A University of Illinois Springfield men's tennis player is 5,000 miles from home.
Nikita Revin is from Kyiv, Ukraine, the center of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
He tells us what life is like for his family and friends stuck in a country now unrecognizable.
"When I hear news about missiles in my home city, I was really in shock about it," Revin said. "I was like 'my family is there,' so I don't know what to do, to be honest."
The University of Illinois Springfield School of Education and Springfield School District 186 have come together to support the new Diverse Workforce Pipeline Program.
The program aims to increase the number of diverse teachers throughout District 186 classrooms and hopes to have at least 24 paraprofessionals enrolled in the pipeline at UIS over the next two years.
The Sangamon Experience at the University of Illinois Springfield (UIS) will present five live-streamed historical discussions at 6 p.m. on Wednesdays in March.
The series of live-streamed discussions is part of their “Women’s History Month: Community Trailblazers” series.
We are told the series plans to highlight women who have impacted their community here in central Illinois throughout the month.
The University of Illinois Springfield women’s basketball team already wielded a slew of talented guards such as standouts Lauren Ladowski and Malea Jackson.
That stellar backcourt is even further bolstered by sophomore guard Ally Gietzel, a transfer from Illinois State.
Gietzel converted a crucial jumper and added a pair of late free throws to cement UIS’ first ever Great Lakes Valley Conference tournament victory, 60-52 over Missouri S&T at The Recreation and Athletic Center on Monday.
The University of Illinois Springfield is planning to hold a moment of silence for people fighting for justice in Ukraine.
It is sponsored by the UIS International Student Association and UIS Office of International Student Services.
This story appeared on WAND News on March 3, 2022.
Illinois and the University of Illinois Springfield softball teams are both 4-1 after the opening weekend of the spring season. Both teams already have stars emerging.
Danielle Dennis (0.529 BAVG, 1.294 SLG%) was named the Great Lakes Valley Conference Player of the Week. The junior had quite a busy weekend at the plate totaling nine hits, four home runs, six runs, 11 RBI and one double. She was the difference maker in two wins this past weekend.
The University of Illinois Springfield baseball and softball teams both threw out the first pitch of their respective seasons Friday.
The Prairie Stars baseball team beat Tusculum University 13-3. The UIS softball team opened the season with a doubleheader victory.
This story aired on Fox Illinois on Feb. 11, 2022. Watch the story online.
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.
The University of Illinois Springfield Center for State Policy and Leadership and the Community Health Roundtable will host a virtual webinar titled “The Health of our Local Economy and Businesses after Two Years of the COVID-19 Pandemic” at noon Friday via Zoom.
In the webinar, a panel of experts will review the latest local economic and employment data, and report on the health of our local businesses after two years of COVID-19.
Joey McLaughlin talks with Green Flower’s VP of Higher Education, Daniel Kalef, about online cannabis certificate program classes at University of Illinois Springfield that begin the week of March 7th.
This interview happened on February 17, 2022. Listen to the interview online.