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Oct 30, 2025
Dear colleagues —
Join us for two open forums featuring candidates for the Vice Chancellor for Enrollment and Retention Management position:
Monday, November 3 at 3:00 PMThursday, November 6 at 3:00 PM
Both…
Oct 29, 2025
Welcome to the COLRS Catch Up! We'd like to start by introducing Melanie Weigel, who is joining us as an Extra Help eLearning Specialist! Melanie holds a Master's degree in Library and Information Science from the UIUC…
Oct 29, 2025
UIS employees showed their generosity and spirit during our SECA Bingo event on Wednesday, Oct. 22, raising $1,116 for Compass for Kids—a record-breaking total and $343 more than last year’s…
Oct 29, 2025
As part of our NorthStar priorities, the Campus Services unit will be sunsetted after extensive review with help from the University of Illinois System. Clients who use Campus Services frequently are being contacted to…
Jan 26, 2026
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Big things are happening on campus. Thank you to everyone for your flexibility and patience as this work progresses.
Construction on the new Library Commons is moving forward, with structural steel installation underway and…
Dec 04, 2025
December 2025
From Provost Schwab
Greetings,
As we approach the end of the fall semester, I want to send a note of appreciation to all members of the UIS community for all you do. Over the Thanksgiving break I had a chance to reflect on…
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Employee Recognition
Jan 13, 2025
University of Illinois Springfield has named Jason Keran, a mailing equipment operator and expeditor for Campus Services, as the Employee of the Month for December 2024.
Keran, who joined UIS in November 2018,…
Getting to Know You
May 29, 2025
Priyanka Deo is an instructor in the School of Communications and Media and director for Student Media.
Can you give a brief timeline of how your career led you to UIS?
My journey to the University of Illinois…
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