Campus Senate will meet on Friday, December 5, 10:00 AM-12:00 PM, in the Student Union South Ballroom.

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

Dear colleagues,

At today’s Campus Senate meeting, the following individuals were elected as officers for the 2025/2026 academic year:

Dear colleagues,

Campus Senate would like to announce the election of Lynn Fisher of CLASS as 2024-2025 Senate Chair, and Holly Thompson, CLASS, as 2024-2025 Vice-Chair. We are also pleased to report that Deborah Anthony, CPAE, has agreed to serve as Parliamentarian. Full information about membership of the new Senate Executive Committee will be shared as soon as possible.

Campus Senate meetings will resume in the fall. Email announcements will be made prior to the first meeting.

Congratulations to all as we wrap up the academic year and best wishes,

UIS Colleagues:

Recently, the University Senates Conference put together an educational document designed to inform University of Illinois System employees about the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), and the UIS Campus Senate is working with pertinent stakeholders on campus to distribute the information to all employees.

Dear Faculty and Staff Colleagues:

The University Senates Conference is requesting feedback from University of Illinois Springfield employees regarding two different policies, the University of Illinois System Values and Principles and the Conflict of Commitment and Interest.

UIS faculty and staff:

Campus Senate will be conducting a search in the Spring for a permanent Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs and Provost. If you are interested in serving on the search committee for this position please submit your interest to campussenate@uis.edu by 4 p.m. on January 3, 2023.

Sara Powell
Office Administrator, Campus Senate
University of Illinois Springfield
1 University Plaza
MS PAC 383
Springfield, IL 62703
Phone: (217) 206-6664

A three-year debate about how and whether the concepts of diversity, inequality and social responsibility should be taught at University of Illinois Springfield could culminate Feb. 18.

The Campus Senate, made up of about 30 faculty and student members, will consider resolutions at that time dealing with the Engaged Citizenship Common Experience (ECCE) curriculum. The curriculum is a three-course graduation requirement for all students that has been in place for more than a decade.