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SHIELD Testing Now Available in WUIS Building
Good morning:
UIS has re-established a SHIELD saliva-based COVID-19 testing site on campus available to active-status students, faculty and staff this semester. The site opens TODAY in a new location: Classroom 28 in the WUIS Building (see campus map for location). Please note: The UIS SHIELD site is no longer providing testing to members of the public.
Hours of operations are:
New Hire COVID Vaccine Communication
As the Covid-19 vaccines were rolled out, UIS created a policy stating:
“All UIS faculty, staff, volunteers and long-term guests who work on the UIS campus or in off-campus UIS facilities must be fully vaccinated. New hires must be fully vaccinated and show proof thereof, or proof that they have begun the vaccination process, prior to their first scheduled day of work and upload their vaccine record to the Medicat patient portal once their employment begins.”
New office nameplate option includes preferred pronouns
We are pleased to announce that pronouns can now be included on nameplates for faculty and staff. Signage standards have been amended to include pronouns below the name - see the photo at the right for a sample nameplate appearance.
All other standards remain in place, including the preclusion of professional designations, certifications, name prefixes, etc. in order to maintain adequate font size for readability and a consistent image campus-wide.
UIS discontinuing COVID-19 testing after June 29
6.17.22
Dear UIS Students, Faculty and Staff —
I am writing to update you that UIS will not be offering on-site Shield COVID-19 testing after June 29. This includes testing for both the public and the university community.
UIS Career Connect partners with Handshake
Beginning July 1st, UIS CareerConnect will be powered by Handshake. This is a vendor change that will impact both students and employees who either hire students or support students’ career development via jobs, internships, and career exploration assistance. Invitations for students and employees who hire students to join the new system will be coming at the end of June/early July.
Cause and Effect: Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation
The Center for Lincoln Studies at UIS invites the public to attend a Juneteenth Lecture Series discussion on “Cause & Effect: Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation” with professors Edna Greene Medford and Holly Pinheiro.
Relive The True Mother Road: The Edwards Trace
The Sangamon Experience invites the public to attend the “Relive the True Mother Road: The Edwards Trace” program by Anna Sielaff, a graduate student at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Come and listen to Anna recall her travels along the historic Edwards Trace. Advance registration is not required.
Newly elected CSAC members
Congratulations to the newest CSAC members:
Jamie Weber
Will Newton
Rexann Whorton
Aaron Stewart
Patricia Meyer
Lydia Schillinger
Mary Ellen Gass
Kimberly Rutherford
Annual Evaluations Due
This is a friendly reminder that annual evaluations for Civil Service and Academic Professional employees are due in Human Resources by June 3, 2022. It is the supervisor’s responsibility to ensure that an annual evaluation is submitted to Human Resources for each eligible employee under their supervision. Information on the Annual Evaluation process can be found on the Human Resources website, as well as a link to an