Do you know an exceptional employee who deserves to be an Employee of the Month? Nominate them now!

If you are a University of Illinois Springfield employee, nominate someone for Employee of the Month. Upon submission:

The Office of Web and Digital Strategy has launched new department/term content blocks and new card blocks to provide additional options for editors to use, without requiring custom code!

Department & Term Content Blocks

Department content blocks include feeds for Programs of Study, News, Events, Directory, Featured Profiles, Resources, Research and FAQs. This allows these feeds to added within the gutenberg editor and moved anywhere within the page content.

Residence Life is seeking volunteers to assist with our Fall 2025 Move In! This is a wonderful way to meet new students, welcome families to campus and celebrate the start of the year! 

Move In Day for New Students will take place on Wednesday, August 20. We need volunteers to assist with various roles from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. If you are interested in helping us out, please add your name and information to the Google Doc sign-up. Please sign up by 5 p.m. on Sunday, July 27:  

Facilities and Services will oversee the inspection of fire alarm systems in the coming week. This is primarily a visual inspection, but there will be brief, intermittent activations of alarm horns and strobe lights as part of inspection procedures.

Please see the building inspection schedule below:

Greeting colleagues,

The new academic year will be here in just a few weeks! If you are planning to hire a student to work during Fall semester, please register for the Foot in the Door Fair.

2025 Foot in the Door Fair

• Thursday, August 28, 2025
• 3-5 p.m.
• Student Union Ballroom

Registration fees:

The Tower 2 elevator is temporarily out of service. Kone is expected to arrive on campus around mid-day today to make repairs.

The Tower 3 is currently being used by the contractor to transport materials but is available for use if needed. Please exercise caution if using the Tower 3 elevator.

Thank you for your understanding and continued patience.

Facilities and Services

Business Services Building (BSB) 33

As part of our commitment to improving campus connectivity, Information Technology Services (ITS) is transitioning personal devices to the UISPreauth wireless network. This new network replaces UISBYOD and offers enhanced compatibility for a wider range of personal devices, including gaming consoles, smart TVs, and other devices that cannot connect to UISWifi. The UISBYOD network will be turned off on July 22.

Due to staffing issues from July 21-23, in-person access to ITS Client Services will be by appointment only. To ensure we can provide you with dedicated assistance, please schedule your visit by emailing techsupport@uis.edu or calling 217-206-6000.

We appreciate your flexibility and understanding as we manage temporary staffing challenges.

UIS ITS Client Services

Can you give me a brief timeline of how your career led you to UIS?

After receiving my Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, I spent a year teaching in the university’s history department before accepting a postdoctoral fellowship at its Center for Great Plains Studies. I spent the next two years researching the Homestead Act, signed by Abraham Lincoln in 1862.