WHO: USI will host a presentation by Keith Beauchamp, the Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker. Beauchamp has been featured on 60 Minutes, ABC World News Tonight ‘Person of the Week,‘ Court TV, MSNBC, Good Morning America, CNN, BBC, and in hundreds of publications around the world, including The New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Associated Press and the Chicago Sun-Times. He is currently the executive producer and host of Investigation Discovery’s crime reality series, The Injustice Files, and the producer of the upcoming feature film Till.

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Sophie Kloppenburg, a Mount Vernon, Indiana, high school senior, and Dr. Kristalyn Schefveland, USI Associate Professor of History, will also be recognized. Kloppenburg and Schefveland were involved in a project to create a memorial commemorating seven African American victims of 1878 lynchings/murders in Posey County revealed in October 2022 in Mount Vernon. This portion of the Celebration Luncheon is not being publicized pre-event, so we ask you please not include in pre-event coverage.

Maya Ragland and Robert Hughes from the Children’s Center for Dance Education will be performing a dance to Stand Up during the Celebration Luncheon. Stand Up is a song from the 2022 Movie Till (Beauchamp is the producer of the film). The dance is choreographed by Deena Laska-Lewis.

Taegan Garner, USI Student Government Association President, will give a student reflection, and Damien Doss, USI Student Athlete Development and Retention Coordinator, will provide a reflection. Doss is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. the same fraternity as King, Jr. 

WHAT: USI will host a presentation by Keith Beauchamp, Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker, as part of the USI’s annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Luncheon.

WHEN: The USI Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Luncheon is at 11 a.m. today, Monday, January 16. Doors open to those who have purchased tickets at 10:15 a.m.

Media availability: Beauchamp will be available for media interviews from 10:40-11 a.m. today, Monday, January 16. Please arrive on time as his media availability will be strictly limited to this timeframe. He will not have any media availability post-event.

Kloppenburg, Schefveland, Ragland, Hughes, Garner and Doss will not be available for media interviews.

WHERE: The Celebration Luncheon will take place in Carter Hall, located in University Center East. A map of campus, including Carter Hall, is available at USI.edu/map.

Media availability: Media should rep

11 a.m. Monday, January 16

Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker to keynote the 2023 USI Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Luncheon

USI will host a presentation by Keith Beauchamp, Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker, honoring the memory and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as part of USI’s annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Celebration Luncheon at 11 a.m. Monday, January 16 in Carter Hall, located in University Center East. Doors will open at 10:15 a.m. The presentation is open to the public.

3 p.m. Friday, January 20

Virtual faculty presentation to analyze new Cold War nostalgia in film

The USI College of Liberal Arts will host its first Faculty Colloquium presentation of the Spring Semester, “The New Cold War in US Film: From Rocky to Creed and Comrade Detective,” presented by Dr. Oana Popescu-Sandu, Associate Professor of English, at 3 p.m. Friday, January 20 in Kleymeyer Hall, located in the lower level of the Liberal Arts Center.

Now through February 5

USI MAC/Pace Galleries to present 2023 Efroymson Bridge Year Fellowship

The Efroymson Bridge Year Fellowship Exhibition, From Here She Grows, is currently on display at the McCutchan Art Center/Pace (MAC/Pace) Galleries in the lower level of the Liberal Arts Center on campus.

Select Mondays in January, February, and March

USI Romain College of Business VITA Program to offer free tax prep

Through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program, USI students in the Romain College of Business will provide free federal and state income tax preparation on Monday evenings in January, February and March. The service is open to students, faculty, staff and the general public.

March 6-10

USI didactic training to focus on care of sexual assault victims

To increase the number of sexual assault nurse examiners throughout Indiana, the USI College of Nursing and Health Professions, in collaboration with Southwest Indiana Area Health Education Center, is offering an Adult/Adolescent/Pediatric Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) course. A required online self-study for nurses will be held February 1 through March 3, and the on-site training is scheduled for March 6-10 at the Health Professions Center on the USI campus.

USI CALENDAR

A collection of events on campus and in the community can be found on the USI Events Calendar.

The University of Evansville Theatre Presents “Glimpses: An Evening with Matt Williams ’73”

EVANSVILLE, IN (01/21/2023) The University of Evansville (UE) Department of Theatre is proud to announce that alumnus Matt Williams ’73 will return to campus for Glimpses: An Evening with Matt Williams. The event will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, January 21, in Shanklin Theatre’s John David Lutz Theatre Lab. Williams will promote his upcoming book, Glimpses, a collection of stories of hope, humanity, and humor.

An Evansville native, Williams is best known as the creator and executive producer of the hit series Roseanne as well as co-creator and executive producer of Home Improvement, one of the most successful programs in television history. Williams started his television career when he joined The Cosby Show during its premiere season and worked as a writer/producer for three subsequent seasons. He also co-created the series A Different World. His work was nominated for Emmy and Humanitas Awards and won a Peabody Award for Outstanding Achievement in Television Writing.

In addition to his many credits, Williams is a founding board member of The New Harmony Project and the Cherry Lane Theatre. He is currently an adjunct associate professor at Columbia University School of the Arts Theatre Program. He lives in New York with his wife, actress Angelina Fiordellisi, the executive director of the Cherry Lane Theatre.

Tickets for the event can be purchased online at uealumnionline.com/mattwilliams. Tickets are $75, including a seat at the reading and the post-show reception with Williams in the new Matt Williams Lobby of Shanklin Theatre. Livestream tickets to the reading are available for $25. For questions, please call 812-488-2744.

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