University of Illinois at Springfield
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| Established: | 1969 |
| Type: | Public |
| Endowment: | US $2.197 billion[1] (systemwide) |
| Chancellor: | Richard D Ringeisen |
| Faculty: | 325 full and part time faculty |
| Students: | 4,855 |
| Undergraduates: | 2,863 |
| Postgraduates: | 1,898 |
| Location: | Springfield, Illinois |
| Campus: | Suburban |
| Colors: | Blue and white |
| Mascot: | Prairie Stars |
| Athletics: | 10 teams in 6 sports - NCAA Division II - Great Lakes Valley Conference |
| Website: | UIS Website |
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The University of Illinois at Springfield (UIS) is a small liberal arts university in Springfield, Illinois. The University was established in 1969 as Sangamon State University by the Illinois General Assembly and became a part of the University of Illinois system on July 1, 1995.
The University of Illinois at Springfield serves almost 5,000 students in 21 undergraduate programs, 20 master's programs, and a doctorate in Public Administration. The university was once one of the two upper-division and graduate universities in Illinois, but now accepts freshmen, transfer and graduate students.
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[edit] Academics
[edit] Rankings
The University was ranked among the best public universities - Master’s category - in Illinois and the fourth best public university in that category in the Midwest in the 2009 Edition of America's Best Colleges by U.S. News and World Report. The Master’s category includes colleges and universities that provide a full range of undergraduate and master’s programs but only a few, if any, doctoral programs.[2]
[edit] Campus Life & Organizations
The UIS Journal is the weekly student newspaper of the University. Its circulation is 2,000 per week.[3]
[edit] Campus Buildings
Most buildings are given a three-letter acronym based on the name.
Upper Quad
- University Hall - UHB
- Public Affairs Center - PAC
- Sangamon Auditorium in 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
Elsewhere on Campus
- The Recreation and Athletic Center - TRAC
- Sangamon Schools Credit Union
- Shepherd House
- Spencer House
- UIS Campus Police Dept.
[edit] 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
Townhouse Apartments
- Pennyroyal Court - PRL
- Foxglove Court - FXG
- Marigold Court - MGR
- Trillium Court - TRL
Family Housing
- Sunflower Court - SFL
[edit] Athletics
UIS athletic teams are known as the Prairie Stars, the university competes in the NCAA Division II Great Lakes Valley Conference. The university joined the GLVC in October 2008 and will begin competing in the 2009-2010 season.
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[edit] 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
[edit] Notable alumni
- 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)[4]
- Michael A. Dunbar - Sculptor ('76 MA)
- Dr. Stuart Malmberg- mechanical engineer
- 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)[5]
- Robert "Bobby" McFerrin Jr.- vocal performer and conductor (attended 1975-76, did not receive degree)
- Victor W. Pearn, poet and novelist ('76 BA)
- Dana Perino - Former White House press secretary ('95, MA Public Affairs Reporting)[6]
- Michael S. Schwartz - Chairman, US Railroad Retirement Board ('80 MA Educational Leadership)
- Dr. Li-Hong Malmberg- Abbot Laboratory
- Ward Churchill - former University of Colorado professor, social critic, activist ('74 BA Communications, '75 MA Communications)[5]
- Timothy Davlin - Mayor of Springfield, Illinois (attended, did not graduate)
- Al Lewis - Columnist, Dow Jones Newswires
- Iqbal Geoffrey, aka Barrister Syedna Mohamed Jawaid Iqbal Jafree of Lyallpur in Pakistan, Slarpore in India and Brighton in the UK; chairman of Geoffrey and Khitran, Barristers and Solicitors, Pakistan's oldest and largest law firm; graduate in law and art history from Harvard University; MA in Human Rights in 1973 from Sangamon State University now called University of Illinois, Springfield; Laureate of the 1965 Paris Biennial; and Arts Counsel of Great Britain appointed by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II
[edit] Notable faculty
- Karl McDermott, Ameren Professor of Business and Regulation - former vice president of National Economic Research Association and commissioner with Illinois Commerce Commission
- Karen Swan, Stukel Professor of Educational Leadership - expert on technology and learning
- Michael Lemke, Associate Professor of Biology - Director of UIS' Emiquon Field Station located on Illinois River near Havana, Illinois
- Keith Miller, Professor of Computer Science - nationally known expert on computer ethics
- Robert McGregor, Professor of History - expert on the relationship between history and the environment
- Deborah McGregor, Professor of History - author of book "From Midwives to Medicine"
- Peter Wenz, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy - author of "Political Philosophies in Moral Conflict," a textbook in political philosophy
- Larry Shiner, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy - author of book "The Invention of Art: A Cultural History"
- 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 (died August 1, 2007).
- 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. [2]
- 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 Emeritus of History - Archivist, founder of Abraham Lincoln Legal Papers Project
- Patricia Langley, professor emeritus of legal studies,women and gender studies, and liberal and integrative graduate studies - regionally known as powerful voice for lesbian, homosexual, bisexual, and transgendered interest in central Illinois - [3]
- John Knoepfle, Professor Emeritus of English, noted poet and oral historian
- Michael Burlingame, Professor of History - Nationally recognized Abraham Lincoln Historian and Author, Naomi B. Lynn Distinguished Chair of Lincoln Studies (hired May 26, 2009)(michealburlingame.com), recently inducted into The Lincoln Academy of Illinois
- Matthew Holden, Professor of Political Studies - Wepner Distinguished Professorship in Political Studies - Historical/Political Author on Politics and Race (hired April 29, 2009)
[edit] References
- ^ "UIF Financials - Endowment Market Value Details". University of Illinois. http://www.uif.uillinois.edu/storydetail.aspx?id=80. Retrieved on September 29 2007.
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- ^ About UIS Journal, UIS Journal, University of Illinois - Springfield. Retrieved 10 March 2007.
- ^ Illinois Secretary of State's Office. "Vince DeMuzio" (PDF). http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/publications/illinois_bluebook/2005_2006/legislative_branch/demuzio.pdf. Retrieved on 2007-11-30.
- ^ a b NNDB. "University of Illinois at Springfield". http://www.nndb.com/edu/634/000082388/. Retrieved on 2007-11-30.
- ^ University of Illinois at Springfield. "UIS alum named White House press secretary by President Bush". http://www.uis.edu/newsreleases/2007/08/31-UISalumnamedWhiteHousepresssecretarybyPresidentBush.html. Retrieved on 2007-11-30.
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Admissions website - arrange campus visits
- Official athletics website
- UIS on Facebook
- Campus maps and tours
- The Journal: Weekly Student Newspaper of UIS
Coordinates: 39°43′44″N 89°37′03″W / 39.728941°N 89.617581°W
