Lexie Richardson of Greenview, Illinois, has been admitted to the University of Illinois Springfield for Fall Semester 2025 and awarded a $12,000 Star Scholar Award for tuition over two years. At UIS, she will major in pre-nursing.

The scholarship is awarded based on high school GPA and can be renewed if the student maintains college GPA requirements.

In high school, she was involved in volleyball, cheerleading, track and field, yearbook, chorus, scholastic bowl and the National Honors Society.

Miriam Wallace, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Illinois Springfield, has been elected to the executive council of the Modern Language Association (MLA). Wallace will serve a four-year term, concluding in 2029.

The Student Union is currently on holiday hours:

Resume regular hours on 1/11/25.