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The Observer
From exciting soccer moments to tailgating festivities and campus celebrations, Homecoming brought the Prairie Star community together! Catch the highlights, revisit your favorite moments, and experience the excitement through The UIS Observer’s Homecoming video collection.
The Observer
Parking Lot D is now a blue standard lot instead of a yellow economy lot, and the hang tag required to park there costs students $137 more. UIS Parking Operations said in a written statement that it has completed more than $1 million in upgrades to the lot, including a new surface, improved traffic flow...
The Observer
The University of Illinois Springfield Police Department uses Flock Safety license plate cameras on and near campus to identify vehicles linked to crimes and monitor roads entering campus. Flock Safety is an Atlanta-based company that makes surveillance tools, including drones and gunshot-detection systems. In a written statement, UIS Police said the cameras
The Observer
A group of UIS faculty is urging administrators to suspend rules for how people must conduct themselves during campus protests and demonstrations, saying the policies undermine academic freedom and were adopted without meaningful engagement with faculty. The so-called “expressive activity policy” was adopted by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign as
The Observer
Homecoming week is just days away at the University of Illinois Springfield, with events scheduled Oct. 4-10. This year’s theme for the 30th annual celebration is “Once a Star, Always a Star.” The week includes events for students, faculty, staff and alumni. They are designed to build community, boost school spirit and get the campus...
The Observer
For international students, coming to the University of Illinois Springfield can mean adjusting to much more than a new classroom. Students may also adapt to a new culture, navigate a different education system, make new friends far from home and adjust to everyday things they have never experienced. For Enimien Esangbedo, a graduate student from...
The Observer
Want to have a say on campus? Make sure you cast your vote for the Fall 2026 SGA candidates on Sept. 28 and 29 through UIS Connections. The Student Government Association is important at UIS because it represents students and gives them a forum to raise issues, share concerns, and provide input on university policies....
The Observer
At the University of Illinois Springfield, education doesn’t always begin at 18, and it doesn’t have to end at 22. Some students arrive at UIS right after high school, while others arrive carrying decades of work experience, military service, families, careers, life lessons, and stories that have begun long before they ever stepped onto campus....
The Observer
Leadership is more than just having a title. It’s about how you can communicate with people, connect with them, and stay true to who you are. That idea was discussed during UIS’s Chancellor’s Thinkers Series hosted on Sept. 15 at the UIS Student Union Ballroom. Chancellor Janet L. Gooch and former U.S. Congresswoman and UIS...
The Observer
While undergraduate enrollment at the University of Illinois Springfield is up slightly this fall, total enrollment fell 8%, mostly because the graduate student population decreased, enrollment numbers released recently show. The main reason for the drop in graduate students is the university’s shrinking international student population, which decreased 57.8
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