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Dec 13, 2022
The SHIELD COVID-19 testing site in the WUIS building is open regular hours this week (10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday/Thursday), closed Dec. 16-Jan. 2 and will reopen at 10 a.m. Jan. 3. Compliance for those who are required…
Dec 12, 2022
Please be advised during the week of December 12-16, 2022, there will be some refurbishment occurring on the elevators in Brookens Library building.  Only one elevator will be out of service at a time. We anticipate…
Dec 09, 2022
Greetings! Here are some important updates and announcements from the UIS Office of Human Resources:  Holiday Celebrations While there will be no campus-wide holiday party this year, departments are…
Dec 09, 2022
UIS faculty and staff: Campus Senate will be conducting a search in the Spring for a permanent Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs and Provost. If you are interested in serving on the search committee for this…
Mar 10, 2026
3.10.26 Dear faculty, staff and students, I am pleased to share that the University of Illinois System’s Mental Health Awareness and Support website now offers new Mental Health Self-assessment Tools available to all…
Chancellor Gooch
Janet L. Gooch, Ph.D.
Chancellor
Mar 10, 2026
Academic Affairs Colleagues, I write to provide an update on the Academic Portfolio Review and Prioritization process. From the beginning, the Academic Portfolio Review (APR) was not intended to be a retrospective exercise. It was designed…
Brandon Schwab
Brandon Schwab, Ph.D.
Provost

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