UIS faculty and staff are invited to honor this year's recipient of the prestigious University Scholars Award. Please register by Friday, September 19.

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.

This hands-on training session introduces participants to the use of digital accessibility evaluation tools—such as WAVE, PAC 2024, and Microsoft Office accessibility checkers —to assess and improve the accessibility of digital content. Attendees will learn how to identify common accessibility barriers, interpret automated test results, and understand the limitations of these tools in relation to manual testing and user experience.

It will be held in BRK 416 and online in the 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:

Course Proposal Process

This session will discuss suggestions for developing new course proposals and navigating the approval processes. Bob Blankenberger, Professor of Public Administration, will discuss developing student learning outcomes, alignment to program and university outcomes, environmental scanning, alignment to external entities such as accreditors and IAI, filling out new curse approval forms and navigating the levels of governance. Examples and tips from audience members are welcome. 

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.