Good afternoon —

UIS announced June 17 that Shield COVID-19 testing would no longer be available on campus after June 29.

Retired Illinois Army National Guard Lt. Col. Loren Easter of Springfield has been named the first program director for Military and Veteran Student Services at the University of Illinois Springfield. He brings 27 years of military experience to the student support role.

The office of Web Services has scheduled website maintenance on the uis.edu from 10:00am to Noon on Monday, June 24, 2022. The website will be available to view but website editors will not have access during to login and make updates during this time. If you have any issues accessing or logging into the site after noon, please email webservices@uis.edu to report the issue.

We are pleased to announce that pronouns can now be included on nameplates for faculty and staff. Signage standards have been amended to include pronouns below the name - see the photo at the right for a sample nameplate appearance.

All other standards remain in place, including the preclusion of professional designations, certifications, name prefixes, etc. in order to maintain adequate font size for readability and a consistent image campus-wide.

6.17.22

Dear UIS Students, Faculty and Staff —

I am writing to update you that UIS will not be offering on-site Shield COVID-19 testing after June 29. This includes testing for both the public and the university community. 

Beginning July 1^st, UIS CareerConnect will be powered by Handshake. This is a vendor change that will impact both students and employees who either hire students or support students’ career development via jobs, internships, and career exploration assistance. Invitations for students and employees who hire students to join the new system will be coming at the end of June/early July.

The Shield COVID-19 testing site is closed today, June 20, due to a laboratory closure. The site will reopen at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 21.

Congratulations to the newest CSAC members:

Jamie Weber

Will Newton

Rexann Whorton

Aaron Stewart

Patricia Meyer

Lydia Schillinger

Mary Ellen Gass

Kimberly Rutherford

The office of Web Services has scheduled website maintenance from 10:30am to Noon on Monday, June 13, 2022. Website editors will not have access during this time to make updates to the site. If you have any issues accessing or logging into the site after noon, please email webservices@uis.edu to report the issue.

We are pleased to announce two new human resource systems coming this summer. Cornerstone, a new applicant tracking system, will replace our current system, HireTouch. We are excited for the ways this new system will modernize the applicant experience, thus aiding our efforts to recruit the best candidates as well as offering administrative efficiencies not available in HireTouch.