Noah Reynolds, associate professor of biology at the University of Illinois Springfield, has been named University Scholar for 2026. This prestigious award, the highest faculty honor from the University of Illinois System, recognizes outstanding teaching and scholarship. Only one faculty member receives the award annually at UIS.

Assurance of Student Learning Day (ASLD) 2027 | Revised Standardized Course Scheduling Grid | Grant Writing Mentorship Awards | U of I Mental Health and Wellbeing Annual Event | Supporting First-Gen College Students | University Scholars Award Luncheon

When I was applying to college, as the first person in my family to attend, there were a lot of terms I didn’t know. I would try to ask my mother, but since she never attended college, she didn’t know many of them either.  Enrolling seemed difficult because this new vocabulary was confusing and frustrating. Terms that seemed natural to everyone else felt completely new to me, and I was sometimes afraid to ask questions because I thought I should already understand them. 

Quality Initiative (QI) Update: Strengthening Advising to Promote Student Success | Charting Our Course to HLC Reaffirmation: Navigating by the Stars | Good Idea Fund

The Good Idea Fund is accepting applications through Oct. 1.

View the Academic Affairs Annual Impact Report, which highlights just a few of the many ways we advanced our mission and served our students during AY 2025-26.

Please welcome our six new full-time faculty members for fall 2026.