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The deadline for ECCE Speaker Series proposals for events that will take place during the Spring 2025 semester has been extended to Friday, November 8 at 5 p.m.
The proposal form, instructions and additional information about the proposal process can be found on the ECCE Speaker Series website.
Student Reflection of UNI 301
The ECCE Speaker Series provides students with the opportunity to explore and study relevant topics that introduce students to the concept of engaged citizenship by expanding students’ awareness of diverse social and cultural experiences. This recent ECCE Speaker Series for the Spring 2023 semester included an in-person discussion, which allowed students to process their experience at the event collectively, in a classroom environment.
The Office of Undergraduate Education is pleased to announce the Spring 2023 ECCE Speaker Series Event schedule. All events are free and open to the public.
The events listed on the schedule here will soon be listed on our ECCE Speaker Series website at https://www.uis.edu/speaker-series.
Events
Spring 2026 ECCE Speaker Series Event Schedule
All events are free and open to the public!
The Spring 2026 ECCE Speaker Series events are listed below. See the Full ECCE Speaker Series Public Event Schedule
Staff
Program Director
Kimberly Craig
ECCE Speaker Series & UNI 301 Coordinator
Email: craig.kimberly@uis.edu
Office: PAC 525
Phone: (217) 206-6245
Part-Time Staff
Alexis Harms
Graduate Assistant
Email: ouega@uis.edu
Review Process and Advisory Group
All event proposals received by the Office of Undergraduate Education are reviewed by the University Requirements Council (URC). The URC reviews and approves proposals based on the event's relevance to two of the following ECCE student learning outcomes. All approved proposals are then ranked and prioritized based on their contribution to the semester’s program.
Propose an Event
ECCE Speaker Series welcomes proposals from faculty, staff, community members and community organizations. Community members and organizations must work with a current UIS staff or faculty co-sponsor. The ECCE Speaker Series does not accept direct solicitations from speakers or their agents.
To be considered, your proposed event must fit two of the following ECCE themes of engaged citizenship:
UNI 301
The UNI 301 ECCE Speaker Series Course
UNI 301: Engaged Citizenship Common Experience (ECCE) Speaker Series is a required course for UIS undergraduate students offered on a Credit / No Credit basis. UNI 301 fulfills the Speaker Series requirement of the ECCE curriculum at UIS.
Contact
ECCE Speaker Series
University of Illinois Springfield
One University Plaza, MS PAC 525
Springfield, Illinois 62703-5407
Email: speakerseries@uis.edu
Phone: (217) 206-6245
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For more information regarding the ECCE Speaker Series, email us at speakerseries@uis.edu.
A three-year debate about how and whether the concepts of diversity, inequality and social responsibility should be taught at University of Illinois Springfield could culminate Feb. 18.
The Campus Senate, made up of about 30 faculty and student members, will consider resolutions at that time dealing with the Engaged Citizenship Common Experience (ECCE) curriculum. The curriculum is a three-course graduation requirement for all students that has been in place for more than a decade.