Department News Archive

8.3.22 Dear UIS Students, Faculty and Staff — I am writing to confirm our COVID-19 requirements for Fall 2022. For the past two years, UIS has been United in Safety as we’ve responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. We are most grateful…

Now that academic reorganization is complete, new resources are available to the campus community. Logos New unit logos and social media icons for colleges, school and departments are now available for download at on the Brand…

Nathan Oba-Okusanya of Radlett, England, a 2022 graduate of Haberdashers Askes Boys School, has been admitted to the University of Illinois Springfield for Fall Semester 2022 and awarded a $24,000 Lincoln Merit Scholarship for tuition…

7.26.22 Dear Students, Faculty and Staff — Today, the UI System shared its COVID-19 requirements for the Fall 2022 semester. UIS supports this approach and will provide details about our university-specific guidelines next week.…

Dear students, faculty and staff: As we prepare to return to our universities this fall, University of Illinois System leaders continue to think first and foremost about the safety of all of you and the surrounding communities amid the…

Hello, UIS — In three weeks, we’ll welcome students back to campus—can you believe it? Summer has flown by, but I know we’ll all be ready for campus to come back to life with the excitement and buzz of a fresh year on the horizon.…

Dear members of the UIS Campus Community: I am pleased to announce that on July 21, 2022, after campus-level review, the University of Illinois Board of Trustees approved the following UIS faculty for tenure and/or promotion:…

This is an excerpt of a story published by the State Journal-Register on July 22, 2022. Trustees for the University of Illinois have approved the purchase of a downtown building to house the planned UIS Innovation Center, designed…

401 E. Washington Street building in downtown Springfield, future home of the UIS Innovation Center. The University of Illinois Board of Trustees on Thursday approved the purchase of a property in downtown Springfield that will become…

Annual Evaluation season has officially wrapped up for 2022! We would like to thank everyone for participating and for your patience as we rolled out the new electronic evaluation form. This system was an overall success, but we would…

University of Illinois Springfield baseball pitcher Quinn Gudaitis was selected today in the Major League Baseball Draft. He was picked in the 16th round by the Detroit Tigers. Gudaitis is the second Prairie Star player…

Dear Colleagues — On June 1, President Killeen announced a 3.5 percent, merit-based salary program for the 2022-2023 academic year.   Similar to past years, this salary program is to be distributed at the discretion of the unit…