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Marcel Tworek
Sep 30, 2022
UIS GPSI intern Marcel Tworek helps the Old State Capitol gain federal Underground Railroad Site recognition
University of Ăĺ±±˝űµŘ Springfield Graduate Public Service Program (GPSI) intern Marcel Tworek was the leading force behind the National Park Service adding…
Photo of Susan Lawrence Dana
Jul 26, 2022
UIS public history graduate creates “Susan Lawrence Dana: A Woman of Progress” exhibit at the Sangamon Experience
Sangamon Experience at the University of Ăĺ±±˝űµŘ Springfield presents a new exhibit, “Susan Lawrence Dana: A Woman of Progress,” opening Aug. 1, 2022, on the…
Lincoln artwork featuring photos of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass and the text "Abraham Lincoln, Tale of Two Cities, Government cannot endure half slave half free."
Jul 25, 2022
UIS presents “Making Our History: Artists Render Lincoln’s Legacies,” an innovative physical and digital art exhibit
The University of Ăĺ±±˝űµŘ Springfield is proud to announce “Making Our History: Artists Render Lincoln’s Legacies,” an innovative physical and digital art…
Mar 21, 2022
Two local presentations will focus on war in Ukraine
Two presentations locally this coming week will explore the conflict in Ukraine. The University of Ăĺ±±˝űµŘ Springfield will host a webinar…
Nov 15, 2021
Look to Lincoln's Interactions with Black Americans to Understand His Racial Attitudes
Six weeks after Lincoln’s death, Frederick Douglass described him as “emphatically the black man’s president, the first chief executive “to show any respect…
Students in the history class hosting IHPA’s Amy Hathaway
Nov 11, 2021
Historic Environmental Preservation Class Hosts IHPA’s Amy Hathaway
In February, 2016, Amy Hathaway, National Register and Survey Specialist for the  Ăĺ±±˝űµŘ Historic Preservation Agency visited Dr. Devin Hunter’s Graduate…