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The Kenneth P. McCutchan Art Center/Palmina F. and Stephen S. Pace Galleries at the University of Southern Indiana is proud to present its summer exhibition, Artists Among Us, now open to the public. The exhibition is on display now through Friday, August 29. 

Dr. Amy Montz, University of Southern Indiana Professor of English, has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to conduct research in Manchester, United Kingdom, focusing on the nineteenth-century author Elizabeth Gaskell, during the 2025–26 academic year.

University of Southern Indiana Theatre is proud to present its inaugural summer theatre production playfully named, [title of show].  

Natalie Shapero’s poem Quick Thinking, featured in the University of Southern Indiana’s Fall 2024 issue of Southern Indiana Review (SIR), will appear in the next The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses series.

Natalie Louise Tombasco was the recipient of Southern Indiana Review’s (SIR) Michael Waters Poetry Prize in 2023 where she was awarded $6,000 and publication of her book Milk for Gall. Now, Tombasco is being recognized as a Midwest Book Awards Finalist in the Poetry and Graphic Novels – Debut category.

Eli Berger, a University of Southern Indiana engineering student who graduated this spring, was selected as a Fellow of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP).

Dr. Teresa Beam has been appointed Dean of the Pott College of Science, Engineering, and Education at the University of Southern Indiana, effective July 14. 

Maxwell Stoll, who will graduate magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in biology and a minor in psychology, has been named the recipient of the prestigious President’s Medal, the highest honor bestowed upon an undergraduate in the University of Southern Indiana Class of 2025.

The Pott College of Science, Engineering, and Education at the University of Southern Indiana will host the first Explore USI Summer Series, two-day mini camps for high school students, June 4 through July 22.  

The University of Southern Indiana is excited to host the 17th annual Tri-State Science and Engineering Fair on Thursday and Friday, March 13-14, in Carter Hall, located in University Center West on campus. This event will bring together nearly 250 student exhibitors from across the Tri-state region, showcasing their design projects and scientific research. 

The University of Southern Indiana and SWIRCA and More, the local agency on aging, will present the 18th annual Mid-America Institute on Aging and Wellness (MAIA) on the USI campus Thursday and Friday, August 7-8.  

During the third quarter of 2025, USI's Center for Health Professions Lifelong Learning will offer the following conferences and workshops designed to provide essential continuing education and professional development opportunities for health professionals across disciplines. 

Because ongoing professional development is critical for all members of the medical forensic team–including nurses–the Indiana SANE Training Project is bringing national experts to Indianapolis for Empowering Medical Forensic Practice: Trauma, Teamwork and Transformation, a two-day conference May 14-15 at the Sheraton Indianapolis Hotel, Keystone Crossing.  

During the second quarter of 2025, USI's Center for Health Professions Lifelong Learning will offer several conferences and workshops designed to provide essential continuing education and professional development opportunities for health professionals across disciplines. 

University of Southern Indiana nursing students in the Population Focused Nursing Care class, taught by Dr. Ryan Butler, Associate Professor of Nursing, have partnered with USI Public Safety to bring a Narcan box to campus and educate the community on its use. 

A pair of University of Southern Indiana students from the University of Southern Indiana’s Romain College of Business were recently selected as scholarship recipients for the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, a prestigious grant program designed to assist undergraduate students in the United States with financial need for studying or interning abroad.  

A team of students from the University of Southern Indiana’s Romain College of Business’ American Marketing Association (AMA) chapter earned both individual and chapter-wide recognition for its outstanding achievements during the 2025 AMA International Collegiate Conference, held April 3-5, in New Orleans, Louisiana.   

This February, a group of students from the University of Southern Indiana’s Romain College of Business had the opportunity to travel to Canada and return home with not one, but two distinct accolades from participating in the 2025 Alberta Not-For-Profit Association External Case Competition in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.  

The University of Southern Indiana Romain College of Business is expanding its Master of Business Administration (MBA) online program to include a concentration in Artificial Intelligence (AI) beginning in Fall 2025.  

Steven J. Bridges ’89 M’95, USI Interim President, will present Two Chapters for Life at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 30 in the Business and Engineering Center Atrium.