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Oct 22, 2025
Do you have an interesting hobby outside of work, or know a coworker who does? MediaStrategy is looking for faculty and staff to feature in our "Meet a Star" series, which spotlightsthe unique things UIS employees do...
Oct 21, 2025
Greetings,
Between October 20-24, Facilities will begin testing the heating systems in the legacy campus buildings to prepare for the colder months ahead. These tests will primarily take place in the early mornings...
Oct 20, 2025
Dear Campus Community,
As many of you are already aware, Amazon AWS is experiencing a significant outage today. Many of the companies that UIS works with are impacted by the outage, which means that many services...
Oct 20, 2025
Dear Campus Community,
The annual fire drills for this year will be conducted on Thursday November 6th and Friday November 7 for the UIS campus. Please pay special attention to...
Feb 09, 2026
2.9.26
Dear UIS Community:
Thank you to everyone who attended the RISE Professional Development Retreat last Friday and helped make the day a success. Special thanks to Dr. Jamarco Clark for stepping in during the Chancellor’s Thinker Series...
Feb 05, 2026
Dear Colleagues,
I am pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Gregg “Bagel” Johnson as the next Dean of the College of Public Affairs and Education (CPAE), pending final approval by the Board of Trustees. Dr. Johnson...
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Employee Recognition
Ago 01, 2024
Douglas Brackney has been named the University of Illinois Springfield Employee of the Month for July 2024. He is an administrative aide in the Career Development Center.
His supervisor, Katherine Battee-Freeman,...
Getting to Know You
Feb 27, 2025
Donna Bull is an admissions and records coordinator (degree audits).
Can you give me a brief timeline of how your career led you to UIS?After spending five years teaching general music, band and choir in Sangamon...
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