Campus community,

Greetings Campus Community!

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.

Strategic Planning Meeting

Bring together finance students and professionals in the Springfield, Illinois area.

Enhancing Digital Media Literacy in the Post-Truth Era

In an age where misinformation and disinformation spread rapidly through digital platforms, fostering digital media literacy is more crucial than ever. This session explores the complexities of communication in the digital era, the role of epistemology in understanding truth, and the impact of cognitive biases on belief formation.

UIS Campus Senate will meet on Friday, February 7, 2025, 10:00 AM-12:00 PM in PAC 160, Community Room (formerly known as C/D).

If an expected document is missing from the links provided, please notify CampusSenate@uis.edu as soon as possible. Please note that a vote is planned on agenda items labeled as “action item.”

We are excited to announce the next installment of the monthly Employee Development Series: Technology Tips & Tricks with Kara McElwrath on February 26 from 10:30 a.m. to noon.

New Faculty Mentoring Office Hours, Spring 2025

Session 1: Friday, January 24, 2025, 12:30 - 1:00 pm–Topic: Canvas Tips with Emily Boles

Session 2: Friday, February 7, 2025, 12:30 - 1:00 pm - Topic: UIS student-athlete and our athletics program: Mike Hermann, Director of Athletics

Session 3: Friday, February 21, 2025, 12:30 - 1:00 pm

UIS bookstore and textbook adoptions: Ann Comerford

Date: Wednesday, February 5

Time: Noon-1pm

Location: UHB 2021 or Zoom

Organizers: Jessica Baumberger, Layne Morsch, and Kara McElwrath

Generative AI and You: Teaching Fundamentals

Join Dr. Kate Herald Browne at the next Central and Southern Illinois Faculty Development Network session on Generative AI. Learn practical strategies to harness the power of instructor presence in tech-enabled courses. Generative AI is here to stay, but embracing these tools does not mean we have to leave our humanity behind. Whether you teach in-person, online, or somewhere in between, you can put humans first in course design, assessment, and instructor presence for truly transformative learning experiences.

Through love, hate, and indifference, generative AI is here to stay. But that doesn't mean that using these tools effectively means leaving our humanity behind. Join Dr. Kate Herald Browne for a session on practical strategies to harness the power of instructor presence in tech-enabled courses. Whether you teach in-person, online, or somewhere in between, you can put humans first in course design, assessment, and instructor presence for truly transformative learning experiences.