Health Services helps students achieve their academic and personal goals by supporting their physical and mental well being. We provide quality healthcare and health education in a safe, confidential, and inclusive environment that respects and celebrates individual differences. We also advocate for the health needs of the campus community while upholding the highest standards of professional ethics and care.
University of Illinois Springfield students will start the spring semester Jan. 18 in-person as planned while two University of Illinois campuses will start the spring semester with remote learning.
All UIS faculty, staff and students, whether vaccinated or unvaccinated, will be required to undergo COVID-19 testing once they return to campus, UIS interim chancellor Karen Whitney announced in a campus letter.
Chips, candy, and maybe soon, contraceptives.
A new bill filed in the Illinois House aims to increase access to emergency contraceptive pills for students.
It would require at least one vending machine on public college or university campuses to offer emergency contraceptives as an option.
A spokesperson for the University of Illinois Springfield says emergency contraceptives are available there if you make an appointment with UIS Health Services.
We are pleased that you have chosen to explore our graduate degree and certificate programs. More than 40% of UIS students are engaged in graduate study, and most were attracted to UIS by an impressive combination of factors that include educational quality, value and campus location and setting.
Every morning Associate Professor of Human Development Counseling Holly Thompson goes to work upstairs in her guest bedroom with one of her favorite co-workers, three-year old Xaria. After a brief consultation and a quick hello on Zoom, Xaria heads back downstairs to consult with dad about more pressing issues like toys.
Thompson has found that separation of home and work life has been one of the most difficult challenges of remote learning.