STATEMENT REGARDING CHAT FEATURE USAGE

From the beginning of Campus Senate being hosted on Zoom, the Chat Feature was allowed as a courtesy to all attending the meetings. Having this feature active during the meetings is not required and any text written is not part of the official record of the meeting. In recent Campus Senate meetings, the Chat Feature has been utilized by some (not all) to influence and/or impede the meeting and to display unprofessional behavior towards individuals or entities at UIS.

University Assembly Bills Adopted by Governance

1971 through 1995

From 1970 to 1994-1995, the university was called Sangamon State University. The legislative body was known as University Assembly, and their pieces of legislation were termed "bills."

In 1995-1996, Sangamon State University became University of Illinois at Springfield. The legislative body was renamed Campus Senate, and their pieces of legislation are termed "resolutions."

Voting in the spring 2022 Campus Senate elections began on Monday, April 18, and closed on Friday, April 22 at 5:00 p.m.

Future Senate election information will be posted on this page.

The Campus Senate is a legislative body composed of twenty faculty, five students and three alternates, one civil service staff member, one academic professional, and one administrator. The Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs serves as an ex-officio, non-voting member.

The Campus Senate is a legislative body composed of twenty faculty, five students and three student alternates, one civil service staff member and one civil service alternate, one academic professional and one academic professional alternate, and one administrator. The Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs serves as an ex-officio, non-voting member.