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Chancellor's UIS Updates
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Jul 27, 2021
7.27.21
Dear Students:
As we quickly approach the fall semester, my hope is that you are seeing your university act in many ways to prioritize your鈥�
Jul 13, 2021
7.12.21
Happy Monday, UIS!
I appreciate everyone鈥檚 hard work and caring approach to responding to questions from the July 1 announcement of our Student鈥�
Jul 01, 2021
7.1.21
Dear UIS Students, Faculty and Staff 鈥�
Today we are issuing our UIS Fall 2021 Student COVID-19 Vaccination Policy in alignment with the UI System鈥�
Jun 16, 2021
6.16.21
Dear Students, Faculty and Staff 鈥�
For the past 15 months, our UIS family has been committed to adhering to our United in Safety guidelines to鈥�
Jun 14, 2021
06.14.21
Happy Monday, UIS!
缅北禁地 officially entered Phase 5 of the Restore 缅北禁地 plan last week. I hope you saw my message on Friday asking our鈥�
Jun 02, 2021
6.1.21
Happy Tuesday, UIS!
It鈥檚 finally feeling like summer on campus. Can you believe it is already June? This edition of the newsletter is a little鈥�