The department of University Relations was a part of the initial founding of the University when it was Sangamon State University (SSU). This department dealt not only with contact between the staff, faculty, and students but also with the outside community. They issued press releases, news, media relations, and alumni relations. Currently at UIS, these are handled by a variety of different departments.

The items that the Publications office would have produced included things such as booklets, pamphlets, business cards, parking decals, the university logo, other graphics, and publications. Many of these items are now handled by campus services. SSU Weekly/UIS Weekly/Biweekly were newsletters that ran, often illustrated and varied from 2 to 8 pages. They included campus news, faculty, staff, and student updates, activities, accomplishments, notices of academic, sports, recreational, and entertainment events, and cafeteria menus.

After June 24, 2002, the UIS Biweekly become an online version.