The University of Illinois Springfield Concert Band on Friday will premiere a new work to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the school.
William Davis’ “Song and Spirit” will be presented at the UIS Showcase Concert, set for 7:30 p.m. Friday in Sangamon Auditorium, in conjunction with the annual Alumni Awards Dinner.
For more information, visit www.uis.edu/music or call 206-6240.
The concert was featured in a November 11, 2010, article in The State Journal-Register.
Download a PDF of the article
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Thursday, November 11, 2010
New school song
The University of Illinois at Springfield passes another milestone as a new school spirit song has been commissioned and will be presented for the first time by the UIS Concert Band with the composer, Dr. William Davis, in attendance. The Chamber Orchestra also performs, a slide show of the campus’ past will be shown, and the winning lyrics to the spirit song from a recent contest will be performed by the UIS Chorus. Community musicians are invited to join UIS musicians in UIS music ensembles. Rehearsals for the spring semester begin January 18, 2011. Those interested should phone 206-6240 or visit www.uis.edu/music.
UIS 40th Anniversary Showcase Concert
Friday, Nov. 12, 7:30pm
Sangamon Auditorium, UIS
206-6240
The event was featured on November 11, 2010, in an Illinois Times article.
Download a PDF of the article
UIS 40th Anniversary Showcase Concert
Friday, Nov. 12, 7:30pm
Sangamon Auditorium, UIS
206-6240
The event was featured on November 11, 2010, in an Illinois Times article.
Download a PDF of the article
Monday, October 18, 2010
UIS celebrates 40th anniversary
The University of Illinois Springfield is celebrating its 40th anniversary. The school has awarded more than 32,000 degrees over the last four decades.
UIS was founded in 1970 as Sangamon State University. At its birth the 700 plus acre campus was only an upper division university.
"It was a couple of buildings and a cornfield and when we first started classes we actually started them in downtown Springfield. The campus wasn't quite ready," said Joan Sestak, director of Community Relations at UIS.
The seed was planted. In 1995, SSU became the 3rd campus of the University of Illinois. Naomi Lynn was chancellor at the time.
"It was challenging. It was interesting because we had to adapt from Sangamon State University to become the 3rd campus of the University of Illinois, but it was also very rewarding. We knew it was the right thing to do," said Lynn.
WICS-TV 20 spotlighted the 40th anniversary in an October 16, 2010, report.
Watch the story on News Channel 20's website
UIS was founded in 1970 as Sangamon State University. At its birth the 700 plus acre campus was only an upper division university.
"It was a couple of buildings and a cornfield and when we first started classes we actually started them in downtown Springfield. The campus wasn't quite ready," said Joan Sestak, director of Community Relations at UIS.
The seed was planted. In 1995, SSU became the 3rd campus of the University of Illinois. Naomi Lynn was chancellor at the time.
"It was challenging. It was interesting because we had to adapt from Sangamon State University to become the 3rd campus of the University of Illinois, but it was also very rewarding. We knew it was the right thing to do," said Lynn.
WICS-TV 20 spotlighted the 40th anniversary in an October 16, 2010, report.
Watch the story on News Channel 20's website
Monday, October 11, 2010
Celebrating 40 Years at UIS
It's homecoming week at UIS, and to make things extra special they are celebrating their 40th anniversary. The university has undergone many changes over the years from a new name, to new buildings. One staff member has been there to see it all.
"When I first saw the campus it was literally a pile of mud down in one end and one building," said Lynn Price.
When Price started at the university as a campus nurse she was the only person working for Health Services.
"I've had the opportunity to build this health service, because nobody else knew what Health Services meant, so the physicians and I decided what we were going to do," she said.
40 years later Price is the Director of Health Services at UIS and says she's amazed at what the university has become.
Price was featured by WICS-TV 20 in a October 8, 2010, report.
Watch the story on News Channel 20's website
"When I first saw the campus it was literally a pile of mud down in one end and one building," said Lynn Price.
When Price started at the university as a campus nurse she was the only person working for Health Services.
"I've had the opportunity to build this health service, because nobody else knew what Health Services meant, so the physicians and I decided what we were going to do," she said.
40 years later Price is the Director of Health Services at UIS and says she's amazed at what the university has become.
Price was featured by WICS-TV 20 in a October 8, 2010, report.
Watch the story on News Channel 20's website
Monday, October 4, 2010
40 Years: Where does the University of Illinois Springfield go from here?
University of Illinois Springfield undeniably has come a long way since its founding 40 years ago. What kind of campus it will be for the next 40, or at least the next few, depends on how well it continues to balance two somewhat competing goals - transforming into a traditional four-year school while capitalizing on technologies preventing it from ever fully becoming one.
A lot also will depend on who replaces retiring UIS Chancellor Richard Ringeisen, who will leave UIS having checked off many items in the school's 2006 strategic plan. The next chancellor isn't expected to be named until next year.
In 2006, the university recast itself as a small public liberal arts university. It was a commitment to teaching over research and intimacy over mimicking larger public colleges - priorities resonating back to its more free-spirited, progressive days as Sangamon State University.
The 40th anniversary of UIS was featured in a October 3, 2010, article on the front page of The State Journal-Register.
Monday, August 9, 2010
UIS alumni group plans celebration
The University of Illinois Springfield Alumni SAGE Society is celebrating the start of the university’s 40th year with a “Back to School for 40 Years Party” for alumni, community members, students, faculty and staff from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 27, at the Island Bay Yacht Club, 76 Yacht Club Road, on Lake Springfield.
The celebration will include a slide show of photos through the decades, historic displays from various campus units and a trivia quiz with prizes. Anyone who has had any association with the university over the past 40 years is urged to attend. The cost is $18 per person, which includes hors d’oeuvres and soft drinks. A cash bar will be available.
Reservations are requested by Friday, Aug. 20, and can be made online at www.uiaa.org/uis or by calling 206-7395.
The SAGE society, affiliated with the University of Illinois Alumni Association, provides U of I-related service opportunities and activities.
The event was featured in a August 8, 2010, article in the State Journal-Register.
Download a PDF of the article
The celebration will include a slide show of photos through the decades, historic displays from various campus units and a trivia quiz with prizes. Anyone who has had any association with the university over the past 40 years is urged to attend. The cost is $18 per person, which includes hors d’oeuvres and soft drinks. A cash bar will be available.
Reservations are requested by Friday, Aug. 20, and can be made online at www.uiaa.org/uis or by calling 206-7395.
The SAGE society, affiliated with the University of Illinois Alumni Association, provides U of I-related service opportunities and activities.
The event was featured in a August 8, 2010, article in the State Journal-Register.
Download a PDF of the article
Thursday, July 22, 2010
A few good sponsors wanted for this fall's UIS homecoming
Want your company’s name on the official University of Illinois Springfield 2010 Homecoming T-shirt? It’s there for $500.
For just $100, your name can be on one of the banners that stick to the side of cars carrying VIPs in the homecoming parade.
UIS marks its 40th anniversary this year, and the special theme for Homecoming Week activities Oct. 4-9 is “Where Stars Are Born.”
Letters went out last week asking businesses to participate in the 2010 homecoming celebration and to consider sponsoring some events to have their business’ name reach hundreds of alumni, students and faculty.
UIS solicited sponsors for last year’s homecoming for the first time and got only a lukewarm response, said Cynthia Thompson, director of student life at UIS.
“We went out late last year, and it really felt like more of a save-the-date thing,” she said. “It wasn’t on a lot of people’s radar, and there wasn’t a lot of interest.”
Homecoming was featured in a July 22, 2010, article in The State Journal-Register.
Download a PDF of the article
For just $100, your name can be on one of the banners that stick to the side of cars carrying VIPs in the homecoming parade.
UIS marks its 40th anniversary this year, and the special theme for Homecoming Week activities Oct. 4-9 is “Where Stars Are Born.”
Letters went out last week asking businesses to participate in the 2010 homecoming celebration and to consider sponsoring some events to have their business’ name reach hundreds of alumni, students and faculty.
UIS solicited sponsors for last year’s homecoming for the first time and got only a lukewarm response, said Cynthia Thompson, director of student life at UIS.
“We went out late last year, and it really felt like more of a save-the-date thing,” she said. “It wasn’t on a lot of people’s radar, and there wasn’t a lot of interest.”
Homecoming was featured in a July 22, 2010, article in The State Journal-Register.
Download a PDF of the article
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