3.6.23 

Good morning!

Dear Faculty and Staff —

This was a short week for me here on the UIS campus. I was at home in Michigan on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday for personal business and routine appointments. Other than meetings on Monday about graduate assistantships, enrollment, and review of tenure and promotion files, it was a day with few surprises. At the Chancellor’s cabinet, topics discussed included: student survey regarding graduation, institutional effectiveness and assessment, and audit controls regarding operational deficits.

UIS Students pictured with (now retired) Chief Justice Anne Burke during a UIS Pre-Law Centered visit to the Illinois Supreme Court in January 2020.

Prompted by feedback from members of our U of I community, a system-wide group is working to add “Middle Eastern or North African (MENA)” as an option for an individual’s race or ethnicity in our University systems. The option to document “MENA” as your racial or ethnic identity in My UI Info is now available. Updates to the University’s student systems will be communicated separately at the appropriate time.

To make changes to your profile:

Please be aware that Parking Lot E will be closed from early morning through 2:00 PM on Friday, March 3 so that school children may safely enter the UIS Performing Arts Center for the Staley Class Acts performances of The Magic School Bus. Thank you!

Carly Shank (she/her)

Artistic Programs Director

UIS Performing Arts Center

1 University Plaza, MS PAC 397

Springfield, IL 62703

Desk:  217-206-8286

carmi1@uis.edu