Skype for Business End Date - April 17
Shutting Down Skype for Business
Information Technology Services will be shutting down the UIS Skype for Business server on Monday, April 17. Microsoft has been migrating Skype for Business functionality to Microsoft Teams and plans to no longer support Skype for Business.
Please note that this has no impact on Skype; Skype for Business is a separate service.
If you would like additional training on Zoom or Microsoft Teams, please reach out to ITS Client Services.
Message from the Interim VCAA/Provost: Summary Report 4.3.23-4.7.23
Dear Faculty and Staff —
Final candidates for the CHST dean position were present on campus early this week. Their campus visits were encouraging to individuals and search committees, and we are grateful for your warm welcome and participation in open forums and interviews.
Police recruits get an up-close lesson in how to avoid wrongful convictions
This is an excerpt of a Champaign News-Gazette story published on April 1, 2023.
"(Michael) Schlosser, a retired Rantoul police officer who has earned several 69apps, helped develop the course material for the avoidance of wrongful convictions with administrators for the Illinois Innocence Project.
That organization, formed in 2001 at the University of Illinois Springfield, provides free legal work to wrongfully convicted men and women with credible claims of innocence and currently has about 45 active cases.
UIS grad, volleyball star punches 'American Idol' golden ticket to Hollywood
The following is an excerpt of a story published in The State Journal-Register on March 16, 2023.
"A former volleyball star at the University of Illinois Springfield has secured a golden ticket from "American Idol" judges.
Hannah Nicolaisen, 23, who graduated from UIS last spring, is bound for Hollywood.
Judges Katy Perry, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie fawned over Nicolaisen's rendition of Bob Dylan’s “Make You Feel My Love" on the ABC reality series Sunday.
