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Jun 22, 2022
The office of Web Services has scheduled website maintenance on the uis.edu from 10:00am to Noon on Monday, June 24, 2022. The website will be available to view but website editors will not have access during to login…
UIS discontinuing COVID-19 testing
Jun 20, 2022
6.17.22 Dear UIS Students, Faculty and Staff — I am writing to update you that UIS will not be offering on-site Shield COVID-19 testing after June 29. This includes testing for both the public and the…
Jun 20, 2022
The Shield COVID-19 testing site is closed today, June 20, due to a laboratory closure. The site will reopen at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 21.
Pronoun nameplate example
Jun 20, 2022
We are pleased to announce that pronouns can now be included on nameplates for faculty and staff. Signage standards have been amended to include pronouns below the name - see the photo at the right for a sample…
Mar 24, 2025
3.24.25 Happy Monday, UIS— Thank you to everyone who welcomed our Board of Trustees to campus last week. During the meeting, the BOT approved the expansion of our in-state tuition program to select counties in northern Indiana and expanded…
Chancellor Gooch
Janet L. Gooch, Ph.D.
Chancellor
Jan 29, 2025
From Provost Schwab Dear Colleagues, I start this month’s newsletter with a bit of enrollment news now that we have passed 10th-day census. We are slightly up in total headcount (4,401) and student credit hours (+2.22%) compared to last…

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