in 1978, The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) faces an existential threat from the current…
In a ceremonial gesture, the associate dean Travis Bland presents a graduation cap to a beaming graduate, marking the completion of their studies.
May 19, 2023
Congratulations 2023 Graduates
2023 Commencement UIS celebrated its latest Commencement exercise on Saturday, May 13, 2023. It officially culminated our 2022-2023 academic year. If…