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Nov 11, 2025
The University of Illinois Springfield is excited to team up with the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign for a special game day experience! UIS students, staff, families and friends can take advantage of a special…
Nov 10, 2025
Campus community,
The UIS Police Department will be rolling out a new training this fall, addressing ways to minimize your risk during an active threat incident. There will be two group sessions offered, one on…
Nov 10, 2025
To ensure the resilience and continuity of our essential university operations, Information Technology Services is conducting a Planned Disaster Recovery (DR) Failover Exercise on Tuesday, January 6, 2026.
This…
Nov 07, 2025
UIS students, faculty and staff are invited to participate in the 2025 University of Illinois Springfield University Experience Survey. This study is vital for understanding our university and guiding initiatives to…
Jan 09, 2026
1.9.26
Dear Faculty and Staff —
I am excited to share with you details about this year’s RISE Professional Development Retreat, scheduled for Feb. 6.
This is the fourth RISE retreat—an event planned by a group of UIS faculty and staff…
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
May 14, 2025
Yoselin Gonzalez, a building service worker in facilities and services, has been named the University of Illinois Springfield Employee of the Month for May 2025.Gonzalez was nominated by campus colleagues for her…
Getting to Know You
Aug 27, 2025
Can you give me a brief timeline of how your career led you to UIS?
After receiving my Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, I spent a year teaching in the university’s history department before accepting a…
Employee Events
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