Hometown: Kalaiya, NepalMajor: Management Information Systems

Sumit Verma appreciates the scenic campus and friendly community at the University of Illinois Springfield. Verma works as an international student ambassador with International Student Services and as a front desk attendant at the Student Union. He is also involved with International Student Friendship and the International Student Association. Verma chose UIS because of the scholarship opportunity he was offered.

Leadership is lived at UIS. Every Day.

Hometown: New Delhi, IndiaMajors: Computer Science and BiologyFuture Plans: Attend Medical School

Please join us for the August Employee Development Series Digital Accessibility: Enhancing Inclusivity and Usability. This session will be presented by Vance Martin, Executive Policy Advisor for Accessibility at the University of Illinois System, and Carey Applegate, UIS Director of the Office of Digital Accessibility.

To our students, faculty and staff across the University of Illinois System:

By now all of you are well into one of my favorite rituals of every academic year – beginning!

And with that beginning, our campuses open and fill with bright minds, big ideas, and grand hopes and dreams.

Our core mission – the pursuit of knowledge, the creation of opportunity, the betterment of society through research and discovery – is renewed, made fresh and vital with our return each August.

We each have vital parts to play, and opportunities ahead.