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May 08, 2025
Resources like licensure test prep and skills training prepare students for career success. Yet they remain out of reach for many, particularly first-generation and low-income students. How can institutions ensure…
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May 07, 2025
This is an annual reminder that your employees may be eligible to participate in an alternative or flexible work schedule, operations permitting, in accordance with applicable policies, rules, and collective bargaining…
May 06, 2025
OPEL Fellows for 2025-2027 Leah Bueso Dr. Leah Bueso, Assistant Professor in the School of Education, will explore technological options for implementing restorative practices in online courses. Restorative…
May 02, 2025
Greetings, The elevator in PAC Tower 1 is temporarily out of service. Efforts are currently underway to identify and resolve the issues. We appreciate your understanding and will keep you updated on the status of…
Jul 02, 2025
7.2.25 Dear colleagues — I’m pleased to share that the UIS Innovation Center will lease space at Horace Mann’s downtown Springfield campus to expand programs that support economic development in the region. The 2.5-year lease will allow the…
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Janet L. Gooch, Ph.D.
Chancellor
Apr 01, 2025
From Provost Schwab Colleagues, I hope you are doing well as we approach the final weeks of the academic year. It’s amazing to think that we will soon welcome a new batch of graduates into the UIS alumni ranks. Over the past few days, I’ve…
Brandon Schwab
Brandon Schwab, Ph.D.
Provost

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Employee Recognition

Feb 22, 2024
Amanda Roberts has been named the University of Illinois Springfield Employee of the Month for February 2024. She is an interlibrary loan specialist at UIS Brookens Library. Her supervisor, Robin Mize, said she is…

Getting to Know You

Oct 10, 2024
Guadalupe Trejo is an office administrator for the vice chancellor of academic affairs. Can you give me a brief timeline of how your career led you to UIS? I graduated with my bachelor’s degree from Illinois…

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