University of Illinois Springfield

The University of Illinois Springfield School of Politics and International Affairs and the Center for State Policy and Leadership hosted a panel discussion titled, “Foreign Affairs in the 2024 U.S. Election and Beyond,” which featured UIS professors Adriana Crocker and Ali Nizamuddin, along with assistant professors Brandon Bolte and Isabel Skinner from the School of Politics and International Affairs. AJ Simmons, research director for the UIS Center for State Policy and Leadership, moderated the event. The panel discussed the state of foreign affairs and how the U.S. might respond in the future during a second Trump presidency.

The event will be presented through Zoom.

The event is Thursday night at the UIS Student Union.

Nominations are being accepted through Nov. 15.

Each year, only one UIS student is chosen for this esteemed honor.

Priyanka Deo is the new UIS Director of Student Media. She spoke to Community Voices about her experience as a journalist in India, how she uses digital media to reach young people and her plans for the student-ran paper at UIS.

Enrollment growth is seen as key for the campus, which has watched the number of students taking classes drop from a high of 5,431 in 2014 down to 3,944 in the fall of 2020. That has slammed campus finances, even with the modest rebound in recent years.

The field of Medical Laboratory Science is facing a critical staffing shortage in the Springfield area community. Dr. Andrea Jensen, Program Director and Assistant Professor of Medical Laboratory Science program at UIS, spoke to Community Voices about the new bridge program at UIS created to address this shortage.

Homecoming is set for Sept. 27-28.

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