The University of Southern Indiana will transport all freshmen enrolled in the USI 101 course to New Harmony, Indiana, for an exciting day of interactive activities, engaged learning and a variety of games and spirit activities. This will be the fourth year for the Engaged Learning Day, happening Tuesday, September 9. The educational excursion is generously supported by the USI Foundation and the Provost’s Office.
USI’s collaboration with New Harmony, Indiana, provides a special opportunity for USI students. This visit will provide a unique chance to explore how this historic community can enrich their academic journeys. Students will discover valuable resources available to them and learn how to incorporate these assets into their USI experience.
“Learning is about doing and experiencing what the world has to offer,” says Kristalyn Shefveland, Assistant Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. “Through the University’s partnership with New Harmony, students gain insight into both the past and present while expanding their knowledge—it’s a unique place for them to explore. Engaged Learning Day is about more than just a field trip—it’s about helping students see themselves as part of a wider world of ideas and communities. By connecting with New Harmony’s history of innovation and collaboration, students begin their USI journey with a deeper sense of curiosity, purpose and belonging.”
Founded in 1814 as an experiment in communal living and situated within the homelands of the Miami and Shawnee indigenous peoples, the town of New Harmony is now home to Historic New Harmony, a USI Outreach and Engagement Program. With an entrepreneurial legacy and a history of social innovation and intellectual advances in science as well as public education, Historic New Harmony has been USI’s “living laboratory” since 1985.
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