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The University of Illinois Springfield (UIS) is a public university in Springfield, Illinois, United States. The university was established by the Illinois General Assembly in 1969 as Sangamon State University with a focus on post-graduate education. It became the third member of the University of Illinois system on July 1, 1995. The university ...
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The cemetery contains a memorial and plots of several employees of the Cunard Shipping Line. [4] Ziegler served as president of the Cemetery, from 1935 to 1957. [5] The cemetery contains a section which is an early Jewish burial ground, unique to Hudson County. [6]
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It is located in Springfield, the state capital of Illinois. When it opened in 1969, it was named Sangamon State University, and was exclusively an upper-level university, serving only upperclassmen and graduate students. In 1995, Sangamon State joined the University of Illinois system and was renamed as the University of Illinois Springfield.
On July 1, SSU officially became the University of Illinois Springfield. Naomi B. Lynn , the last president of SSU, continued as the new university's first chancellor. [2]
She retired as chancellor of UIS in 2001. At her retirement the Naomi B. Lynn Distinguished Chair for Lincoln Studies was created at the University of Illinois Springfield, where Dr. Phillip Paludan served as its first recipient. Born in New York City in 1933, Naomi Burgos was the daughter
The UIS Prairie Stars (also Illinois Springfield Prairie Stars and formerly Sangamon State Prairie Stars) are the athletic teams that represent the University of Illinois Springfield, located in Springfield, Illinois, in intercollegiate sports as a member of the Division II level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), primarily competing in the Great Lakes Valley Conference ...