7.31.23

Dear Faculty and Staff —

I am pleased to share that Jacob K. Friefeld has been selected to serve as the Director of the Center for Lincoln Studies. He will begin his appointment Aug. 16.

Jacob K. Friefeld, Ph.D., has been named the director of the Center for Lincoln Studies at the University of Illinois Springfield starting Aug. 16, 2023. He comes to UIS from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield where he served as the Illinois and Midwest studies research historian.

University of Illinois Springfield Executive Director of Innovation and Opportunity Robert Kerr was on Sports Radio 1450's AM Springfield with Sam Madonia to talk about the future UIS Innovation Center on July 31, 2023.

Listen to the interview

UIS employees that purchase their parking hang tag through payroll deduction were sent an email reminder in July that payroll deduction for their parking hang tag would automatically renew and that a new parking hang tag would be delivered to their campus address.

Please be aware that those parking tags were distributed last week and remember to look for your new parking hang tag!