SPRINGFIELD – The University of Illinois Springfield Campus Senate has introduced a resolution to eliminate its General Education curriculum focusing on issues of diversity and engaged citizenship. The curriculum, known as the Engaged Citizenship Common Experience (ECCE), has been at the center of...

Over the course of the Fall 2021 semester, the editorial team has been working diligently towards a rebranding of our publication. For many years, we have been known as The Journal, a steadfast student-run and student-edited publication here on the UIS campus. As times have changed, news media has moved...

Last November, University of Illinois Springfield entered into a relationship with a firm called Academic Impressions. The company specializes in professional development for higher education and offers courses, trainings, webinars and other services to faculty, students and university staff members....

I am celebrating my two-year anniversary of being a Virtual Reality (VR) user. On Black Friday in 2019, I took advantage of a sale that took place at GameStop. They were selling the PlayStation VR kit for $199 which was $100 off of the original sales price. “That’s savings!” I said in the most...

It is very rare for one man to dominate a political party, much less after leaving office. But recent reporting has shown Donald Trump, despite losing his re-election bid, has done just that. And going into the midterms, that level of influence can either make or break the party that once prided itself...