UIS receives institutional reaccreditation from the Higher ý Commission
The University of Illinois Springfield has received institutional reaccreditation from the Higher ý Commission (HLC), an independent corporation that serves as one of six regional institutional accreditors in the United States. UIS has been accredited by the commission since 1975.
The 10 year reaccreditation was approved by the Institutional Actions Council of the Higher ý Commission at its meeting on July 31, 2018.
UIS welcomes hundreds of new students on Freshmen Move-In Day
The University of Illinois Springfield welcomed nearly 300 new students and their parents to campus during Freshmen Move-In Day on August 22, 2018.
“Today we have all of our first-year students moving into Lincoln Residence Hall and Founders Residence Hall,” said Brian Kelley, UIS director of residence life. “We’re really excited. There’s a lot of energy.”
UIS to offer a new dual credit course in an effort to encourage high school students to become teachers
The University of Illinois Springfield’s Teacher Education Department will offer a new dual credit course for high school seniors in Menard and Sangamon Counties in an effort to encourage them to become teachers.
This is only the second year that UIS has offered dual credit courses, taught by University faculty members, to local high school students. The seniors will earn both college and high school credit for completing the course.