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Ohio University And Ivy Tech Agree To Collaborate On Program Development

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INDIANAPOLIS, IN– Ohio University and Ivy Tech Community College, the largest public postsecondary institution in Indiana, have signed a memorandum of agreement to collaborate on the development of programs and other opportunities to serve students of both institutions.

The two institutions have developed articulated transfer pathways to allow Ivy Tech students to seamlessly transfer into Ohio University once they finish at Ivy Tech. The new agreement aims to develop a successful new higher education model for collaboration and cooperation that supports regional economic development through workforce development services and encourages more residents to pursue additional higher education.

“We already have a strong relationship with Ivy Tech, and I look forward to the opportunity to strengthen our connections through this agreement,” Ohio University President Hugh Sherman said.

Ivy Tech and Ohio University will work to build a strategic partnership that expands learning opportunities for students to ensure that employees in Indiana and Ohio are well prepared to prosper in a highly competitive global economy.
“This agreement further reinforces our commitment to ensuring that students have access to the higher education opportunities they need to establish meaningful, fulfilling careers,” Ohio University Executive Vice President and Provost Elizabeth Sayrs said. “We look forward to working with Ivy Tech to develop new learning opportunities for students while enhancing the capabilities of both institutions.”

Through the official partnership, Ivy Tech students will now have access to Ohio University’s Strategic Transfer Educational Plan (STEP) program. STEP provides an advantage to current and future students from Ivy Tech who are planning to earn bachelor’s degrees at Ohio University by providing benefits such as early admission, personal transfer advising, and degree planning and financial savings and cost predictability through The OHIO Guarantee+. Learn more about the STEP program here.

“Our partnership with Ohio University provides flexibility for our students to continue achieving their goals through intentional programming and options that fit their needs,” said Sue Ellspermann, president of Ivy Tech Community College. “We are grateful for this partnership and look forward to generating more pathways that benefit our students as they progress through their academic careers.”

Ohio University and Ivy Tech signed an articulation agreement in 2018 to allow Ivy Tech students who get their Associate of Science in Nursing degrees to transition into Ohio’s RN-to-BSN program. A similar general education equivalency guide was also created for students who were pursuing academic pathways outside of the nursing program. Those agreements were renewed in 2021, and additional pathway development will be completed this year.

 

 

USI Theatre Finishes Season With Twelfth Night

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University of Southern Indiana Theatre will finish its 2021-2022 season with William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, directed by Elliot Wasserman, Professor of Theatre and Chair of the Performing Arts Department. The production runs from Thursday, April 21 through Sunday, April 24 in the USI Performance Center located in UC East on campus. In compliance with CDC guidelines and the USI COVID-19 Task Force, there will be a reduced number of seats available. Masks are welcome but not required for audience members. Actors will be unmasked.

Twelfth Night is USI Theatre’s annual Repertory Project, which operates under a contract with the Actors’ Equity Association, the professional union of actors and stage managers. The production will feature two professional actors in the cast, Ronald Keaton and Bryan Vickery, and Union Stage Manager Margaret Kayes.

Twelfth Night is the second Shakespeare production to take place in the USI Performance Center since its opening in 2015. Twelfth Night is a fast-paced romantic comedy with several interwoven plots of romance, mistaken identities and practical jokes.

Wasserman will be joined by a design team including Associate Professor of Theatre Paul Weimer as Scenic Designer; Performing Arts Department Facilities Coordinator Joshua Stallings as Sound and Lighting Designer; Professor of Theatre Shan Jensen as Costume Designer; Theatre Technical Coordinator Andy Hammond as Technical Designer; and USI student Lucy Brown as Assistant Stage Manager.

The cast of Twelfth Night includes USI students Madalyn Cottrell, Amelia Schmitz, Grace Koltz, Cole Brinker, Jaden Crouch, Dakota Smith, Alex Seifert, Bladen Allbright, Easton Crisp, Nathaniel Jenkins, Noah Harrison, Blake Whitehouse, Avery Yates and Miriam McDonald.

Tickets are $2 for USI students, $10 for USI employees, $4 for non-USI students (student ID required), $10 seniors (60+) and $12 for adults. Tickets are free to USI students with ID one hour before the show begins based on availability. Shows begin at 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. for the Sunday matinee.

APRIL 21st DEMOCRATIC PARTY SPAGHETTI DINNER

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JOIN US APRIL 21, 2022 FOR DINNER! Social hour begins at 5:00 p.m. with a cash bar. Many of our candidates will be in attendance and would love to meet their voters! Destiny Wells, candidate for Secretary of State and Ray McCormick, candidate for US House of Representatives, 8th District, will be our speakers.
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Complete the application and you will be mailed a ballot. You may also call the Election Office at 812-435-5122 to request an application for a ballot. You will need to return the application to request your ballot. Ballots will be mailed beginning March 18.

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Bannister Claims All-Conference as USI falls in Semi Finals​​​​​​​

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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Men’s Golf made history on Saturday, advancing to the Great Lakes Valley Conference Championship Semi Finals for the first time in program history. The Screaming Eagles had an incredible third round on Saturday which propelled them from fifth to third, advancing them into Sundays Semi Finals for a match with the University of Indianapolis.
 
Freshman Jason Bannister (Laguna Niguel, California) led the way for USI after finishing tied for fourth and carding a 215 (-1) on the three-round tournament, shooting 69-75-71. The 69 in round one for Bannister was his third time this second time this season, first this spring, shooting sub-70. Bannister was named to the 2022 GLVC All-Conference Team after his top five finish.
 
Sophomore Jace Day (Bloomington, Indiana) and junior Zach Williams (Mt. Vernon, Illinois) both finished the three-round tournament tied for 16th after carding a 222 (+6). Day shot 76-76-70 while Williams shot 76-74-72. Senior Matthew Kingston (Springfield, Nebraska) followed, finishing tied for 24th after carding a 225, shooting 73-78-74. Freshman Nathan Hoss rounded off the tournament for the Eagles, finishing tied for 32nd, carding a 228 after shooting 72-80-76.
 
Semi Finals vs Indianapolis
On Sunday USI took on second place Indianapolis in Semi Final Match Play. The Eagles would fall to the Greyhounds 3-0-2. Bannister and Hoss were the lone Eagles to earn ties on the day, Bannister shooting a 73 (+1) and Hoss shooting an 80 (+8). Both Kingston and Day would fall to their opponents by a single stroke, Kingston shooting a 77 (+5) and Day shooting an 84 (+12). Williams would fall to his opponent by 13 strokes after shooting an 80 (+8) on the day.
 
UP NEXT FOR USI:
USI now awaits an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament. The Eagles currently sit in fourth place in the latest Midwest Regional rankings. The NCAA II Midwest/Central Regional Tournament will be played on May 5-7 at the Purgatory Golf Club in Noblesville, Indiana.

Trailblazers drop MWAC doubleheader at No. 17 Heartland CC to close out weekend

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NORMAL, Ill. – The Vincennes University Trailblazers fell Saturday afternoon in the final two games of their Mid-West Athletic Conference (MWAC) road doubleheader at No. 17 Heartland CC.

Vincennes began the day strong at the Corn Crib with lead-off hitter freshman Ethan Burdette (Linton, Ind.) reaching base on an error to begin game one.

Burdette would come around to score on a sacrifice fly by sophomore Peyton Lane (New Paris, Ohio) to give Vincennes a 1-0 early lead.

The Trailblazers added to their lead in the second on back-to-back doubles by freshman Will Egger (Terre Haute, Ind.) and Ethan Burdette as VU held a 2-0 lead.

Heartland got on the scoreboard in the second inning and took the lead with three runs in the third.

The Hawks built on this lead with four runs in the fourth, before Vincennes answered back with a two-RBI triple by freshman Colton Evans (Henderson, Ky.) and an RBI single by sophomore Connor VanLannen cut the deficit to 8-5.

Heartland put the game away in the sixth after scoring six runs in the inning to come away with the 14-5 win over the Trailblazers.

Connor VanLannen got the start on the mound in game one throwing three and two-thirds innings, allowing eight runs on seven hits and striking out seven.

Freshman Caleb Moore (Wentzville, Mo.) entered out of the bullpen to throw two innings, allowing six runs, all unearned, on five hits.

Sophomore Colin Long (Evansville, Ind.) and Colton Evans were the only VU batters with a multi-hit game, with the pair each ending with a single, a triple and a run scored. Evans also ended his game with a pair of RBI’s.

“Our guys did a great job of battling in game one,” VU Head Baseball Coach Chris Barney said. “We cut it to an 8-5 game after being down 8-2 and got ourselves back into the game. A couple of guys really stepped up and did a nice job in the middle part of the order, with big RBI hits from Colin Long and Colton Evans.”

VU looked to bounce back and end the weekend on a high-note in game two of the day and Vincennes again got out to a hot start, scoring in the first inning for the fourth-straight game.

Colin Long and Peyton Lane reached on errors and Lane would score on an RBI single by Colton Evans to give Vincennes the 2-0 lead.

The Hawks immediately responded on their home field, evening the score in the bottom of the first at 2-2.

Heartland took control of the game in the second, with three runs and six runs in the third.

The Hawks added another insurance run in the fourth as Vincennes was unable to get any baserunners in the fifth as Heartland came away with the 12-2 win over the Trailblazers.

Sophomore Braedon Nichols (Sullivan, Ind.) closed out the weekend with the start in game two, throwing two innings and allowing five runs on seven hits and struck out one.

Sophomore Luke Osborn (Perrysville, Ind.) was the first out of the pen in game two, throwing one inning, allowing six runs on four hits and striking out one.

Freshmen Jake Stuteville (Rockport, Ind.) and Eli Steimel (Sullivan, Ind.) combined to pitch in the fourth, with Stuteville allowing one run on one hit. Steimel retired the only batter he faced.

“It was one of those things today,” Barney said. “Heartland is a good club and the swung the bats well and they play really well at home. Especially on their artificial turf in their comfortable surroundings of their stadium.”

“We’ve got to do a better job on the mound,” Barney added. “Especially after innings that we score, coming out and shutting the door and we didn’t do that today. I thought Caleb Moore threw really well for us in game one. He should have had two shutout innings.”

Fair’s solo shot in eighth clinches GLVC Tourney spot for USI Softball

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EVANSVILLE, Ind.—Sophomore first baseman Lexi Fair (Greenwood, Indiana) hit a walk-off solo home run in the bottom of the eighth inning to give No. 17 University of Southern Indiana Softball a 2-1, game-two victory and salvage a Great Lakes Valley Conference doubleheader split with visiting McKendree University Saturday afternoon at the USI Softball Field.

McKendree (17-21, 9-13 GLVC) won the opener, 3-1, handing the Screaming Eagles their first home loss of the season, but USI’s win in the nightcap clinched a spot for the Eagles in the GLVC Tournament with two weeks to go in the regular season.

USI (32-10, 18-2 GLVC) had missed opportunities early in the opener as back-to-back strikeouts in the bottom of the first inning stranded runners at second and third.

The Bearcats, meanwhile, used GLVC batting average and home run leader Olivia Stansbury, a junior outfielder, to get its offense going. Shansbury had an RBI-single in the fifth and a two-run home run in the seventh to give McKendree a 3-0 lead.

USI struggled to get anything going offensively as the Eagles had 13 straight batters retired between the first and fifth innings and 17 of 18 before a lead-off single by senior designated player Katie Back (Indianapolis, Indiana) in the home half of the seventh gave the Eagles a glimmer of hope. A one-out single by junior pitcher/designated player Allie Goodin (Evansville, Indiana) two batters later gave USI runners at the corners.

Sophomore catcher Sammie Kihega (Greenfield, Indiana) hit a sacrifice fly to push across the first run and a two-out single by junior second baseman Rachel Martinez (Chicago, Illinois) in the next at bat had the game-tying run on base for Friday’s hero, senior third baseman Mary Bean (Schaumburg, Illinois)–Bean had a two-run home run in the seventh inning of USI’s 4-3 win over No. 5 University of Indianapolis Friday. After a lengthy at-bat, however, Bean grounded out on a 3-2 count to end the game and hand the Eagles their first loss at the USI Softball Field this season.

Goodin (7-2) was charged with the loss after giving up three runs off eight hits in 6 1/3 innings of work. She had seven strikeouts and two walks.

In game two, USI found itself playing catchup, once again, as Stansbury hit her 18th home run of the season over the left field fence in the top of the third inning.

The Eagles capitalized on an error in the bottom of the fourth inning as junior shortstop Jordan Rager (Fishers, Indiana) scored on an errand throw to tie the game at 1-1.

McKendree’s defensive miscue would prove costly as freshman pitcher Josie Newman settled in for a dominate effort in the pitcher’s circle.

Newman (11-3), who got the win, allowed just three hits and struck out 15 batters in eight innings. The home run in the third inning was the last hit she allowed as she retired 17 of the next 20 batters she faced, eight of which were via the strikeout.

The chances of USI winning the game in the eighth looked bleak as the Eagles were down to their last strike when Fair connected on her seventh home run of the season. Fair crushed the ball over the right field fence on an 0-2 count, giving USI its 10th walk-off win of the year and its fourth in extra innings.

USI returns to action next Saturday when it hosts Maryville University in a GLVC doubleheader at the USI Softball Field. The Eagles host Missouri University of Science & Technology for Senior Day the following day to wrap up their regular-season home schedule.

Eagle bats heat up to earn series split USI ties home run record in series finale

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EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Baseball tied a single-game program record with four home run in the series finale and earned a series split with Truman State University Saturday afternoon at the USI Baseball Field. USI lost the continued game from Friday, 11-10, but bounced back to win the series finale, 16-4.
 
The Screaming Eagles are 15-20 overall and 4-8 in the GLVC, while Truman State is 15-22, 5-7 GLVC.   
 
Continued Game 2 from Friday:
The Eagles rallied with nine runs in the sixth and loaded the bases in the seventh before falling short, 11-10, in the seven inning contest.
 
The Bulldogs were in total control in the Friday portion of the game. Truman built an 11-1 lead through 5.2 innings before the game was halted due to rain. USI’s lone run during Friday’s portion of the game came in the bottom of the third when junior leftfielder Evan Kahre (Evanville, Indiana) scored on a sacrifice fly by junior catcher Lucas McNew (Floyds Knobs, Indiana).
 
In the sunlight of Saturday, the offense came to life in the bottom of the sixth and gave the Eagles a chance. USI freshman designated hitter Cordell Coburn (Evansville, Indiana) lead off the frame with a blast to center as 12 Eagles came to the plate to cut the deficit to 11-10. The home run was Coburn’s fourth of the season.
 
In addition to Coburn’s shot, the nine-run frame was highlight by a pair of two-run rockets by junior first baseman/leftfielder Gavin McLarty (Buckner, Kentucky) and sophomore rightfielder Trent Robinson (Louisville, Kentucky). McLarty hit his third blast of the season to right center, while Robinson’s third of the year went to dead center field.
 
USI tried to complete the comeback in the bottom of the final frame, loading the bases with two outs before McNew struck out to end the game.
 
Series Finale:
USI tied a single-game program record with four home runs and blasted its way to a series split with Truman, 16-4. The Eagles hit four home runs in a game for the sixth time in program history (USI did this twice last season).
 
The USI offensive explosion started with a five-run first inning that was highlighted by back-to-back home runs. Sophomore rightfielder Trent Robinson hit USI’s first home run of the game, a three-run blast, and was followed immediately by a solo shot off the bat of junior third baseman Daniel Lopez (Dominican Republic). The blast was Robinson’s fourth of the year and Lopez’s first.
 
Increased the lead to 7-0 with a pair of runs in the second and to 12-2 with another five-run frame in the third.
 
USI freshman designated hitter Cordell Coburn blasted the Eagles’ third home run to put USI up 13-4, while junior catcher Lucas McNew crushed the record-tying fourth home run of game, a three-run shot, to close out the 16-4 win. Coburn finished the day with five home runs this season, while McNew has a team-best seven in 2022.
 
USI junior right-hander Garrett Welch (New Castle, Indiana) picked up the win, going 5.1 innings of work. Welch (2-3) allowed three runs on seven hits and a walk, while striking out a career-best eight strikeouts.
 

Skepnek, Porter honored in Eagles final home match USI falls to McKendree, 5-2

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EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Senior Kylie Skepnek (Algonquin, Illinois) and head coach Keely Porter were recognized before the final home match for University of Southern Indiana Women’s Tennis (7-8, 0-4 GLVC) as the Screaming Eagles fall to McKendree University (7-9, 1-4 GLVC), 5-2, at the USI Tennis Courts Saturday afternoon. The Eagles have now lost the last two matches and move to 5-5 at home.
 
Prior to Saturday’s contest, Skepnek and Porter were recognized for their commitment to USI as Skepnek will graduate and Porter will retire at the conclusion of this season.
 
DOUBLES: USI had one win in doubles competition after freshman Abby Myers (Evansville, Indiana)/Skepnek duo captured the 6-2 victory.

SINGLES: Sophomore Rachel McCorkle (Tulsa, Oklahoma) recorded the first singles win for the Eagles in the two slot after nabbing a 6-3, 6-3 win. The only other point for USI came from freshman Madison Windham (Clarksville, Tennessee) who had a solid outing in the six hole (6-2, 6-4).
 
COMING UP FOR THE EAGLES:
The Eagles head on the road for the final regular season weekend as USI makes trips to Lewis University, University of Indianapolis, and Eastern Illinois University. These will be the last regular season matches before the conference tournament starts April 29.

USI travels to Romeoville, Illinois for a date with the Flyers Friday at 2 p.m. before traveling to Indianapolis, Indiana for the final Great Lakes Valley Conference match of the season against the Greyhounds Saturday at 10 a.m. (CT). The end of the road trip ends in Charleston, Illinois with a future Ohio Valley Conference matchup with the Panthers Monday at 3 p.m.

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