In the April HR Newsletter, we discuss the new schedule for the Biennial Job Description Collection, April's Employee Development Series Session, as well as Save the Dates for the 2025 Retirement & Recognition Ceremony, Take Your Child To Work Day, and the End of the Year Academic Party!
Greetings,
The Annual Evaluation Process for Academic Professional and Civil Service employees has begun! Human Resources is pleased to present an updated electronic version of the Annual Performance Evaluation to be used as of April 1, 2025. Here are the changes we made this year to the structure, rankings, and functionality:
Take Your Child to Work Day
Human Resources presents the third annual Take Your Child to Work Day on April 24, 2025. We have a fun-filled day planned that includes a dorm tour, a slime activity, and a tour of the E-Sports Arena. We welcome up to 20 kids, aged 10-15 years old (7-9 years old with a parent present), to come and join us for the afternoon.
To participate, register your child(ren) today!
Human Resources presents the third annual Take Your Child to Work Day on April 24, 2025. We have a fun-filled day planned that includes a dorm tour, a slime activity, and a tour of the E-Sports Arena. We welcome up to 20 kids, aged 10-15 years old (7-9 years old with a parent present), to come and join us for the afternoon.
To participate, register your child(ren) today!
Employee Development Series: Annual Evaluations
We are excited to announce the next installment of the Employee Development Series: Annual Evaluations, presented by Drew Schlosser and Kenzie Westlake from the Office of Human Resources on March 26, 2025, from 9 to 11 a.m. Information from this session will most benefit supervisors, but all are welcome to attend. Items that will be covered in this session include:
We are counting down until the 2025 Retirement & Recognition Ceremony where we will come together to celebrate our colleagues as a campus community. On April 17, 2025, we will celebrate our retirees for their service to the university. In addition to retirements, we will also be celebrating colleagues for milestone achievements of 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 years of service.
Please consider joining us in the celebration that will take place in the Student Union Ballroom from 9:00-10:30 a.m.
In the March 2025 Newsletter, we talk about the new hiring processes for student and extra help employees, the 2025 Retirement & Recognition Ceremony coming up, sign up for the next part in the Employee Development Series, register for the 2025 CAPE/CARE Awards Ceremony, and learn how to Bring Your Child(ren) To Work on April 24th!
Please join us on March 13, 2025, at 3:00 PM, in the Student Union Ballroom to celebrate this year's CARE, CAPE and Star Award nominees! Light refreshments and a cash bar will be available.
As part of the university’s NorthStar strategic visioning initiative, the University is announcing a Voluntary Separation Plan (UIS-VSP) available for all employees who have an appointment greater than 50% FTE and who have not provided a written notice of resignation or intent to retire from UIS prior to the Plan Effective Date.
2025 Retirement & Recognition Ceremony
Greetings Campus Community!
We are counting down until the 2025 Retirement & Recognition Ceremony where we will come together to celebrate our colleagues as a campus community. On April 17, 2025, we will celebrate our retirees for their service to the university. In addition to retirements, we will also be celebrating colleagues for milestone achievements of 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 years of service.
Please consider joining us in the celebration that will take place in the Student Union Ballroom from 9:00-10:30 a.m.

