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Jul 09, 2025
We have Bocce ball courts on campus!
We’d like to offer a summer lunch league for UIS employees. Yes, it’s a bit warm outside, but it’s not a game that takes a lot of energy. It's a game that's a lot of fun.
A…
Jul 08, 2025
Timely Warning – Attempted Arson
Date/Time of Incident: Over the night of July 7, 2025Location: Public Affairs Center (PAC)
Dear campus community member,
The UIS Police Department is issuing this Timely…
Jul 03, 2025
UIS Central Receiving and UIS Mail Services, as part of Campus Services, jointly serve as the delivery hubs for packages arriving on campus through major carriers, such as FedEx, DHL, UPS and the U.S. Postal Service.…
Jul 03, 2025
Our offices (Diversity Center, Women’s Center, and Gender and Sexuality Student Services) will be closed from Wednesday, July 3rd, through Sunday, July 6th. We will resume regular operations on Monday, July 7th. You…
Apr 06, 2026
3.23.26
Dear UIS Community:
UIS is working to reach a collective bargaining agreement with the Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty Chapter of UPI Local 4100. Please continue to monitor your UIS email for updates from the university and visit our…
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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May 11, 2022
Yokasty Owens has been named the University of Illinois Springfield Employee of the Month for May 2022. She is a building service worker who has worked at UIS since 2019.
Her nominator said she always “…
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