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The tristate area has numerous theatre, music, art and film events this January. (Graphic by Nico Armeanu)

January: Upcoming in the arts

Nico Armeanu, Arts Editor January 7, 2025

Theatre Evansville Civic Theatre will perform Once Upon a Mattress at 7:30 p.m. on Jan 17 in the auditorium of Bosse High School. This musical is a retelling of the fairytale The Princess and the Pea. Pretty...

Graduates and their loved ones pose for photos Saturday outside the Liberty Arena.

Gallery: Fall 2024 Kinney, Pott College commencement ceremony

Nico Armeanu, Arts Editor December 18, 2024

The Fall 2024 Commencement ceremony for the Kinney College of Nursing and Health Professions, the Pott College of Science, Engineering, and Education and the School of Graduate Studies was organized...

Graduates talk after the College of Liberal Arts, the Romain College of Business and the School of Graduate Studies commencement ceremony Saturday outside the Liberty Arena.

Gallery: Fall 2024 liberal arts, business commencement ceremony

Nico Armeanu, Arts Editor December 18, 2024

The Fall 2024 Commencement Ceremony for the School of Graduate Studies, the College of Liberal Arts and the Romain College of Business was held at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Liberty Arena. The commencement...

Gallery: USI community comes together for Lighting a Tradition before finals

Alex Mendoza, Assistant News Editor December 13, 2024

Alumni Engagement, Volunteer USI and the Activities Programming Board hosted a Christmas-themed event for the USI community and general public Thursday Dec 5. in the Performance Center Dunn Lobby and...

Performers converse Thursday in Carter Hall in University Center West.

Gallery: USI Chamber Choir keeps tradition alive with 53rd annual Madrigal Feaste performance

Alex Mendoza, Assistant News Editor December 10, 2024

From 1971 to 2024, the USI Chamber Choir performed the annual Madrigal Feaste, a reenactment of large banquets from the medieval period, themed around the time of the Renaissance. The 53rd Madrigal...

Jayland Randall, junior guard, skies through the air to complete a one-handed jam against the Phantoms Monday in Liberty Arena. (Photo by Will Kessinger)

Gallery: Men’s basketball defeats East-West University, 104-46

Will Kessinger, Sports Editor December 5, 2024

The USI men’s basketball team hosted East-West University for a tune-up match Monday night. The Screaming Eagles played all 16 active players in this matchup in a well-balanced attack, with no player...

“Greatest Weight of Water” by Sarah Wolfe is on display as part of “Opusilva” Nov. 17 in the Shircliff Gallery of Art. Wolfe said this is one of her most popular works from the collection.

Opusilva: When nature is your medium

Nico Armeanu, Arts Editor December 5, 2024

Sarah Wolfe is an artist based in Vincennes, Indiana. Last year, she worked for the city of Vincennes and Knox County as an eclipse director. What she observed then inspired her current exhibition,...

Tegan Ruhl stands with her roommate, McKenna Bacilio, Spring 2024 USI graduate, in front of the USI fountain the day they moved to campus in August 2021.

Opinion: ‘Hum Screags Forever’ — My letter to USI

Tegan Ruhl, Lifestyle Editor December 4, 2024

USI — constant, faithful and true. This is the chorus to “USI’s Alma Mater” that is played at convocation and graduation.  With Fall Commencement nearing, this chorus has been singing in my...

The search for the university’s fifth president is underway. The Academic Search team will be accepting applications until Jan. 27, and the university is to announce the selected candidate by April.

Presidential search begins with recruitment, application in progress

Aracely Chavez, News Editor December 4, 2024

In November, the Presidential Search Committee entered phase two, recruitment and application, for the university’s fifth president.  According to the USI presidential Search web page, the Academic...

Attendees view artworks at the 55th Annual Juried Student Art Show Sunday in the Kenneth P. McCutchan Art Center. (Photo By Chloé Newman)

55th Annual Juried Art Show impresses with diverse creativity

Nautica Whatley, Staff writer December 4, 2024

Now coming to a close,  the 55th Annual Juried Art Show gave USI students a major opportunity to show off their creativity. The Kenneth P. McCutchan Art Center has featured art made from different mediums...

Degree-seeking enrollment continues to decrease, CAP increases total enrollment

Degree-seeking enrollment continues to decrease, CAP increases total enrollment

Aracely Chavez, News Editor December 4, 2024

In previous years, the university has experienced a decrease in enrollment, with total enrollment (graduate, undergraduate, and dual credit included) dropping from 10,734 in Fall 2019 to 9,178 in Fall...

About 7,000 visitors and students gather to watch the solar eclipse on The Quad April 8.

Solarpalooza: A ‘once in a lifetime’ experience brought to campus

Aracely Chavez, News Editor December 4, 2024

In April, USI hosted Solarpalooza, a public two-day event centered around the total solar eclipse. According to the National Weather Service, Evansville experienced a total eclipse for three minutes and...

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