Jason Kosowski is the IT technical associate (LS) for Human Resources.

What do you like about your job?

I get to work with people who care about the work they do and are great team members. I also have the opportunity to get involved in many different aspects of the university, participating in several committees from customer service improvements to AI ethics. The ability to work on a variety of projects and use my problem-solving skills is very important to me.

Maria Zavala is a financial aid coordinator in the Office of Financial Aid.

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Guadalupe Trejo is an office administrator for the vice chancellor of academic affairs.

Can you give me a brief timeline of how your career led you to UIS?

Yaz Gulnur Muradoglu is a professor in the College of Business and Management.

Can you give me a brief timeline of how your career led you to UIS?

John Ferry is a distinguished professor of chemistry and biochemistry in the UIS School of Integrated Sciences, Sustainability, and Public Health. His research areas include environmental chemistry, toxicology, microbial ecology, and science outreach.

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Tamara (Tammy) Martin is a clinical instructor in the College of Education.

Can you give us a brief timeline of how your career led you to UIS?

Vachel Lindsay Drive will be closed Wednesday, September 4 at noon and will re-open Thursday, September 5 at noon.

Mike Hermann is the athletic director.

Can you give us a brief timeline of how your career led you to UIS?

I’ve had the chance to serve as the director of athletics at three previous institutions: Niagara, Towson and Kansas Wesleyan. Most recently, I was in a senior athletics role at Pacific in California. I was excited to return to the Midwest (I grew up in Ohio) and have the opportunity to lead an athletics program again.

What’s something important you’ve learned from your family?

We have an exciting opportunity Thursday, Aug. 22, to start off the new semester with some intentional time together as colleagues followed by a new first-year student convocation celebration. Please mark your calendars and don’t forget to wear your UIS blue!

The schedule includes:

Douglas Brackney has been named the University of Illinois Springfield Employee of the Month for July 2024. He is an administrative aide in the Career Development Center.

His supervisor, Katherine Battee-Freeman, said he is the type of employee that everyone wants on their staff.

“He is a team player who brings positivity to the work and helps others to be their best selves,” Battee-Freeman said. “He is a positive role model outside of work helping to endear the greater Springfield community to UIS.”