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Oct 24, 2025
To Employees Served by the State Universities Civil Service System:
We are issuing a retraction of the previously distributed notice regarding the upcoming election for the State Universities Civil Service Advisory…
Oct 24, 2025
On October 29, join us in honoring our incredible faculty and staff who make the campus community so special. As part of the celebration, shoppers who spend $75 or more on apparel and gifts will receive a complimentary…
Oct 23, 2025
New Website Features
You spoke and we listened! The web team has added some new features and blocks based on feedback and requests.
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There is now Image Cards with a…
Oct 23, 2025
UIS Community,
On October 24, 2025, between 9:30 am and 10:30 am, law enforcement officers from the University of Illinois Springfield, Illinois State Police, Illinois Secretary of State Police, and the Sangamon…
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
Aug 21, 2024
Rhyann Morris, director of admissions processing at the University of Illinois Springfield, has been selected as the Employee of the Month for August 2024.
Morris, who joined UIS in 2014, manages the admission…
Getting to Know You
Mar 11, 2025
Ryan Bye is the Director Strategy and Partnerships for the Office of the Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs.
Can you give me a brief timeline of how your career led you to UIS?
I spent the past 11 years working…
Employee Events
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