Contact Student Life
Location: Student Leadership Center, First Floor, Student Union
Phone: (217) 206-4762
E-mail: studentlife@uis.edu
Hours of Operation Fall 2024
Monday-Friday 10am-8pm
Saturday & Sunday Noon-10pm
Forming a Student Organization
Procedures for forming and maintaining a student organization
The University of Ãå±±½ûµØ Springfield encourages students to form new organizations and maintain currently established organizations.
Leadership for Life Service Program
We encourage new students to consider the Leadership for Life Service program but we provide all students with several ways to get involved with service throughout their time at UIS.
Leadership for Life Service Program
The Leadership for Life Service Living Learning Community, also known as L4L, is a service and leadership community. Students admitted to L4Lhave the opportunity to live together, take a class together, and commit to doing service together.
Welcome Week
Student Organization Workshops
Student Organization Development
The Office of Student Life provides a variety of development opportunities throughout the year, including the Leadership Summit, RSO Officer training, Leadership workshops, and more!
Leadership Programs & Awards
College graduates must demonstrate essential leadership competencies in order to be successful in their time after UIS. In order to promote this development, Student Life, along with many campus partners offer leadership opportunities throughout the academic year!
Find out more contact Marie Watson, Associate Director Student Life
Late Nite Stars
What is Late Nite?
Late Nite is a student led initiative led by the Student Activities Committee and supported by Student Affairs. There are 3 Late Nite events each semester. Each Late Nite is typically based around a theme and will have a variety events going on concurrently.
Homecoming
Each year the University of Ãå±±½ûµØ Springfield invites students, faculty, staff, alumni and the local community to celebrate our Homecoming celebration.
Written in the Stars
September 14-20, 2025
UIS Homecoming is an annual tradition involving a week of engagement and events designed to develop pride and spirit among the UIS community. The first UIS Homecoming was held in 1996.
Student Life Events
Student Life serves as a resource for all students, enabling them to engage in, contribute to, and benefit from this community. Student Life initiates programs and activities that enhance the student experience and further the university’s mission of providing an intellectually rich, collaborative, and intimate learning environment for students, faculty, and staff, while serving local, regional, state, national, and international communities.
Forms & Policies
This page serves as a resource for Student Organization leaders, collecting RSO Forms, Policies and helpful tools.

