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Oct 10, 2025
The 2nd Act Campaign Has Reached $620,000 We’re thrilled to share some wonderful news! Thanks to a generous commitment from Dr. Sharron LaFollette, we’ll soon be expanding ADA seating in Sangamon Auditorium—…
Oct 09, 2025
Greetings Campus Community, The women's restroom on the 4th floor in Tower 2 of PAC has been taken out of service for the foreseeable future. Alternative restrooms in PAC Tower 2 include the restrooms on…
Oct 08, 2025
Friday’s home volleyball match against William Jewell is the UIS Faculty/Staff Appreciation Game. Faculty and staff members can show their ID at the ticket gate and receive up to four free tickets for the match. It’…
Oct 06, 2025
The Cox Children’s Center and the Volunteer and Civic Engagement Center are once again hosting Trunk or Treat for Canned Goods. Please sign up to participate in this year’s event which is being held on Friday, October…
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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Employee Recognition

Jan 25, 2024
UIS Information Technology Services IT Technical Associate Zach Logsdon has been named the 2023 Employee of the Year at the University of Illinois Springfield. He was honored during a reception on Jan.…

Getting to Know You

Oct 25, 2024
Jessica Bailey is the institutional scholarship coordinator for the Office of Financial Aid. How did you get started in your career field? I was an undergraduate student worker in financial aid at Illinois…

Employee Events

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