Dear UIS Campus Community —

Tornado Watch

TORNADO WATCH
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN, OK
11:45 AM CDT FRI, MAR, 31 2023

TORNADO WATCH 93 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8:00 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

UIS Community,

We wanted to send out a quick reminder about the importance of being prepared, as severe weather is forecasted for our area later today. While notification systems are in place to send out information, you can also help keep yourself safe. Now is a good time to take a moment to go through steps you can take during an emergency weather event.

The National Weather Service has issued a Tornado WATCH until 6pm. The counties included in this watch for central Illinois are:

• CHRISTIAN
• MACON
• SANGAMON
• SHELBY

UIS Police Department

Phone: (217)206-6690

Emergency: (217)206-7777

TTY: (217)206-7510

E-mail: uispolice@uis.edu

The UIS Police Department presents training classes on ways to minimize your risk during an active shooter / active threat incident. The next class will be on Friday, February 17, at 10:00 am in Brookens Auditorium. The class will be approximately 1 hour in length.

On December 6 at approximately 10 a.m., the UIS Police Department will be conducting a test of the Rave text message system in conjunction with the monthly tornado siren test. We will follow up the test with a brief survey (no longer than 12 questions) to help evaluate the effectiveness of the tornado sirens and the Rave text message system. We would appreciate your participation to help identify areas we need to improve.

UIS Police Department

Phone: (217)206-6690

Emergency: (217)206-7777

TTY: (217)206-7510

There is now an online payment option for any lost keys that were issued by Campus Police. The form can be found on the UIS Campus Police webpage under Forms & Resources (link included below). Please note, you will need your University login information to access the payment form. 

The online payment option is only available for credit card transactions. Any cash/check payments can still be made at the University Bursar’s Office during their operating hours. 

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff —

Our approach to managing COVID-19 at UIS this semester is going well, and we appreciate everyone’s efforts to be United in Safety by complying with our vaccine and testing requirements and responding accordingly if ill or symptomatic.

University of Illinois Springfield Police officers are helping people in Ukraine.

In a social media post, officials said they are donating eight used body armor vests. Those vests will first be sent to the Illinois State Police, who will then send them to the US/Ukrainian Resistance Foundation.

Armor vests are replaced by UISPD every five years, according to officials. “The vests are usually surplussed, but this year they decided to help Ukraine.”