8.22.22 

Hello, UIS! 

Thanks so much to everyone who welcomed students to campus last week and to those who taught classes on Friday for our official first day. It’s so exciting to see the campus come alive! Please don’t forget: Our welcome-back activities continue this week. The Welcome Picnic is 4-6 p.m. today outside of the Student Union. It’s a great opportunity to mix and mingle with your colleagues and to show students our Prairie Star pride. Please come out and celebrate with us!

8.19.22

Dear UIS Students, Faculty and Staff —

Welcome to the 2022-23 Academic Year! Classes begin today, and our campus is buzzing with renewed energy after a quiet summer. I hope everyone is recharged and excited for a new semester. I couldn’t be more thrilled to be here, and I’m convinced it’s going to be an amazing year!

8.15.22

Dear UIS Colleagues —

8.8.22 

Hello, UIS—

I can hardly believe that next week marks the beginning of fall semester with move-in and the first day of classes. I look forward to seeing many of you back on campus and to the success of the semester with more normalcy than we’ve had in years. Be sure to check out the university calendar to see a list of all the events happening in the first several weeks of fall.

New Information 

Fall COVID-19 Update 

8.3.22

Dear UIS Students, Faculty and Staff —

I am writing to confirm our COVID-19 requirements for Fall 2022. For the past two years, UIS has been United in Safety as we’ve responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. We are most grateful to be out of the emergency phase of the pandemic—thanks to vaccines, rapid testing and therapeutics—and are excited to be ushering in a new academic year later this month.

Our approach this fall will include the following requirements:

COVID-19 VACCINES

7.26.22

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff —

Today, the UI System shared its COVID-19 requirements for the Fall 2022 semester. UIS supports this approach and will provide details about our university-specific guidelines next week.

Dear members of the UIS Campus Community:

I am pleased to announce that on July 21, 2022, after campus-level review, the University of Illinois Board of Trustees approved the following UIS faculty for tenure and/or promotion:

Faculty Promotion:

Dear Colleagues —

On June 1, President Killeen announced a 3.5 percent, merit-based salary program for the 2022-2023 academic year.  

Similar to past years, this salary program is to be distributed at the discretion of the unit head. Distribution of the salary increases should be based on merit-based factors, including the employee’s 2022 performance evaluation. Employees will be deemed ineligible for an increase due to one of the following reasons:

Hello, UIS —

Hello, UIS—

Thank you for your warm welcome during my first full week on the job as your new Chancellor. I’m honored to follow such a smart and caring leader like Chancellor Whitney, and I’m impressed by all the changes you’ve navigated over the last two years, even in light of the biggest challenges many of us have ever faced. We’re perfectly poised to launch into the next chapter!