On December 6 at approximately 10 a.m., the UIS Police Department will be conducting a test of the Rave text message system in conjunction with the monthly tornado siren test. We will follow up the test with a brief survey (no longer than 12 questions) to help evaluate the effectiveness of the tornado sirens and the Rave text message system. We would appreciate your participation to help identify areas we need to improve.

UIS Police Department

Phone: (217)206-6690

Emergency: (217)206-7777

TTY: (217)206-7510

On Sunday, December 4 from 6:00 am - 6:00 pm, Administrative Information Technology Services (AITS) will be performing mandatory quarterly maintenance on all production Solaris and Linux servers. This maintenance necessitates Banner and related applications to be unavailable during this timeframe.

The Staff Appreciation Day Committee is working on a plan to celebrate our Civil Service and AP staff members in AY22-23, and we could use your help!

Please complete the Staff Appreciation Day Survey to let us know what kind of celebration YOU prefer for Appreciation Day, and we will use the results to make a plan that works the best for most.

We appreciate your help!

Jamie Weber

Administrative Aide, Brookens Library

One University Plaza, MS BRK 140

Due to the changes yesterday as a result of the cybersecurity incident, connecting to the VPN now requires 2FA. The login screen askes for a 2nd password. 

The 2nd Password field is for two-factor authentication (2FA). In this field you will type the option below that aligns with how you authenticate with Duo Mobile for 2FA. 

UIS experienced a cybersecurity incident this week. While this incident was caught quickly and intervention took place immediately, we are acting in an abundance of caution and requiring that all UIS users reset their passwords. Please do so within the next 24 hours. After Friday, November 18 at 3pm CST, we will expire passwords for any user who has not yet reset their password and they will be forced to reset their password before they can login to any service.

Greetings, colleagues!

Here are some important updates and announcements from the UIS Office of Human Resources: 

Dear UIS Students and Colleagues,

The Springfield area is forecasted to receive its first snowfall of the season tonight through Tuesday. We do not anticipate any changes to campus operations, however we wanted to take this opportunity to remind you about UIS’ inclement weather policy.  

In accordance with the UIS Policy on Weapons Screening at the UIS Performing Arts Center, we are once again implementing a weapons screening at the UIS Performing Arts Center in the Public Affairs Center (PAC) building. This screening will be on Sunday, Nov. 20, for the sold-out John Mulaney comedy show. The building lockdown and patron screening activity will occur from approximately 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Per the State University Civil Service System statute, all Academic Professional and Civil Service job descriptions are required to be reviewed and updated at least every three years, including the signatures of the incumbent and supervisor.  In order to comply with this statutory mandate, UIS must collect job descriptions by the end of this calendar year.  We are excited to utilize our new JDXpert system for this process.  Once the supervisor and dean/director have approved the document it will be sent to the employee for electronic signature.  It will then be availabl

November 10, 2022

To: All Employees

You may be eligible to request the restoration of certain leave or unpaid time taken for qualifying COVID-related reasons. In accordance with Illinois Public Act 102-0697 the University of Illinois System offers COVID-19 Restored Sick Leave and Retroactive Paid Administrative Leave to eligible employees. See COVID-19 Restored/Retroactive Leave for details.