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Oct 24, 2025
If you could not attend our Fall Employee Information Session last Wednesday, Oct. 16, in Brookens Auditorium, the Office of Electronic Media has provided the following recording so you can hear updates about…
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…
Mar 23, 2026
3.23.2026
Dear UIS Community:
Last week, UIS hosted the March Board of Trustees meeting. We were thrilled to see the Board vote to approve our proposed Bachelor’s of Applied Science in Engineering Technology, which will support a strong…
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…
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Employee Recognition
Mar 14, 2024
Laci Engelbrecht has been named the University of Illinois Springfield Employee of the Month for March 2024. She is the director of financial aid.
Her supervisor, Vickie Cook, said that Engelbrecht is extremely…
Getting to Know You
Nov 21, 2024
Missy Thibodeaux-Thompson is a professor of theatre in the Art, Music, and Theatre Department.
What do you like about your job?
I love being in a rehearsal hall, helping students discover new aspects of a…
Employee Events
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