The University of Illinois Springfield held a Faculty Honors Reception on Monday, April 17, 2023. Chancellor Janet Gooch and Interim Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost Linda Delene presided over the ceremony.

Four major awards – the Pearson Faculty Award, the Spencer Faculty Service Award, the Faculty Excellence Award and the Burks Oakley II Distinguished Online Teaching Award - were presented.

The CFA Institute, one of the leading global organizations for finance professionals, organizes the CFA Institute Research Challenge competition. Colleges around the globe send students to this competition, and students first compete regionally and if they are successful, they can go all the way to the global competition. As part of the competition, students write an equity research report on a publicly traded company that is selected by a local CFA society.

Steel Anderson of Andalusia, Illinois, a senior at Morning Star Academy in Bettendorf, Iowa, has been admitted to the University of Illinois Springfield for Fall Semester 2023 and awarded a $36,000 Capital Scholars Honors Program Scholarship for tuition over four years. At UIS, he plans to major in business.

The scholarship is awarded based on high school GPA and can be renewed for a total of four years if the student maintains college GPA requirements.

Students have a lot on their plate, especially at the beginning of each semester. Understanding your financial aid can make life a lot less stressful and give you confidence that you’re starting out on the right foot. Here are some of our top FAQs to keep you informed and on top of your financial game.  

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Congratulations to Dr. Amy McEuen, a Public Voices Fellow with The OpEd Project and an associate professor of biology, who has published her first Op-Ed via the news organization Next City. This op-ed argues that it is past time to change our lawn policies to help us conserve biodiversity and fight climate change in cities. Next City is a nonprofit organization with a mission to inspire social, economic and environmental change in cities through journalism and events around the world. As the biology program lead, Dr.