Associate communication professor Hazel Rozema has seen a lot of changes at the University of Illinois Springfield during here 21 years teaching on campus. When she started, the colonnade, TRAC, Student Union and University Hall Building hadn’t been built yet and the university was an “upper divi...

Members of the Illinois House and Senate completed the fall veto session on Thursday, Nov. 30, overriding Gov. Bruce Rauner’s decision on numerous pieces of legislation. Families of those killed by Legionnaires’ Disease at a state-run veterans home in Quincy can now receive settlements up to $2 mi...

Every year students at the University of Illinois Springfield participate in an event known as Trick or Treat for Canned Goods. This event is the largest volunteer event of the year for the campus (with the possible exception of Alternative Spring Break), and it is the by far the...

UIS hosted Luis Fraga in the Student Union Ballroom on Oct.29 to speak on how changing demographics impacted the 2016 presidential election, as part of the ECCE Speaker Series. Fraga is the director for the Institute of Latin American Studies and the acting chair of the Department of Political Science...

The University of Illinois Springfield Diversity Center, in conjunction with the Organization of Latin American Students, hosted the third annual I Stand With Immigrants Day of Action on Wednesday, Oct. 24. This event transpired in order to raise awareness for individuals’ rights and...

The Women’s Center and Diversity Center at the University of Illinois Springfield hosted an opening ceremony for the “It’s On Us” Week of Action on Monday, Oct. 22. “It’s On Us” is a national initiative launched by former President Barack Obama’s White House Task Force to Prevent Sex...