For UIS faculty and staff awareness:

The following message was emailed to all UIS students regarding information about completing an Intent to Participate form to be able to participate in the 2025 Commencement Ceremonies:

Planning to Participate in Commencement? Take Action NOW!

Students planning to participate MUST complete the following steps:

For faculty and staff awareness:

The following message was emailed to UIS students on March 6, 2025 regarding important commencement information to be aware of.


Dear students,

You are receiving this message because you may be eligible to participate in the 2025 Commencement Ceremonies. All critical commencement information will continue to arrive via your uis.edu email, so check your inbox frequently. You can also check the Commencement website for updates. 

We are counting down until the 2025 Retirement & Recognition Ceremony where we will come together to celebrate our colleagues as a campus community. On April 17, 2025, we will celebrate our retirees for their service to the university. In addition to retirements, we will also be celebrating colleagues for milestone achievements of 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 years of service.

Please consider joining us in the celebration that will take place in the Student Union Ballroom from 9:00-10:30 a.m.

Dear Faculty,

We are receiving calls at the help desk from students who are having technical issues with their midterms because of the Respondus outage:

While the latest reports indicate that the situation is improving, I wanted to make sure that you are all aware of the outage in case it is impacting exams your students are taking today, and you want to extend deadlines as needed.

Please be aware that on Tuesday, March 4, Parking Lot J and a section of Lot F will be closed to campus for parking due to an event being held at the Student Union.

Parking Lot E will also be closed on Tuesday, March 4, so that school children may safely enter the UIS Performing Arts Center for the Staley Class Acts performance The Boy from Troy.

On this date, please make sure to plan accordingly and utilize alternate parking lots authorized by your parking hang tag.

Thank you!