Here's why two UIS Performing Arts Center venues will temporarily close in 2025
The story was reported by The State Journal-Register on Dec. 16, 2024.
"Two University of Illinois Springfield Performing Arts Center venues will be closing for more than a year starting in 2025.
The Sangamon Auditorium and the UIS Studio Theatre, housed within the University of Illinois Springfield’s Public Affairs Center, will be closing in June of 2025 for work to modernize the building's plumbing system.
The work is estimated to take a year and three months, and the Performing Arts Center plans to reopen in September 2026."
Amazon distribution center coming to Springfield
The story was published by WAND-TV on Dec. 10, 2024.
"Amazon is bringing a distribution center to Springfield near I-55, according to Ryan McCrady, President and CEO of Springfield Sangamon Growth Alliance.
The distribution center is being built on the southeast corner of Bissell Road and North Dirksen Parkway.
The entrepreneurial spirit is alive in Springfield
The following column as written by Ben Hage, director of the University of Illinois Springfield’s business incubator, Innovate Springfield. It was published by the Illinois Times on Dec. 3, 2024.
"As the director of Innovate Springfield, the University of Illinois Springfield’s business incubator, I’m excited to share the momentum we’re building within our entrepreneurial community. Since joining iSPI in August last year, our team has worked to ignite Springfield’s startup scene with fresh, dynamic programming. Today, I’m proud to say we’re achieving that vision."
How Central Illinois became a hotbed for esports on high school, college levels
The following story was published by The State Journal-Register on Nov. 25, 2024.
"Players can also take the intramural route at University of Illinois Springfield, which has a sleek, new arena at Founders Residence Hall. The UIS teams compete in the National Esports Collegiate Conference, separate from IC’s Midwest Valley Esports Conference and Midwest Esports Conference.
It may be more relaxed, but that’s only true to an extent.