3 p.m. Tuesday, April 23

Alumni in Residence: Life in the Foreign Service

In cooperation with the University of Southern Indiana Alumni Association, the USI Romain College of Business and the College of Liberal Arts welcome two USI alumni back to campus as a part of the USI Alumni in Residence program. Antone (Tony) Greubel ’92 and Izumi Mochizuki Greubel ’94 will present “Life in the Foreign Service” at 3 p.m. Tuesday, April 23. The event will be held in Kleymeyer Hall, located in the lower level of the Liberal Arts Center. A reception in the McCutchan Art Center and Pace Galleries will take place directly following the presentation. These events are free and open to the public.

Wednesday, April 24 – Tuesday, April 30

Spring 2019 study day and finals

No classes will be held on Wednesday, April 24 in order for students to prepare for final exams. Final exams begin Thursday, April 25 and run through Tuesday, April 30. Students can find their finals schedule on the USI website at USI.edu/registrar.

3 p.m. Friday, April 26

USI Board of Trustees to meet

The University of Southern Indiana Board of Trustees will meet in regular session at 3 p.m. Friday, April 26 in University Center East rooms 2217-2220. Documents for the meeting will be available at USI.edu/trustees once they are published.

Friday, April 26 and Saturday, April 27

USI to hold spring 2019 Commencement ceremonies inside new Screaming Eagles Arena

The University of Southern Indiana will hold five Spring Commencement ceremonies over two days, Friday, April 26 and Saturday, April 27 inside the Screaming Eagles Arena on the USI campus. The Graduate Ceremony for master and doctoral degree candidates from all of USI’s colleges will be held at 6:30 p.m. Friday, April 26. On Saturday, April 27, the undergraduate ceremony for the College of Liberal Arts will begin at 9 a.m.; the Romain College of Business at noon; the College of Nursing and Health Professions at 3 p.m., and the Pott College of Science, Engineering, and Education at 6 p.m. Guests are not required to have tickets for the Spring 2019 Commencement ceremonies but graduates must make a reservation to participate in the ceremony. Read More

2 p.m. Sunday, April 28

USI Chamber Choir to perform Fauré’s Requiem, other works at spring concert

The University of Southern Indiana Chamber Choir and Women’s Choir will present their spring concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 28 at Old North United Methodist Church, located at 4201 Stringtown Road in Evansville, Indiana. Included in the concert will be a performance of Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem, a seven-movement piece for choir and instrumentalists based on the Catholic Mass for the Dead. The USI Chamber Choir will collaborate with other collegiate choirs in a performance of Fauré’s Requiem in May at the prestigious Carnegie Hall in New York City. Read More

STUDENT EVENTS

A collection of events on campus and in the community sponsored by USI student organizations

can be found on the USI events calendar by clicking here.

The University of Evansville will hold a press conference at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 23 to announce enhancements to the annual High School Changemaker Challenge including increased scholarships and opportunities for wider participation. The press conference will be held on the UE campus inside the Bernhardt Atrium within the Schroeder School of Business.

UE President Christopher M. Pietruszkiewicz and Dr. Shane Davidson, vice president for enrollment and marketing, will recap previous project successes, discuss project statuses, and provide full details for this year’s competition.

UE’s High School Changemaker Challenge is designed to motivate young people to take a leading role in identifying and solving challenges in the world around them through innovation and creativity.

The Bernhardt Atrium is located just inside the southern-most doors of the Schroeder School of Business building which face the oval drive off of Lincoln Avenue on the UE campus. Media may park in any available spot on the oval or in Lot A at the corner of Lincoln and Rotherwood Avenues. Click here to view a campus map.

This month’s Early College@Ivy Tech Lecture Series will feature a presentation by Jon Schrage, Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation’s Early College High School math and science teacher. The lecture, “Climate Change: What We Know and How We Know It” will be Tuesday, April 23, at 5:15 p.m. in Vectren Auditorium. It is free and open to the public.

Schrage, who holds a Ph.D. in atmospheric science, said to have a constructive conversation about any controversial topic, all parties need to have a shared set of facts.

“In the context of climate change, a lack of shared facts has historically made meaningful debate difficult. The problem is further compounded by the fact that the methods of modern climatology are highly advanced and technical,” Schrage said, and “members of the public erroneously form opinions about “climate” based on personal experiences of ‘weather.”

In this presentation one day after the official celebration of Earth Day takes place, the nature of our modern state of understanding of climate and climate change will be examined, as well as some of the techniques used to predict future climate trends under different public policy scenarios.

Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation’s Early College High School is located at Ivy Tech Community College, and its students attend Ivy Tech classes, along with regular high school coursework – many completing an Associate Degree while still in high school, or their General Education Core — 30 credits transferrable to any college in Indiana.

To learn more about Early College High School, go to https://earlycollege.evscschools.com/. To learn more about Ivy Tech and its transfer programs, go to www.ivytech.edu/transfer.

EVSC Superintendent David Smith will present the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation’s annual State of Our Schools tomorrow at noon at the Rotary Club meeting in the Tropicana Conference Center.