Purpose

Faculty excellence is the cornerstone of any university of high quality.  There is no more important task at the University of Illinois than attracting and retaining the very best teachers and scholars.  The University Scholars Program is designed to identify outstanding members of faculty who represent emerging scholars in their fields of study, and to provide each with a modest amount of funds annually for a defined number of years.  The importance of these awards lies in the flexibility with which the funds may be spent.&nbsp

Purpose

Robert C.  Spencer, the founding President of Sangamon State University, established the expectation that public service and service to the academic community would be highly valued by the faculty at SSU.  He emphasized that education for good citizenship was integral to a liberal arts education, and challenged this new campus and its faculty to make a difference in society.  Likewise, he sought to foster a highly participatory campus, which would model the virtues of democratic community with faculty members contrib

Purpose

A generous gift from Dr.  Emmet F.  Pearson and his wife, Mary Pearson, has established the Pearson Faculty Awards Fund.  This gift is intended to acknowledge and support the accomplishments of faculty at UIS.  Accordingly, the Pearson Faculty Award recognizes a faculty member whose performance exemplifies our commitment to excellence in teaching.  Such a teacher both informs and inspires students, imparting to them the knowledge and values with which they may become producti

Purpose

The Burks Oakley II Distinguished Online Teaching Award is intended to recognize UIS faculty members whose performance exemplifies the institution’s commitment to excellence in online teaching.  The recipient of this award shall receive $1,000 cash plus a commemorative plaque, and their name will be engraved on a permanent plaque located in the Provost’s Suite.  The award is funded through the generosity of Burks Oakley II.

A university’s faculty represents one of its most precious assets. UIS faculty are nominated for 12 faculty awards each year: 11 University awards, and the University of Illinois University Scholars Award.

Recipients of faculty awards are recognized at the annual spring Faculty Honors Reception. Link to the Faculty Honors Reception newsroom article.

Academic integrity forms or communication about other confidential student information should be sent via the Protected Email Attachment Repository (PEAR) system to Guadalupe Trejo (gtrej@uis.edu).

If you have a question about academic integrity procedures, please contact the Academic Integrity Council (AIC): aic@uis.edu

Plagiarism

• Using a direct quotation without quotation marks or a citation
• Paraphrasing or changing an author’s words or style without citation
• Insufficiently acknowledging sources or providing a partial citation
• Using the pattern, structure or organization of an author’s argument or ideas without proper citation
• Failing to cite sources for information considered non-common
• Using an essay from course for another without instructor permission
• Failing to attach all group members’ names to a group project
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Plagiarism is the most common and most misunderstood form of violation.

Some examples include…

Resources for Students

Universal Standard for Academic Integrity

• Universities across the United States maintain academic integrity policies to ensure honest and genuine college work.
• UIS academic integrity policy ensures personal honesty that facilitates an open, vibrant exchange of ideas.
• The intellectual character of the UIS community depends on academic integrity, which nurtures the trust and mutual respect of all members of the community.
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Resources for Faculty

• Academic Integrity Procedure Flowchart (pdf)
• Understanding Why Students Plagiarize (pdf)
• Syllabi Statement – UIS Academic Integrity Policy (pdf)

Technological Resources