Essential Information & Dates

• New to Canvas or UIS? View our Canvas for Instructors page and contact COLRS to schedule a quick tutorial to get started!
• Students added to Canvas on Monday, May 20th

Facilities & Services will oversee elevator inspections beginning about noon on Thursday, January 4, in the following buildings:

Financial Aid informational open meeting for faculty/staff:

Topic: Financial Aid and Scholarships for 2024-25

Fire Drills

Ravneet Chhokar, Director of Safety and Environmental Compliance

The annual fire drills for this year will be conducted on Thursday, October 26, and Friday, November 3 for the UIS campus. 

Drill Procedures 

Make sure you sign up for Health for the Holidays, a fun way to help relieve holiday stress and maintain balance so that you can wrap up the year feeling more energetic and resilient! Register now and get ready to start logging on Monday, October 30, 2023 (just in time to balance out Halloween candy).

For more fun, join a team or even start your own! Meet new colleagues while taking steps to a healthier you!  If you’re not convinced yet, there will be weekly prizes! There’s no cost to you, so register now for free!

Are you interested in serving on the UIS Green Fee Committee? On-campus undergraduate and graduate students in all majors are welcome to apply.

Applications are due Friday, 9/22, at 10 PM. To apply, submit a current resume and a one-page cover letter describing why you are interested in the committee and the skills/experiences that you would bring to the position using this webform.

In-person ID Center services will be unavailable on September 6 and 7 as we move to our new location in University Hall Building, Room 1004 (UHB1004).

Staff will continue to be available by email during the move to assist with meal plans and other online inquiries. Full services resume Friday, September 8 at the new location.

Facilities and Services will oversee the inspection of fire alarm systems during the week of July 3rd.

This is primarily a visual inspection, but there will be brief, intermittent activations of alarm horns and strobe lights as part of inspection procedures.

Elevators will be included in the alarm inspection. Signage will be posted when an elevator is taken out of service. Every effort will be made to ensure an operational elevator is available in buildings with multiple elevators as well as to return an elevator to service as quickly as possible.

Staff Interview

Leanne Brecklin is an associate professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice. She is from Freeport, Illinois. She began teaching at UIS in the fall of 2002.

Where did you go to University?

I went to DePaul University for undergrad and graduate school at UIC.

What was your undergraduate major?

I double majored in sociology and psychology.

What was your concentration for graduate school?