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Mar 26, 2025
Spring has sprung so outdoor work has begun!
In the coming weeks, the painters will freshen up some striping in the parking lots and the pedestrian crosswalks across the campus. Please use caution when driving…
Mar 26, 2025
Please be aware that Parking Lot E will be closed on Thursday, March 27, so that school children may safely enter the UIS Performing Arts Center for the Staley Class Acts performance, Pete the Cat.
Thank…
Mar 26, 2025
Dear UIS Faculty Members:
The Senate Committee on the Library invites you to participate in a brief survey designed to better understand how faculty use, value, and evaluate library resources. Your insights are…
Mar 24, 2025
Please be aware that Parking Lot E will be closed on Tuesday, March 25, so that school children may safely enter the UIS Performing Arts Center for an event.
Thank you!
Parking OperationsOffice: BSB 43Phone: (217…
Mar 26, 2025
03.26.25
Dear Colleagues & Students:
I am pleased to announce the Board of Trustees has approved the following faculty for sabbatical leave during academic year 2025-2026:
Fall Semester 2025 Leave
Heather Bailey, Professor, History…
Mar 04, 2025
From Provost Schwab
Dear Colleagues,
As we approach the middle of the semester and spring recess, I hope you are finding opportunities to enjoy a bit of the milder temperatures and slowly increasing minutes of daylight. I know that I welcome…
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Employee Recognition
Mar 14, 2025
Vanessa Ferguson, Community Voices producer at NPR Illinois, has been named the University of Illinois Springfield Employee of the Month for March 2025.
“Vanessa is a model employee. She’s personable, attentive and…
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…
Employee Events
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We are excited to announce the next installment of the Employee Development Series: Annual Evaluations, presented by Drew Schlosser and Kenzie Westlake from the Office of Human Resources on March 26, 2025, from 9 to 11…
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The Office of Strategic Communications will host an Open Photo Studio session for Spring 2025 for all staff or faculty from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, March 26. The photos can be used for university purposes such…
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Please save the date for our next Chancellor’s Thinkers Series - A Call To Think: On Common Ground. Chancellor Gooch will be joined by Matt Van Vossen and Ryan Melchin, Class of 2011 UIS Graduates. Matt and Ryan…
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The next Civil Service Advisory Council meeting will be held Wednesday, April 2nd at 10:00 am. The meeting will be held in the Office of Electronic Media Studio for anyone wanting to come. We will also stream the…