Come join us for our annual Veterans Day Flag Ceremony in honor of the anniversary of the signing of the armistice, which ended World War I, and to honor and thank all military personnel who served in the United States in all wars.
Military and Veteran Student Services
217-206-8387
Come join us for our Open House event and celebration of the United States Marine Corps 248th birthday on Friday, November 10. Enjoy the opportunity to learn about how the UIS Department of Military and Veteran Student services supports Military-Connected Students. All are welcome to visit our new Resource Center and meet MVSS Director, Loren Easter.
Refreshments will be offered for the Open House and in honor of the USMC birthday celebration.
Military and Veteran Student Services
The call to active duty presents an extreme hardship upon students. In an effort to assist those students who are called to active duty, the campus has established the following policy.
Students who are called into active military duty during the course of an academic term, including the National Guard and Reserve active duty, will receive refunds and course credits as follows:
Departure during the first fifteen calendar days after classes have begun for the term:
University of Illinois Springfield senior political science major Miguel Valente, 21 of Chicago, a specialist in the Illinois Army National Guard, continued to advance his college education, while being deployed to Texas as part of the Southwest Border Mission.
Valente worked with UIS professors, who made special accommodations to help him learn remotely, and the UIS Office of Military and Veterans Affairs to continue earning his UIS degree while deployed from Oct. 11, 2020 to Nov. 5, 2021.
University of Illinois Springfield (UIS) raised the American flag in a ceremony Thursday to commemorate Veteran's Day.
The annual Flag Raising Ceremony honored the holiday's historical connection to World War I.
Following the flag raising, Alicia Tate-Nadeau, the director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, gave a keynote address.
This story aired on WICS Newschannel 20 on Nov. 11, 2021.
Using DARS, students can access a Degree Audit Report. This report is an unofficial audit of degree progress and includes all completed courses, as well as those currently in progress.
Loren Easter, Director of Military and Veteran Student Services (217-206-8387/8637, veterans@uis.edu), is the contact on campus for veteran and military service questions regarding connecting military personnel and veterans to campus resources, information in this document, military graduation cords, M.V.C., or any other questions you may have.
To apply for a National Guard Grant Scholarship, the applicant must be on active duty status and have served for at least one year in the Illinois National Guard. Enlisted persons currently serving and company grade officers are eligible. Time served in other branches of the U.S. Armed forces does not count toward this requirement. The application can be obtained from the ISAC web site at www.collegezone.com and from your unit. You may also obtain this form in the Office of Financial Assistance.
In addition to educational benefits, you may qualify for UIS Institutional Scholarships. UIS uses one application form for all institutional scholarships. You are strongly encouraged to complete this form annually. The form becomes available on Dec. 1 and is due by Feb. 15. Information about institutional scholarships and a link to the form can be found on the UIS Cost & Aid Scholarship page. Several of these scholarships are military and/or veteran focused including:
Naval Reservists must also meet the following requirements for TA eligibility:
Note: Beginning 1 October 2019 in accordance with NAVADMIN 114/19: