UIS announces 2024 Black History Month events
The University of Illinois Springfield will host several events to celebrate Black History Month (BHM) 2024 during February. The theme of this year's celebration is "BHM 2024 Roots and Rhythm."
* = Event is open to the public
UIS Center for Lincoln Studies director’s book named a finalist for 2024 ASALH Book Prize
University of Illinois Springfield Center for Lincoln Studies Director Jacob K. Friefeld’s book, “The First Migrants: How Black Homesteaders’ Quest for Land and Freedom Heralded America’s Great Migration,” co-authored with Richard Edwards, has been selected as a finalist for the 2024 Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) Book Prize.
Friefeld previously served as an Illinois and Midwest studies research historian at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield before coming to UIS.
Drug Prevention Policy and Program Notification
Dear UIS Students and Employees:
UIS is committed to maintaining a drug-free environment for its students and employees, in compliance with applicable federal and state laws. Our Drug Prevention Policy and Program was prepared in accordance with the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988 and the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act Amendments of 1989.
Embracing a Digital Mindset @ CHST
Laying the Foundation for an Increasingly Digital Future: CHST's Commitment to UIS & the Community
As the interim Dean of the UIS College of Health, Science, and Technology, I'm excited and personally moved to introduce our blog series, deeply inspired by the transformative ideas in Leonardi and Neeley's book on the digital mindset. Reading this book was a revelation; it reinforced my belief in our profound responsibility and obligation at CHST.
