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The Shield

University Faculty Play the Newlywed Game

University Faculty Play the Newlywed Game

Josh Meredith, Chief Photo Editor February 16, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFCFMfPk-NM Greg Blair, assistant professor of Art and Design and interim adviser of The Shield in Fall 2021, and Sara Blair, chair of the Art and Design Department, play...

Shelby Clark, Editor-in-Chief, gives her opinion about the possible transition to Division I.

Opinion: The problem is not DI – it’s communication

Shelby Clark, Editor-in-Chief February 3, 2022

The majority of problems students and faculty have with the potential transition to Division I is not the Division I distinction itself. Students and faculty feel administration is not listening to them...

Jeffery "Jeff" Seyler, professor of chemistry, demonstrates a chemical reaction to local students as part of a tabling event. Seyler passed away Dec. 16, 2021, on campus.

Campus community remembers beloved professor, coworker and friend

Shelby Clark, Editor-in-Chief January 20, 2022

Students, faculty and staff return to campus for the Spring 2022 semester remembering their beloved professor, coworker and friend who passed away the day before the last day of Fall 2021 classes.  Jeffery...

David Bower,  chair of the COVID-19 task force, speaks before the Board of Trustees Thursday. Bower said the week of Jan. 2, 2022 to Jan. 8, 2022 marked the highest number of university COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began.

University has highest number of COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic

Tegan Ruhl and Ian Young January 17, 2022

112 students and 15 employees tested positive for COVID-19 between Jan. 2nd and Jan. 8th. David Bower, chair of the COVID-19 task force, said this is the highest number of university positive cases since...

Tamara Hunt, a professor of history and director of the Master of Arts and liberal studies hosted a lecture about Indiana's most popular ghost stories. Nov. 4 in the Rice Library.

Professor shares stories of Indiana’s ghostly past

Jeana Everhart, Staff Writer November 5, 2019

Tamara Hunt said she first became interested in ghost stories after trying to find a new genre of short stories to read before bed. The professor of history and the director of the Master of Arts and...

Third faculty convocation celebrates faculty accomplishments

Third faculty convocation celebrates faculty accomplishments

Susanna Fravell and Rhonda Wheeler October 15, 2019

Faculty and community members gathered in Carter Hall on Oct. 3 for the third annual Faculty Convocation to celebrate faculty accomplishments. The celebration comes as faculty have cited concern for sluggish...

Dean of Students Jennifer Hammat was hired in May.

New Dean of Students to bring visibility

Emma Corry, Features Editor October 15, 2019

If Jennifer Hammat was asked what role she would want to occupy when she was in graduate school, she would have said the Dean of Students. Hammat officially stepped into the position of Dean of Students...

Pressure mounts as concern grows over sluggish wages, depleted morale

Pressure mounts as concern grows over sluggish wages, depleted morale

Riley Guerzini, Editor-in-Chief September 11, 2019

Tensions between faculty and the administration have reached a deadlock as concerns grow over a lack of employee morale and stagnant wages. Faculty were asked to submit questions anonymously to Faculty...

Cathy Carey

New Dean looks to continue college’s success

Riley Guerzini, Editor-in-Chief September 3, 2019

Freshmen are not the only people new to the university this year. Cathy Carey, Dean of the Romain College of Business, said she is excited to step into her new role and keep the college on an upward...

Professor to present poetry at Griffin Center

Professor to present poetry at Griffin Center

Emma Corry, Staff Writer April 2, 2019

The Shield interviewed Professor of English Matthew Graham who will present work from his new poetry collection, “The Geography of Home,” at a poetry reading sponsored by the Southern Indiana Reading...

The university election committee voted March 22 to remove Student Government Association presidential candidate Trevion McFarland from the ballot on charges that he campaigned outside of the campaign period set by the committee, interfered in the election process and disrupted the integrity of the election.

Guest Column: McFarland’s letter to USI

Trevion McFarland, Special to The Shield April 26, 2018

When I came to the University of Southern Indiana (USI) in 2016 from my home in Northern Indiana, I felt this sense of “home” on campus. I met amazing people who were helpful and nothing but kind....

Faculty walk around the quad as students clap and cheer for thier professors during Faculty Convocation Friday afternoon. After walking around campus, faculty made thier way to Carter Hall to hear form the keynote speaker provost Ron Rochon.

Provost encourages civility, praises education in inaugural convocation address

Riley Guerzini, News Editor October 17, 2017

Quality teaching is at a premium and the university wanted to recognize that. All faculty were invited to attend the university’s first-ever faculty convocation. They began by marching around...

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