Dear UIS Campus Community,

The university needs everyone to help minimize natural gas usage on campus through next week.

The university has been notified by its natural gas supplier of a high likelihood that a natural gas Operational Flow Order (OFO) will be issued. While UIS works daily to reduce its carbon footprint and minimize natural gas consumption, this week presents an especially critical challenge. Any natural gas usage exceeding the university’s contractual allowance incurs significantly high costs during an OFO.

Construction Project Highlights

PAC Plumbing Infrastructure Renovation Project

On the horizon is an essential plumbing infrastructure project that will temporarily affect the Public Affairs Center (PAC) and related operations for nearly two years.

What is Happening:

Beginning in June 2025, the university will embark on a critical plumbing replacement project in the PAC. This initiative will modernize the building’s sewer and domestic water systems, ensuring this essential campus facility’s long-term functionality and sustainability.

Dear Students, Faculty, and Staff,

Facilities and Services will be overseeing the inspection and testing of fire alarms this week. The alarm horns and the strobe lights will be activated intermittently as part of the test procedures to ensure all components of the system are working properly. Please note: You should not ignore any alarms sounding outside this schedule or alarms that sound for a prolonged length of time.

Dear Campus Community,

Facilities and Services will be overseeing the inspection and testing of the fire alarm system in PAC on Tuesday, January 7. The alarm horns and the strobe lights will be activated intermittently as part of the test procedures to ensure all components of the system are working properly. Please note: You should not ignore any alarms sounding outside this schedule or alarms that sound for a prolonged length of time.

In looking forward to a new semester classroom locations can now be viewed in the dynamic course schedule. A few courses may still show TBA but this should be resolved with the next 24 hour update.

Please contact Classroom Scheduling classroomscheduling@uis.edu with any of your classroom location needs.

Facilities and Services

Classroom Scheduling

University of Illinois Springfield

One University Plaza, BSB 37

Springfield, IL 62703

217 206-6378

Dear Colleagues –

I am writing to share important information about an essential plumbing infrastructure project that will temporarily affect the Public Affairs Center (PAC) and related operations for nearly two years. Please share this information with your teams, and watch for future updates in the Chancellor’s biweekly UIS Update e-newsletter and Orbit.

Dear Campus Community,

Greetings Campus Community,

The water has been shut off to all floors of PAC Tower 2 due to an unexpected plumbing problem discovered this afternoon. Our crews are actively working on repairs.

Please note that Towers 1 and 3 are not affected, and their restrooms remain available for use.

We will share an update as soon as we have more information on the resolution timeline.

We appreciate your patience and understanding.

The annual fire drills for this year will be conducted on Thursday, October 31, and Friday, November 1 for the UIS campus. Please pay special attention to your building assembly points as some have been revised for the ease of assembly by location.

Greetings Campus Community,

We are writing to inform you of inspections taking place this week in Brookens, Public Affairs Center, and University Hall as part of a facilities condition assessment effort led by the university system.