On December 14 from 11-1 pm, all UIS employees are invited to decorate cookies in the Student Union to celebrate the holiday season and the end of a successful semester!

Quantities are limited to the first 100 participants, so make sure to arrive early and get your sweet treat! Cookies will also be available for those with dietary restrictions.

Join us on December 13 from 5 to 7 p.m. for cookies and hot cocoa or a festive cocktail! Meet at the main lobby concession stand to receive your all access pass to the holiday festivities!

Central and Southern Illinois Faculty Development Network Presents: DEI/Anti-Racist Teaching

In this session, we will watch Loretta J.

Rehearsals: Let's Practice Together

Rehearsals are a high impact teaching practice that allows pre-service teachers the opportunity to rehearse complex instructional practices in settings with reduced responsibilities. Come explore how rehearsals are used in a math methods course and brainstorm how they can be used in your own classroom! 

Presenter: Amy (Hewitt) Dunning, Assistant Professor, School of Education

 Teach THIS not THAT!  Engaging Students in Online and Asynchronous Teaching

Teaching online, engaging all learners?  Join Maude and share successful experiences and best practices for online teaching and learning.  Universal Design, Differentiation, apps for student engagement, and time management strategies will be presented.  Design your own using elements from best practices.  BYOD!  BYOLMS! 

Presenter Maude Yacapsin, EdD, Instructional Developer, CAPE

Central and Southern Illinois Faculty Development Network Presents: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)

Come join faculty from across Central and Southern Illinois discuss Universal Design for Learning as we hear from Layne Morsch from the University of Illinois Springfield. Join in the discussion with colleagues from multiple colleges and universities.

The annual fire drills for those located in UHB, PAC, BRK, HSB and PDB will be conducted on Friday, Nov. 4.

The annual fire drills for those located in SAB, BSB, HRB, SLB, VPA, WUIS and Cox Children's Center will be conducted on Friday, Oct. 28.

The annual fire drills for those located in the Student Union and TRAC will be conducted on Friday, Oct. 21.

Accessibility in PDF

PDFs are a ubiquitous filetype in higher ed, but students (and colleagues) who use assistive technology may not be able to read them if they're not prepared properly. Accessibility Specialist, Alana Gomoll, will demonstrate the process of PDF remediation used to ensure that the content on the page is represented in the structure of the document. This session will assume some existing familiarity with digital accessibility in order to focus on the remediation process.

Presenter: Alana Gomoll, LMS and Accessibility Specialist, COLRS