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You are a big part of the UIS Story. Whether enjoying life on the road and caring for the Budweiser Clydesdales or “Finding Eminence” by starting a cut flower and vegetable farm, alumni live interesting and intelligent lives…
alumni
Senior pitcher Andrew Dean recently made history by becoming the first Prairie Stars player selected in the Major League Baseball (MLB) draft. Dean was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 18th round, and is also the…
alumni
UIS Ceramics Kneading to Find a New Way
With the help of a few student workers, Associate Professor of Ceramics Shane Harris hand-delivered or shipped 25 pounds of clay, tools and instruction cards to each student in his…
alumni
UIS will offer 19 accelerated courses over the holiday break for prospective and current students. Most classes will begin December 14 and end mid-January. “We know this is not going to be a traditional holiday season.…
alumni
While some games may have changed over the years, the excitement and school spirit wrapped around Springfest has remained. Enjoy a “Then and Now” pictorial showing Springfest traditions carrying from Sangamon State…
alumni
Making aspirations possible. That’s what scholarships do in the lives of students, and that’s why they are a Reaching Stellar Campaign priority. With Dexter Burns, scholarships did more: they changed the course of his life,…
alumni
Chigozie Umeadi ’12 CBM is an Associate Manager, Basketball Strategies and Analytics with the NBA. He says being a student-athlete on the men’s basketball team helped him develop the time management skills, team work and project…
alumni
The UIS Research Board honored two former graduate students with awards for their master’s thesis projects. Rashaun DeBord, MA ’19 LAS was selected for the UIS Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award for his study…
alumni
Kodi Smith has been selected as the recipient for the Student Laureate Award from the Lincoln Academy of Illinois. Only one UIS student is honored with the prestigious award each academic year. Kodi is a senior biology major…
alumni
Through the InstaGrad campaign, graduating students took photos around campus, and tagged our new UISeduAlumni Instagram account. They were also welcomed to alumnihood on Commencement Day with a UIS polo shirt and swag bag. View…
alumni, arts
UIS is very proud to have 330 current faculty, staff and students who have served or are currently serving our country in the United States military. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!
Meet Alumnus Brace Clement
Brace Clement…
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Hinda Seif, Associate Professor of Sociology/Anthropology and Women/Gender Studies spent the month of July exploring museums and curated cultural collections around Washington, DC with 24 colleagues from across the nation. “We…
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