Repository: UIHistories Project: UIS Long Range Plan - 1970 (Sangamon State Univ) [PAGE 9]

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PART I - A. In the summer of 1969 the Board of Regents selected Dr. Robert Spencer, Dean of the Graduate School at the University of Rhode Island, as the founding President of Sangamon State University. President Spencer assumed his duties September 1, 1969, and immediately began recruiting staff members and developing an academic program. Sangamon State University was opened in the interim facilities in September 1970, on a 740-acre tract west of Lake Springfield, in Woodside Township, Sangamon County. Lincoln Land Community College was opened in the fall of 1969 in temporary buildings on a small leased tract near U.S. Highway 66 south of Springfield. Its permanent site will be 360 acres bordering the University property on the south. Sangamon State University is governed by the Board of Regents of the State of Illinois. This Regency University System also includes Illinois State University, at Normal, and Northern Illinois University at DeKalb. Decisions by the Board of Regents in the areas of operating and capital budget, academic program and long-range planning also require approval by the Illinois Board of Higher Education. Authority for the internal organization of Sangamon State University is vested in the office of the President, with appropriate responsibilities delegated to the Vice President for Academic Affairs, the Dean of Student Services, the Vice President for Business Affairs, and the Director of University Relations.