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Here's why two UIS Performing Arts Center venues will temporarily close in 2025
Dec 16, 2024
The story was reported by The State Journal-Register on Dec. 16, 2024. "Two University of Illinois Springfield Performing Arts Center venues will be closing for more than a year starting in 2025. The Sangamon Auditorium and the UIS Studio Theatre, housed within the University of Illinois Springfield’s Public Affairs Center, will be closing in June of 2025 for work to modernize the building's plumbing system. The work is estimated to take a year and three months, and the Performing Arts Center plans to reopen in September 2026." |
Amazon distribution center coming to Springfield
Dec 10, 2024
The story was published by WAND-TV on Dec. 10, 2024. "Amazon is bringing a distribution center to Springfield near I-55, according to Ryan McCrady, President and CEO of Springfield Sangamon Growth Alliance. The distribution center is being built on the southeast corner of Bissell Road and North Dirksen Parkway. |
The entrepreneurial spirit is alive in Springfield
Dec 03, 2024
The following column as written by Ben Hage, director of the University of Illinois Springfield’s business incubator, Innovate Springfield. It was published by the Illinois Times on Dec. 3, 2024. "As the director of Innovate Springfield, the University of Illinois Springfield’s business incubator, I’m excited to share the momentum we’re building within our entrepreneurial community. Since joining iSPI in August last year, our team has worked to ignite Springfield’s startup scene with fresh, dynamic programming. Today, I’m proud to say we’re achieving that vision." |
How Central Illinois became a hotbed for esports on high school, college levels
Nov 25, 2024
The following story was published by The State Journal-Register on Nov. 25, 2024. "Players can also take the intramural route at University of Illinois Springfield, which has a sleek, new arena at Founders Residence Hall. The UIS teams compete in the National Esports Collegiate Conference, separate from IC’s Midwest Valley Esports Conference and Midwest Esports Conference. It may be more relaxed, but that’s only true to an extent. |
UIS students win $10K in business pitch competition
Nov 01, 2024
The following story was published by the Springfield Business Journal on Nov. 1, 2024. "A group of five University of Illinois Springfield students won $10,000 in seed funding for their startup business, TredBase, during a pitch competition hosted by Innovate Springfield on Oct. 28. The competition featured three entrepreneurial teams pitching innovative ideas. |