6 p.m. Monday, November 1
2021 Berger Lecture to address building inclusion into excellent teaching and learning
Dr. Melinda Messineo, Professor of Sociology at Ball State University and a nationally recognized diversity/equity teacher, researcher, and advocate, will deliver the 2021 Berger Lecture at 6 p.m. Monday, November 1 in Mitchell Auditorium located in the Health Professions Center on the USI Campus.
The Berger Lecture is presented each year by the USI College of Liberal Arts in honor of Sydney Berger, one of Evansville’s most respected attorneys who worked with local civil rights organizations and served as an instructor at USI for nearly two decades. Each year, an academic department in the college hosts a guest lecturer to present on the theme of civil rights or civil liberties, celebrating the values Berger cherished.
Open through Friday, December 10
McCutchan Art Center/Pace Galleries to host two exhibitions, -RHIZA and the 2021 Senior Seminar Exhibition
The McCutchan Art Center/Pace Galleries is excited to present two exhibitions to complete the Fall Semester, -RHIZA, an installation of experimental works by alumna Katherine Watts, and the 2021 Senior Seminar Exhibition. The exhibition will be displayed from October 18 through December 10. Gallery hours are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
USI receives $2 million leadership gift to support, develop music programs
The University of Southern Indiana Foundation has received a $2 million leadership gift from award-winning composer and Posey County-native Philip H. Hagemann for the establishment of a fund to support and develop music programs at USI. In recognition of his contributions to the University and his long and far-reaching career, USI will name its Performing Arts Department within the College of Liberal Arts the Philip H. Hagemann Performing Arts Department.
USI satellite, UNITE CubeSat, nears reentry, mission-critical phase of journey
As UNITE CubeSat, USI’s student-built satellite, nears yet another milestone, 1,000 days in orbit, it is also reaching the mission-critical phase of its journey where it will descend back into the earth’s atmosphere, tracking critical data during reentry. Designed and built by a team of University of Southern Indiana undergraduates, UNITE is the first orbiting satellite designed by students at an Indiana public university and was also the first functional CubeSat in orbit to have been made as part of NASA’s Undergraduate Student Instrument Project, which provided funding for the undergraduate design and construction of satellites across several institutions.
Carroll recognized as 2021 USI Distinguished Accountant
Michael B. Carroll ’88, Chief Financial Officer at Heritage Federal Credit Union, has been named the recipient of the 2021 USI Romain College of Business Distinguished Accountant Award. The award was announced by 2019’s recipient, Rob Wedding ’84, retired Partner at BKD CPAs & Advisors.
Open through Sunday, November 14
USI and Historic New Harmony host traveling Smithsonian exhibit and programming highlighting Water/Ways
USI’s Historic New Harmony will host the Smithsonian-curated traveling exhibit called Water/Ways at the Atheneum Saturday, October 2 through Sunday, November 14. The exhibit will be open Tuesday through Sundays from 9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. In partnership with The Nature Conservancy and the USGS Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana (OKI) Water Science Center, Historic New Harmony also developed two permanent waysides to be installed on the Atheneum grounds, detailing both the history of the Wabash and the importance of conservation of the river for both people and wildlife.
Open through Saturday, November 13
New Harmony Gallery hosts exhibition, Systems| Bodies| Parameters
The New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art to host exhibition Systems | Bodies | Parameters, featuring abstract paintings by Chicago-based artist Kellie Romany, Saturday, October 9 through Saturday, November 13.
