The following is an excerpt of a WAND-TV story published on Oct. 6, 2022.

"University of Illinois Springfield students are raising awareness on college mental health.

Today 1,000 backpacks lined the Quad with stories of those who lost their lives to suicide. The backpacks were part of the "Send Silence Packing" project by national organization Active Minds.

The following is an excerpt of an Illinois Times article published on Sept. 29, 2022

"Chase Wilhelm thinks of Ignat Striletskyi's journey, which brought the 18-year-old from Ukraine to Springfield shortly after the Russian invasion in February, as a piece of fabric that a higher power must have helped create.

"It's a mystery of God," said Wilhelm, 38, a Montgomery County resident, state worker and ordained Disciples of Christ minister.

The following is an excerpt an opinion article published in The State Journal-Register on Sept. 25, 2022. It was written by Taryn Servaes, a recent UIS graduate who remains involved with the Illinois Innocence Project.

Testing hours will be changing at the SHIELD COVID-19 testing site in the WUIS building.

This week, testing is available:

Beginning next week, testing will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays until further notice. The site will be closed on Tuesday, Nov. 8, for Election Day.

Contact our COVID-19 team.

10.24.22

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff —

Provost Dennis Papini has shared with me his decision to step down from his role as Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost. I will be working to secure an interim provost, and once that appointment has been made, Dr. Papini will begin serving our university as a faculty member in the Department of Psychology in the College of Health, Science and Technology.