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Oct 23, 2025
New Website Features
You spoke and we listened! The web team has added some new features and blocks based on feedback and requests.
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There is now Image Cards with a…
Oct 23, 2025
UIS Community,
On October 24, 2025, between 9:30 am and 10:30 am, law enforcement officers from the University of Illinois Springfield, Illinois State Police, Illinois Secretary of State Police, and the Sangamon…
Oct 22, 2025
Do you have an interesting hobby outside of work, or know a coworker who does? MediaStrategy is looking for faculty and staff to feature in our "Meet a Star" series, which spotlightsthe unique things UIS employees do…
Oct 21, 2025
Greetings,
Between October 20-24, Facilities will begin testing the heating systems in the legacy campus buildings to prepare for the colder months ahead. These tests will primarily take place in the early mornings…
Apr 10, 2026
4.10.26
Dear Colleagues —
Dr. Jamarco Clark, vice chancellor for student affairs, has shared that he will be leaving UIS to take on an exciting new opportunity as the next vice president for student affairs for Wichita State University,…
Mar 10, 2026
Academic Affairs Colleagues,
I write to provide an update on the Academic Portfolio Review and Prioritization process. From the beginning, the Academic Portfolio Review (APR) was not intended to be a retrospective exercise. It was designed…
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Employee Recognition
Dec 14, 2023
Zach Logsdon has been named the University of Illinois Springfield Employee of the Month for December 2023. He is an IT technical associate for UIS Information Technology Services.
Logsdon played an integral role in…
Getting to Know You
Oct 25, 2024
Jessica Bailey is the institutional scholarship coordinator for the Office of Financial Aid.
How did you get started in your career field?
I was an undergraduate student worker in financial aid at Illinois…
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