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May 15, 2025
If you received an email from GrantForward, it is not spam or a phishing attempt. This is a grant database that UIS is subscribed to. Previously, it only had accounts for faculty and those who opted in. Today, accounts…
May 14, 2025
To show our sincere appreciation for all you do, we’re offering 25% OFF all Sideline Store purchases with code THANKYOU—just for UIS faculty and staff. This exclusive discount runs from May 12 through May 16 at 11:…
May 13, 2025
Please be aware that Parking Lot E will be closed on Wednesday, May 14, so that the painters may restripe the parking lot. In addition, the painters will re-stripe the handicap parking spaces at the south end of the…
May 13, 2025
A critical plumbing repair will be performed this week on the first floor of Brookens - both classroom and library sides. Crews will be replacing a sewage pump, which requires shutting off water for the entire first…
Oct 27, 2025
10.27.25 Happy Monday, I want to thank you all for joining me for the Fall Employee Info Session on Oct. 16 to discuss enrollment and retention, construction projects and how we are moving towards our NorthStar initiative to make our…
Chancellor Gooch
Sep 20, 2025
Dear UIS Community, Last evening, Friday, September 19, the White House issued a Presidential Proclamation enacting certain restrictions on specific entries into the United States for nonimmigrant workers with H1-B visas. The…
Brandon Schwab
Brandon Schwab, Ph.D.
Provost

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Employee Recognition

Jan 19, 2023
Building Service Worker Yokasty Owens has been named the 2022 Employee of the Year at the University of Ãå±±½ûµØ Springfield. She was honored during a reception on Jan. 19, 2023, in the UIS Student Union. Before…

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