University of Illinois at Springfield

Infobox University
name = University of Illinois at Springfield


established = 1969
type = Public
chancellor = Richard D Ringeisen
city = Springfield
state = Illinois
country = USA
enrollment = 4,855
endowment = US $2.197 billioncite web| title=UIF Financials - Endowment Market Value Details |publisher=University of Illinois |url=http://www.uif.uillinois.edu/storydetail.aspx?id=80 |accessdate=September 29 |accessyear=2007 ] (systemwide)
undergrad = 2,863
postgrad = 1,898
postgrad_label = graduate
online = 1,030
honors students= 200
faculty = 324 full and part time faculty
mascot = Prairie Stars
athletics = 9 teams in 6 sports - NAIA
campus = Suburban
colors = Blue and white
website = [http://www.uis.edu UIS Website ]

The University of Illinois at Springfield (UIS) is a small, liberal arts university located in Springfield. The school is one of three campuses of the University of Illinois. UIS was established in 1969 as Sangamon State University by the Illinois General Assembly and became a part of the University of Illinois on July 1, 1995.

UIS serves almost 5,000 students in 20 master's degree, 20 undergraduate programs, and a doctorate in Public Administration. The university was once one of the two upper-division and graduate universities in Illinois. In 2001, UIS added a full four-year undergraduate program.

Campus Life & Organizations

The "UIS Journal" is the weekly student newspaper of the University. Its circulation is 2,000 per week. [http://www.uis.edu/journal/ About UIS Journal] , UIS Journal, University of Illinois - Springfield. Retrieved 10 March 2007.]

Campus Buildings

Most buildings are given a three-letter acronym based on the name.

Upper Quad
*University Hall - UHB
*Public Affairs Center - PAC
*Brookens Library - BRK
*Health & Sciences Building - HSB

Lower Quad
*WUIS/WIPA Radio Station - WUIS
*Student Life Building - SLB
*Visual and Performing Arts Building - VPA
*Student Affairs Building - SAB
*Human Resources Building - HRB
*Cox Child Care Center
*Sangamon Auditorium

Elsewhere on Campus
*The Recreation and Athletic Center - TRAC
*Sangamon Schools Credit Union
*Shepherd House
*Spencer House
*UIS Campus Police Dept.

Campus Housing

A diverse group of approximately 900 students live in campus housing, and many are actively involved with campus life and community events. Campus apartment flats, townhouse apartments, and family housing clusters are named after native Illinois plants. Residence Halls & Commons
*Lincoln Residence Hall - LRH
*Homer L. Butler Commons - HLB
*Founders Residence Hall - FRH

Apartment Flats
*Clover Court - CLV
*Bluebell Court - BBL
*Larkspur Court - LKR

Townhouse Apartments
*Pennyroyal Court - PRL
*Foxglove Court - FXG
*Marigold Court - MGR
*Trillium Court - TRL

Family Housing
*Sunflower Court - SFL

Athletics

UIS athletic teams are known as the "Prairie Stars", the university competes in the NAIA American Midwest Conference. In October 2008 the univeristy accepted an invitation to join the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) as a NCAA Division II athletic school. The school's teams will begin competing in the GLVC in the 2009-2010 season.

Men's

* Basketball
* Golf
* Soccer
* Tennis

Women's

* Basketball
* Golf
* Soccer
* Softball
* Tennis
* Volleyball

Campus Streets

Most of the streets that lie within the campus are named after Illinois poets and novelists.

*Vachel Lindsay Drive
*Carl Sandburg Lane
*Eliza Farnham Drive
*Gwendolyn Brooks Drive
*Nelson Algren Lane
*William Maxwell Lane
*Richard Wright Drive
*University Drive
*University Plaza
*Shepherd Road

Notable alumni

*Ward Churchill - former University of Colorado professor, social critic, activist ('74 BA Communications, '75 MA Communications)cite web|url=http://www.nndb.com/edu/634/000082388/|title=University of Illinois at Springfield|author=NNDB|accessdate=2007-11-30]
*Timothy Davlin - Mayor of Springfield, Illinois (attended, did not graduate)
* Gary Delsohn - Reporter, chief speechwriter for California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger ('77, MA Public Affairs Reporting)
*Vince Demuzio - Illinois state senator, 1975-2004 ('81 B.A. in Education and Human Services; '96, M.A. in Education and Public Policy)cite web|url=http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/publications/illinois_bluebook/2005_2006/legislative_branch/demuzio.pdf|title=Vince DeMuzio|author=Illinois Secretary of State's Office|accessdate=2007-11-30]
* Michael A. Dunbar - Sculptor ('76 MA)
* Lin N. Ezell - Director, Marine Corps National Museum ('74 BA Literature)
* Karen A. Hasara - Former mayor of Springfield, Illinois, Illinois state senator, ('72 BA Psychology, '92 MA Legal Studies)
* Gordon Heddell - U.S. Department of Labor inspector general ('75 MA Legal Studies)cite web|url=http://www.nndb.com/edu/634/000082388/|title=University of Illinois at Springfield|author=NNDB|accessdate=2007-11-30]
*Robert "Bobby" McFerrin Jr.- vocal performer and conductor (attended 1976-77, did not receive degree)
* Dana Perino - White House press secretary ('95, MA Public Affairs Reporting)cite web|url=http://www.uis.edu/newsreleases/2007/08/31-UISalumnamedWhiteHousepresssecretarybyPresidentBush.html|title=UIS alum named White House press secretary by President Bush|author=University of Illinois at Springfield|accessdate=2007-11-30]
* Michael S. Schwartz - Chairman, US Railroad Retirement Board ('80 MA Educational Leadership)

Notable faculty

*Ron Sakolsky, Emeritus Professor of Public Administration. Ron taught for more than 20 years on music and social justice issues. In 1995 he was one of two faculty members arrested while distributing leaflets objecting to the destruction of the faculty union, in the takeover of the University by the University of Illinois in a restructuring of higher education. [ [http://www.dennisfox.net/uis/state-agent.html From "Radical University" to Handmaiden of the Corporate State ] ]
*Ron Michaelson, visiting professor of political studies - former executive director of the Illinois State Board of Elections
*Chris Mooney and Kent Redfield, professors of political science - among the most-often quoted state government pundits in Illinois media.
*Phillip S. Paludan, professor of history - Abraham Lincoln and American Civil War scholar, Lincoln Prize recipient, and the Naomi B. Lynn Distinguished Chair of Lincoln Studies.
*Paul Simon, Founder/first director of UIS' Public Affairs Reporting Master's Program - United States senator, 1988 presidential candidate
*Charlie Wheeler, director of UIS' Public Affairs Reporting program - longtime Chicago Sun-Times reporter, award-winning columnist. [http://www.uis.edu/publicaffairsreporting/cnw.htm]
*Larry Golden, professor emeritus of political science and legal studies - Director of Downstate Illinois Innocence Project.
*Sviatoslav Braynov - professor of Computer Science, nationally known for talks about security and artificial intelligence.
*Adil Mouhammed - professor of Economics, noted expert on the institutional thought of Thorstein Veblen and contributor to the Mellen Studies in Economics series.
*Cullom Davis, professor of history - Archivist, founder of [http://adh.sc.edu/ll/ll-table.html Abraham Lincoln Legal Papers Project]
*Patricia Langley, professor of legal studies,women and gender studies, and individual option graduate studies - regionally known as powerful voice for lesbian, homosexual, bisexual, and transgendered interest in central Illinois [http://www.uic.edu/depts/quic/oglbc/domestic_partnership/langley_letter.html]

References

External links

* [http://www.uis.edu/ Official website]
* [http://www.uis.edu/admissions/ Admissions website - arrange campus visits]
* [http://www.goprairiestars.com Official athletics website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/visituis UIS MySpace Page]
* [http://www.uis.edu/maps/lg_uis_map.html Campus map]
* [http://www.dennisfox.net/uis/state-agent.html From "Radical University" to Handmaiden of the Corporate State ]
* [http://www.uis.edu/archives/chronology.html SSU/UIS Timeline]
* [http://www.uis.edu/journal/ The Journal: Weekly Student Newspaper of UIS]