The University of Illinois Springfield Student-Athlete Advisory Committee is hosting the Make-A-Wish Kid’s Night Out Feb. 14 at The Recreation and Athletic Center from 5:30 to 9 p.m.
The event is open to children ages 5-13. The cost is $20 per child and $15 for each additional sibling. Activities will include instruction by UIS student-athletes in basketball, baseball, softball, tennis, soccer, volleyball, golf and cheerleading as well as arts and crafts and a movie. Snacks and beverages are provided. All proceeds go to the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
To register, contact SAAC president Ashley Stariha at saac@uis.edu.
The story was published in The State Journal-Register on January 30, 2014.
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Thursday, January 30, 2014
UIS softball team picked fifth in GLVC East
The University of Illinois Springfield softball team was voted to place fifth in the Great Lakes Valley Conference East Division in the coaches’ preseason poll.
Indianapolis received 14 first-place votes and was voted to win the eight-team division. Lewis and Bellarmine were voted second and third and received one first-place vote apiece. Southern Indiana was selected fourth and followed by UIS, Saint Joseph’s, McKendree and Wisconsin-Parkside.
Missouri-St. Louis was voted to win the West Division with 15 first-place votes.
The story was featured by The State Journal-Register on January 30, 2014.
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Indianapolis received 14 first-place votes and was voted to win the eight-team division. Lewis and Bellarmine were voted second and third and received one first-place vote apiece. Southern Indiana was selected fourth and followed by UIS, Saint Joseph’s, McKendree and Wisconsin-Parkside.
Missouri-St. Louis was voted to win the West Division with 15 first-place votes.
The story was featured by The State Journal-Register on January 30, 2014.
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Wednesday, January 29, 2014
UIS to keep Prairie Stars nickname
University of Illinois Springfield athletic teams will be keeping the same nickname they have had since 1977.
In a letter emailed to campus Tuesday, Chancellor Susan Koch said the name Prairie Stars is part of the school’s heritage and “is more than an athletics team name.”
“It is also an important part of campus identity at this relatively young university,” Koch wrote. “It is a name that was chosen in part because it provides a sense of place and it resonates deeply with many of our 33,000-plus alumni regardless of whether they graduated with Sangamon State University or the University of Illinois on their diploma.”
Dana Goodrum, a UIS alum in Springfield, was one of the organizers of a petition drive to retain the Prairie Stars nickname. She's very happy the chancellor “heard us and embraced our passion.”
But she said alumni have to focus on the next step — showing current students where that passion comes from.
“Clearly, the message to us was that they didn’t get it,” she said. “So we’ve got to be focused on bridging that gap with current students and athletes. We want to support them wherever we can, to support that legacy.”
The process to examine alternatives to the Prairie Stars nickname began in 2012, when the Student Government Association conducted an on-campus survey that indicated 75 percent of respondents wanted a change.
The story was reported by The State Journal-Register on January 29, 2014.
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In a letter emailed to campus Tuesday, Chancellor Susan Koch said the name Prairie Stars is part of the school’s heritage and “is more than an athletics team name.”
“It is also an important part of campus identity at this relatively young university,” Koch wrote. “It is a name that was chosen in part because it provides a sense of place and it resonates deeply with many of our 33,000-plus alumni regardless of whether they graduated with Sangamon State University or the University of Illinois on their diploma.”
Dana Goodrum, a UIS alum in Springfield, was one of the organizers of a petition drive to retain the Prairie Stars nickname. She's very happy the chancellor “heard us and embraced our passion.”
But she said alumni have to focus on the next step — showing current students where that passion comes from.
“Clearly, the message to us was that they didn’t get it,” she said. “So we’ve got to be focused on bridging that gap with current students and athletes. We want to support them wherever we can, to support that legacy.”
The process to examine alternatives to the Prairie Stars nickname began in 2012, when the Student Government Association conducted an on-campus survey that indicated 75 percent of respondents wanted a change.
The story was reported by The State Journal-Register on January 29, 2014.
Read the article online
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