Dear colleagues,

We are delighted to invite you to the system-wide Student & Employee Mental Health and Wellbeing Committee event, "Bite-Sized Wellbeing During Uncertain Times: Evidence, Practice and Resources to Share", scheduled for Tuesday, October 14, from 1 - 3 p.m. CST, free via Zoom.

Explore the use cases of accessibility checkers. ODA Zoom

This session covers best practices for captions, transcripts, audio descriptions, and more in videos and multimedia. ODA Zoom

Discover best practices for creating accessible word documents.. Participants can apply their knowledge through an interactive workshop. ODA Zoom

Discover best practices for creating accessible presentations. Participants can apply their knowledge through an interactive workshop. ODA Zoom

Learn the top eight accessibility issues to watch for when creating online and digital content. ODA Zoom

Please mark your calendars for our Supervisor Development Day event from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, October 30, 2025, in the Student Union Ballroom. Doors will open, and a continental breakfast will be available starting at 8:30 a.m. This will be an in-person event exclusively for supervisors. Tentative topics to be discussed will include, but are not limited to:

The search for the UIS Assistant Vice Chancellor for Facilities and Services has yielded three finalists.  Finalists will be visiting campus and offering a presentation on the following dates:

An open forum will take place for interested faculty and staff to attend in-person and learn more about each of the candidates.

Candidate resumes and a link for providing feedback will be available at the open forum, but here is the feedback link.

All permanent Academic Professional and Civil Service employees who have been employed for 6+ months are eligible to participate with supervisory approval. Participants will tour the Therkildsen Field Station and public use areas of the Nature Preserve. If time permits, we will also gather water samples to view in the lab. For more information on the Know Your U program. Please visit the HR website. Registration is required for this event.

The Campus Senate will meet on Friday, September 12, from 10 a.m. to noon in the Lincoln Residence Hall Great Room.

If an expected document is missing from the links provided, please notify CampusSenate@uis.edu as soon as possible.