Dear Campus Community:
The Public Affairs Center (PAC) will temporarily close from May 12 to June 8 to support the completion of our major plumbing infrastructure project, which requires a full building water shutdown.
During this time, all units housed in PAC will operate from temporary or remote locations. This includes key student services, academic programs, and administrative offices such as:
The following message was emailed to all UIS students on Thursday, April 16, regarding the Faculty Union strike:
Dear Students,
We know you may have questions about how the ongoing strike involving tenured and tenure-track faculty at UIS, now in its second week, may affect your academic progress.
Dear UIS Community:
Collective bargaining negotiations between UIS and the union representing tenured and tenure-track faculty continued today. The parties met for 4.5 hours and discussed open issues. Questions were asked and answered, but no proposals were exchanged. UIS has requested to meet again on Thursday, April 16.
Over the past six months, the University of Illinois Springfield (UIS) web team has made significant strides in improving the university’s search engine performance. Through a focused and data-driven Search Engine Optimization (SEO) strategy, the team was able to increase visibility across Google Search, leading to stronger rankings and more opportunities for prospective students and stakeholders to discover UIS online.
Dear UIS Community:
The University and the union representing tenured and tenure-track faculty continued collective bargaining negotiations today, meeting for five hours. During today’s joint session, the parties discussed open issues, but no proposals were exchanged. The parties have met every day except one since the start of the work stoppage and will meet again Wednesday, April 15.
Earlier today, the message below was sent to participating students regarding this year’s commencement ceremonies on May 9. This notice is being featured on Orbit in the event that you receive questions from students. Additional information will be sent in the coming weeks to participating faculty and platform party members. Please address any questions or concerns to commencement@uis.edu.
Brian L. Clevenger
Associate Vice Chancellor for Enrollment and Retention Management
University of Illinois Springfield
Dear colleagues,
The University of Illinois System is launching a Business Modernization and Transformation effort to replace our long‑standing Banner system with a modern, cloud‑based Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) platform. This is a business‑led effort to improve the core processes that support teaching, learning, research, and daily operations across our universities.
Modern ERP platforms allow us to rethink and strengthen how work gets done, enabling:
Dear UIS Community:
The University and the union representing tenured and tenure-track faculty continued collective bargaining negotiations today, meeting for 2.5 hours. The University remains ready to continue discussions and is hopeful for a productive meeting Tuesday.
During today’s joint session, the union resubmitted a package proposal with only a slight adjustment to AI language. The University asked clarifying questions, which were answered by the union.
Dear UIS Community:
Contract negotiations between the University and the union representing tenured and tenure-track faculty continued this weekend with four hours of discussions on Saturday and a short meeting on Sunday. The parties plan to meet again on Monday.