Academic Affairs News - January 2024
From Provost Schwab
Greetings – it is great to see students, faculty, and staff back on campus. I hope your semester is off to a good start and that you are “weathering” the weather okay. With the cold, snow, wind, ice, rain, and fog, it has been an interesting start to the year.
UIS Students, Faculty, and Staff:
Dear Colleagues,
Bob Smith has decided to resign from his position of Dean of the College of Public Affairs and Education effective Wednesday, December 20, 2023 and will be moving to the position of full professor within the School of Public Management and Policy with teaching responsibilities beginning in the fall 2024 semester.
Academic Affairs News - November/December 2023
From Provost Schwab
Dear colleagues:
Academic Affairs News - October 2023
From Provost Schwab
Dear colleagues:
Provost’s welcome
Welcome to the new academic year. For those new to UIS, like me, welcome! For those who are returning after what I hope was a restful and rejuvenating break, welcome back! We will be offering this update from the Office of the Provost roughly monthly throughout the academic year to help keep you informed about what is happening within Academic Affairs, highlight resources to support your work, and to feature some of the great work of faculty, staff, and students. It will also be a mechanism to keep you informed of policies, procedures, and
According to UIS policy, each academic year the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs & Provost notifies the UIS community of the names of those among the faculty scheduled for tenure review and second- or fourth-year reappointment review. Listed below are the names of the faculty members scheduled for reviews this academic year. Faculty review decisions involve critical commitments for the university and important steps for each individual involved. We would like to make these decisions with the benefit of fair and accurate information.
Dear Colleagues and Students:
I am pleased to announce the following faculty members have been recommended for reappointment, in accordance with the Faculty Personnel Policy governing second and fourth year review of probationary faculty at UIS.
2nd Year Reappointment
Brandon E. Schwab has been named the new vice chancellor for academic affairs and provost at the University of Illinois Springfield. He will serve as vice chancellor-designate until formal approval by the Board of Trustees. He will start in his new role on July 17.
Dear Faculty and Staff —