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Ezra Butcher is a new assistant professor of economics at the Romain College of Business. (Photo by Rose Robinson).

Thirty-five new faculty members join USI

Rose Robinson, Staff Writer September 8, 2025

A comprehensive list of all of USI’s new faculty members can be found here. Butcher said, “I wanted something where I would get more interaction with students, more of a teaching focus and something...

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...

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...

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....

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