On Friday, May 15, President Ronald S. Rochon and members of the Presidential Task Force will address the USI campus community regarding the process of planning a return to campus.
A recording of this presentation, as well as a written update from Dr. Rochon, will be made available once it is delivered to USI faculty, staff and students.
New tabs added to COVID-19 page: Task Force and Here and Now Fund Â
The USI COVID-19 website has been updated with easy-to-find buttons at the top of the page linking to information about the president’s task force and the USI Foundation’s Here and Now Fund for gifts to support students. The task force button will be the location of future updates and details about the work the committees are doing to create a plan for a safe return to campus.
The Shield named top Division 2 collegiate newspaper in Indiana, receives more than 40 individual awards.
The Shield, the University of Southern Indiana’s student-run newspaper, was named the Division 2 Newspaper of the Year and received 43 individual awards from the Indiana Collegiate Press Association (ICPA) as part of its 2020 awards competition. This is the first time that The Shield has been named the top Division 2 newspaper by the ICPA since 2017. In addition to being named the top newspaper, The Shield was also recognized as the second-place Online Publication of the Year. Division 2 is defined by the ICPA as non-daily collegiate newspapers in Indiana with enrollment exceeding 3,001 students. Read More – Include a full list of individual awards
Art Students Design Pandemic Memorial Sculptures
The final project in Rob Millard-Mendez’s ART 104 Design in Materials course is typically to create a mask. But with students finishing the spring semester remotely, with limited or no access to tools, he changed courses. “I wanted students to be able to think big but be able to put their ideas in a form that did not require a lot of equipment,†he says.
