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Jul 09, 2025
We have Bocce ball courts on campus!
We’d like to offer a summer lunch league for UIS employees. Yes, it’s a bit warm outside, but it’s not a game that takes a lot of energy. It's a game that's a lot of fun.
A…
Jul 08, 2025
Timely Warning – Attempted Arson
Date/Time of Incident: Over the night of July 7, 2025Location: Public Affairs Center (PAC)
Dear campus community member,
The UIS Police Department is issuing this Timely…
Jul 03, 2025
Our offices (Diversity Center, Women’s Center, and Gender and Sexuality Student Services) will be closed from Wednesday, July 3rd, through Sunday, July 6th. We will resume regular operations on Monday, July 7th. You…
Jul 03, 2025
The elevator in PAC Tower 1 has been taken out of service for the near future. Substantial repairs are necessary, which may take some time to complete.
We will share status updates as they become available.
Thank…
Jul 02, 2025
7.2.25
Dear colleagues —
I’m pleased to share that the UIS Innovation Center will lease space at Horace Mann’s downtown Springfield campus to expand programs that support economic development in the region. The 2.5-year lease will allow the…
Apr 01, 2025
From Provost Schwab
Colleagues,
I hope you are doing well as we approach the final weeks of the academic year. It’s amazing to think that we will soon welcome a new batch of graduates into the UIS alumni ranks.
Over the past few days, I’ve…
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Employee Recognition
Jan 30, 2025
Building Service Foreman John "Jack" Stege has been named the 2024 Employee of the Year at the University of Illinois Springfield. He was honored during a reception on Jan. 30, 2025, in the UIS Student…
Getting to Know You
Mar 11, 2025
Ryan Bye is the Director Strategy and Partnerships for the Office of the Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs.
Can you give me a brief timeline of how your career led you to UIS?
I spent the past 11 years working…
Employee Events
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