Kayla Rice Selected to CSC Academic All-District Team
UIS women's basketball sophomore Kayla Rice has been named to the 2024 Academic All-District Team, selected by College Sports Communicators (CSC). This prestigious distinction recognizes student-athletes for their combined performances on the court and in the classroom.
To qualify for this honor, student-athletes must be at least sophomores in both athletic and academic standing, maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.50, and either compete in 90 percent of their team's games or start in 66 percent.
Faculty Feedback: Help Improve Library Services
Dear UIS Faculty Members:
The Senate Committee on the Library invites you to participate in a brief survey designed to better understand how faculty use, value, and evaluate library resources. Your insights are vital in helping us improve and tailor library services to better support your teaching, research, and professional needs.
The survey will take approximately 5–10 minutes to complete and will remain open until midnight on April 16th.
UIS hosts 'Hackathon' to solve real-world challenges using tech
The following story was reported by WAND-TV on Feb. 12, 2025.
"The goal is they work in these teams and they really begin to see how what they're learning in the classroom can be used to for real world problems for populations that maybe many aren't thinking about or aren't thinking about how technology can be the solution," said Travis Bland, interim dean of the College of Health, Science and Technology.
UIS awarded Voter Friendly Campus designation
The following story was reported by WAND-TV on March 25, 2025.
The University of Ãå±±½ûµØ Springfield has been named a Voter Friendly Campus for 2025-26 by the Fair Elections Center’s Campus Vote Project and NASPA – Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education.
