Announcement:
Student & Extra Help Hiring Process Updates

Student Employees

Hiring processes for Undergraduate Hourly and Graduate Hourly Employees are changing effective March 16, 2025! In an effort to expedite the hiring process, departments will no longer be required to post their position for a minimum of three days and/or have a minimum of three candidates interviewed. Departments will now have the option to traditionally post the position and search for students or directly hire already identified candidates. Providing this updated option will allow departments to more efficiently hire students and reduce the time taken to fill essential positions. For questions about this process change, please contact Student Employment at studentemployment@uis.edu.

To read more about this process, please visit Hire a Student | University of Illinois Springfield (The website will be updated on 3/16/2025 to reflect the change.)

Extra Help Employees

Hiring processes for Extra Help Employees are changing effective March 16, 2025! In an effort to expedite the hiring process, departments will no longer be required to post their position for a minimum of three days and/or have a minimum of three candidates interviewed. Departments will now have the option to traditionally post the position and search for Extra Help or directly hire already identified candidates. Providing this updated option will allow departments to more efficiently hire Extra Help Employees and reduce the time taken to fill essential positions. For questions about this process change, please contact Human Resources at uishr@uis.edu.

To read more about this process, please visit Extra Help | University of Illinois Springfield (The website will be updated on 3/16/2025 to reflect the change.)

2025 CAPE/CARE Awards Ceremony

The Chancellor’s Award of Recognizing Excellence in Civil Service (CARE) and the Chancellor’s Academic Professional Excellence Award (CAPE) have been awarded annually at UIS for the past 18 and 22 years. Last year, the Chancellor also introduced four additional staff awards: The Orion award (for impact on students), Polaris award (for staff leadership), Nova award (for new employees), and Sirius award (for shining attitude and performance). Each year, we receive nominations highlighting members of our campus community who consistently go above and beyond their duties and truly exemplify excellence.

Please join us in the Student Union ballroom on March 13, 2025, at 3:00pm to celebrate our deserving nominees! Light refreshments and a cash bar will be available.

(If you are a Civil Service or Academic Professional employee who does not wish to attend the ceremony, but would still like to claim a meal card for Staff Appreciation Day, please complete the registration form, indicate you will not attend, and enter your university affiliation. You will then see the option to claim your card.)