The Office of Strategic Communications will host two Open Photo Studio sessions for Spring 2025 for all staff or faculty. The photos can be used for university purposes such as department websites, campus directories, speaking engagements at conferences, etc. Any staff or faculty member who either hasn’t had their portrait taken or would like another, more recent, portrait taken is encouraged to attend.

The Strategic Communications photo studio is in the Business Services Building, Room 95 (BSB 95).

Looking for something to do on campus this weekend? UIS was selected as the site for the NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Midwest Regional this weekend. UIS has worked in partnership with Visit Springfield and Missouri S&T to plan to host the eight-team event.

Ryan Bye is the Director Strategy and Partnerships for the Office of the Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs.

Can you give me a brief timeline of how your career led you to UIS?

UIS Athletics is excited to announce that the NCAA DII Men’s Basketball Regional Tournament will be hosted right here at the University of Illinois Springfield from March 15-18! This is an incredible opportunity to watch the best teams men's basketball teams in the Midwest compete. Here’s the tournament schedule:

For UIS faculty and staff awareness:

The following message was emailed to all UIS students regarding information about completing an Intent to Participate form to be able to participate in the 2025 Commencement Ceremonies:

Planning to Participate in Commencement? Take Action NOW!

Students planning to participate MUST complete the following steps:

Dear UIS Colleagues and Friends of UIS,

UIS Commencement 2025 is rapidly approaching, and we’re looking for volunteers to help make this year’s Commencement Ceremonies memorable for our students.

Visionary Giving Circle Project Proposal

The UIS Visionary Giving Circle Project Proposal form is now live! Visit UIS Visionary Giving Circle | University of Illinois Springfield

For faculty and staff awareness:

The following message was emailed to UIS students on March 6, 2025 regarding important commencement information to be aware of.

Dear students,

You are receiving this message because you may be eligible to participate in the 2025 Commencement Ceremonies. All critical commencement information will continue to arrive via your uis.edu email, so check your inbox frequently. You can also check the Commencement website for updates. 

We are counting down until the 2025 Retirement & Recognition Ceremony where we will come together to celebrate our colleagues as a campus community. On April 17, 2025, we will celebrate our retirees for their service to the university. In addition to retirements, we will also be celebrating colleagues for milestone achievements of 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 years of service.

Please consider joining us in the celebration that will take place in the Student Union Ballroom from 9:00-10:30 a.m.

If you could not attend our Spring Employee Information Session on Wednesday, March 5, in Brookens Auditorium, the Office of Electronic Media has provided the following recording so you can hear updates about university priorities for the upcoming year from Chancellor Gooch and other members of Cabinet.