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The Welcome Center’s walk-on roof is not available at this time due to various repairs needed and will remain out of commission until deemed safe for walking upon. 

Welcome Center roof in need of repairs less than year after opening

Alex Brennan, Staff Writer October 22, 2019

One of the newest buildings on campus is already in need of repairs. The Welcome Center’s walk-on roof is not available at this time due to various repairs needed and will remain out of commission...

Arena excites, Welcome Center underwhelms

Arena excites, Welcome Center underwhelms

Darrian Breedlove, Opinion Editor April 9, 2019

Within the school year, two shiny new buildings have been unveiled by the university. There’s the Fuquay Welcome Center that was released last fall, and recently, the Screaming Eagles Arena, which...

The Welcome Center’s walk-on roof is not available at this time due to various repairs needed and will remain out of commission until deemed safe for walking upon. 

Welcome Center opens after numerous setbacks

Riley Guerzini, Managing Editor November 1, 2018

The Fuquay Welcome Center officially opened Nov. 1 following over two years of construction. Ground broke on the Welcome Center in September of 2016, located between the University Center East and the...

Fuquay Center showcases beauty of USI

Fuquay Center showcases beauty of USI

Alleigh Dillman, Staff Writer October 30, 2018

After months of construction the Fuquay Welcome Center is finally finished, and its grand opening is just around the corner. Fortunately, I was able to go to the roof and explore before the official opening...

Foundation celebrates 50 years of gift giving

Foundation celebrates 50 years of gift giving

Riley Guerzini, Managing Editor October 22, 2018

When former university President David Rice and Vice President for Business Affairs Byron Wright were visiting Evansville Mayor Frank McDonald in his downtown office in the fall of 1968, McDonald suggested...

Welcome Center delays continue

Welcome Center delays continue

Riley Guerzini, News Editor April 19, 2017

Construction for the Fuquay Welcome Center will be further delayed after bids continue to run overbudget. “We have been using a construction firm to give us a pre-look at what they thought it might...

Dispense with the fence

Dispense with the fence

Osman Bien Aime, Staff Writer March 21, 2017

It’s 8:45 a.m., and I’m doing what I usually do—taking a moment to stare at the students depicted on the fence around the yet-to-be Fuquay Welcome Center. I walk up to the image of two young men,...

Student ambassadors, administration and members of the Fuquay family break ground at the Sep. 1 groundbreaking ceremony.

Welcome Center needs contractor, pushes back start date

Sarah Loesch, Editor-in-chief January 10, 2017

Construction of the Fuquay Welcome Center is being pushed back after the initial bids for the project overshot the budget set forth by the university. Gary Burgdorf, a construction administrator...

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