The UIS Society for the Advancement of Management (SAM) chapter took home eight awards from the International Collegiate Business Skills Championship 2020, including first place for Campus Chapter Performance in the small chapter division. Nineteen university chapters competed in the annual skills competition which was held remotely this year.

Awards won by UIS students were: first place Extemporaneous Speech, second place in Case Competition, second place Written Case, third place Overall Individual Award, and Outstanding student. UIS also won Overall Performance Award and Hasan Kartal was named Outstanding Adviser.