(The following article was published by the State Journal Register in conjunction with the 25th anniversary of SSU/UIS.)
June 12, 2001
By Doug Pokorski
In May 1971, at the end of its first year of operation, students and faculty at Sangamon State University set aside some time to look into the future.
(The following article is one of three that were printed in a special section of the State Journal Register published in conjunction with the 25th anniversary of SSU/UIS.)
September 21, 1995
By Doug Pokorski
“We worked in multidisciplinary teams for five weeks, either hours a day,” she said. “My job was to help sensitize them to the literature of African-Americans and to non-standard English and to provide multicultural supplemental materials.
(The following article is one of three that were printed in a special section of the State Journal Register published in conjunction with the 25th anniversary of SSU/UIS.)
September 21, 1995
By Doug Pokorski
Sangamon State University’s first decade began with the idealism of the 1960s, money to burn on innovative new programs, and a frenzy of meetings.
(from the 1995-96 SSU-UIS Catalog)
(from the 1991-92 SSU Catalog)
(from the 1980-81 SSU Catalog)
(from the 1970-71 SSU Catalog)
This guide sets forth initial programs and features of the operating style of Sangamon State University. As the first freestanding university to be established in Illinois in this century and as the State’s initial upper division university, this new institution has a unique threefold mandate.
By Caryl Castens
State Journal-Register, January 1, 1970, p. 42