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For 50 years, the University of Illinois Alumni Alliance’s EXPLORERS travel program has sent alumni and friends on unforgettable adventures around the world. With all details meticulously choreographed, EXPLORERS offers you exclusive…
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UIS will receive a five-year $100,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant aimed at developing and implementing evidence-based programs that will support the academic success of underrepresented minority students in…
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Interim Chancellor Karen Whitney shares an overview of how UIS is uniquely prepared for the start of classes this fall in the monthly State Journal-Register column UIS Perspectives. She says, “Just as our work at UIS…
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UIS has announced an innovative approach to 2021 Commencement featuring an optional in-person “stage experience” for graduates as well as a virtual celebration. “These celebrations will allow UIS to continue to follow…
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Campus has been buzzing this summer with renovation and improvement projects, including a complete transformation of the main floor in Brookens Library, updates to the PAC and Sangamon Auditorium, and an official Monarch…
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Online bachelor’s degree programs have been ranked 33rd best in the country out of more than 348 institutions by U.S. News & World Report. This puts UIS among the top 10 percent of best online bachelor’s degree…
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UIS alumnus Gregory Knott has been appointed secretary of the U of I Board of Trustees and of the University. U of I System President Tim Killeen says that along with deep ties to the universities, Knott will bring…
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The UIS ION Professional eLearning Program’s Overview of Online Instruction course has seen a large jump in enrollment, as more Illinois higher education professors and K-12 teachers are wanting to learn how to better teach…
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Comedian and television star Jay Leno helped announce the creation of the UIS Performing Arts Center. The Center encompasses Sangamon Auditorium, the Studio Theatre, Ticket Office and the Performing Arts Education Connections…
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Reaching Stellar: The Campaign for the University of Illinois Springfield seeks to raise funds from friends and alumni to add to the excellence of UIS programs for students and our wider community. This month we feature…
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UIS held a grand opening for Sangamon Experience, a new on-campus exhibition telling the history of the Sangamon Region of central Illinois. A crowd of over 270 guests watched as Chancellor Koch and others cut the ribbon.…
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UIS has been ranked the top public regional university in Illinois and the fourth best public university in the Midwest regional category for a second year in a row by U.S. News & World Report in 2021 Best Colleges…
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