Announcements
Take Your Child to Work Day
Another round of Take Your Child to Work Day is happening April 23, 2026. We have a full afternoon planned that includes a dorm tour, exercise science activity, E-sports, and more. We welcome up to 20 kids, aged 10-15 years old (7-9 years old with a parent present), to come and join us as we explore UIS. Please use this link to register your child(ren) today! Email us at uishr@uis.edu with any questions.
HR Satisfaction Survey - Thank You
Thank you to everyone who participated in the HR Satisfaction Survey for us. We had over 100 responses providing us with valuable insights. This information will be used to improve both processes and experiences within our office. We thank you for your assistance as we strive to best serve our campus community!
Upcoming Events
Know Your U Event: UIS Archives and Library Resources
The Know Your U event is right around the corner! Learn about UIS and local history through our archives and the valuable information housed right here on campus. University Archivist, Katrina Burch, will lead participants through a tour of the archives and provide opportunities for examining documents and learning more about our archival resources available to university employees. This event will be held at Brookens Library on March 17, 2026 from 2:00-3:00pm. Registration is not required.
2026 Retirement and Recognition Ceremony
We are counting down to the 2026 Retirement & Recognition Ceremony where we will come together to celebrate our colleagues as a campus community. We will celebrate our retirees for their service to the university and colleagues for milestone achievements of 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 years of service. Please consider joining us on April 7th, 2026, from 9:00-10:30am at the Student Union and use this link to register for the ceremony.
Employee Development Series
Performance Evaluation Training
The March installment of the Employee Development Series will be on Annual Evaluations presented by Kenzie Filchak and Drew Schlosser on March 24, 2026, from 9:00-11:00am. Information from this session will be most beneficial to supervisors, but all are welcome to attend. Topics covered in this session include form functions, preparing for the evaluation discussion with employees, and avoiding evaluation pitfalls.
This will be a virtual Microsoft Teams session and registration is not required. Please join us for this informative presentation!
Student Employment Electronic Checklist Launch
The Office of Human Resources is pleased to announce the April installment of the Employee Development Series will be Student Employment Electronic Checklist Launch. This event will be on April 28, 2026, from 9:00-11:00am. Please bring your laptop, as this will be an interactive training session. Location to be announced.
Reminders
Annual Evaluation Season
Annual evaluation season will begin on April 1, 2026, for Civil Service and Academic Professional employees. Evaluations are based on a review period from April 1, 2025, to March 31, 2026. Evaluations are a great time to review job responsibilities, give feedback to employees on their performance, and to set goals for the upcoming year. We will be hosting an Employee Development Series training on March 31, 2026 via Teams to demonstrate how to use the online evaluation form and give tips on how to give a good evaluation. It is important to note that supervisors must start the annual evaluation process. This year, evaluations will be due to Human Resources by June 5, 2026.
Student Employee Annual Evaluation
As performance evaluation season approaches, please remember that student employees value constructive feedback. While evaluations are not required, they are considered a best practice and help support student growth and development. The evaluation form can be found in the Student Employment Supervisor Resources Box folder. If you do not have access to this folder, please email studentemployment@uis.edu to be added.
Student Employment Training
Student Employment is in the process of eliminating paper checklists. As we transition to an electronic checklist workflow, we ask that everyone involved with hiring student employees attend a training. This is an in-person interactive training that will require you to bring your laptop and last approximately 45 minutes. Please email studentemployment@uis.edu for the current training session schedule.
Leave Spotlight
Paid University Funeral/Bereavement Leave
Paid University Funeral/Bereavement Leave is available to eligible employees upon hire, granting paid leave days for time to attend funeral services, travel, and bereavement due to the death of an employee’s immediate family or certain other relatives. Leave time is granted in five (5) and one (1) day increments based on the type of eligible relative. Five (5) paid days are granted for immediate family members and/or a member of the employee’s household, and one (1) paid day is granted for a relative other than immediate family who is also not a member of the employee’s household. Substantiation of the reason for this leave benefit may be required upon request.
Paid University Funeral/Bereavement Leave is requested through your unit designated supervisor and/or the timekeeping representative. Once approved, the leave time must be reported in your respective timekeeping system at the time of usage (AVSL, CS VSL, FLRS, Web/Dept Time Entry).
Eligible employees include:
- Faculty
- Academic Professionals
- Civil Service employees in an apprentice, intern, contract, status appointment, or in a provisional appointment intended to be permanent
- Postdoctoral Research Associates
- Other employee groups as determined or approved by a collective bargaining agreement or outside accreditation agency
Other provisions of note include:
- Leave must be taken in full-day increments but may be used in either block of time or intermittently (unless using in conjunction with Unpaid Family Bereavement Leave; then it must be used in a single block of time).
- Leave is expected to be taken within 60 days of the employee’s notice of the death.
- Relationships existing due to marriage terminate upon the death or divorce of the relative through whom the marriage relationship exists. Current marital status will be defined in accordance with Illinois State Law.
For more information and a complete list of immediate and extended family members included for this benefit, please visit our Paid University Funeral/Bereavement Leave policy webpage. For any questions about this leave benefit, please contact our Leave Coordinator, Heather Moore, at hkimb2@uis.edu or 217-206-7020.
Save the Date
- 03/03/2026- New Employee Orientation (virtual)
- 03/17/2026- New Employee Orientation (in person)
- 03/17/2026- Know Your U: UIS Archives and Library Resources
- 03/31/2026- Employee Development Series: Performance Evaluation Training
- 03/31/2026- New Employee Orientation (virtual)
- 04/07/2026- 2026 Retirement and Recognition Ceremony
- 04/14/2026- New Employee Orientation (in person)
- 04/23/2026- Take Your Child to Work Day
- 04/28/2026- Employee Development Series: Student Employment Electronic Checklist Launch
- 04/28/2026- New Employee Orientation (virtual)
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