Faith Connell was one of the first people to know about the renaming of the USI radio station.
Connell, the promotions director for The Spin, found out about the renaming over the summer soon after the...
Last Thursday, the university broke ground on the Fuquay Welcome Center.
The groundbreaking ceremony started off with Jeffrey Knight, chair of the board of trustees, talking about how lively the university...
The women’s ultimate frisbee team started practices earlier in August and are preparing for their fall season. The Shield sat down with junior captain Samantha Strunk to hear more about her reason for...
After graduation Taylor Stevens knew she wanted soccer to be a part of her life.
Stevens graduated in the spring from Murray State University and is now the assistant coach of the women’s soccer team.
“Coaching...
The Shield talked to USI alum Dave Baumeyer, the Reitz High School swim team coach and gold medalist Olympian Lilly King’s former coach about what it was like to coach an olympian and his time at the...
The golf teams host a scramble each year to raise funds for the team, but it has been renamed in honor of Bisesi.
The cost will be $100 per person on each four-person team and registration is due today. Teams will participate in an 18-hole scramble and have a meal afterward that is included in their fee.
'It’s all for the students'
D’Angelo Taylor wants the USI community to know the Multicultural Center is for everyone.
"You can’t have a multicultural center if you don’t value a different...
Basketball became the main sport in Stephanie Carpenter’s life during second grade.
Carpenter graduated in 2014 with a criminal justice major and accounting minor, the USI alumna is now back on the court as an assistant coach for the women’s basketball team.
Faculty members applauded moderately for small announcements at the university meeting Wednesday, but one of the most audible reactions was support for holding the session later than usual.
“It’s...
Ellis Redd believes education is an equalizer.
“It doesn’t matter who you are, or where you come from, an education can level the playing field and help you achieve things that you probably otherwise wouldn’t achieve,” Redd said. “I’m an example of that.”
Elizabeth Riedford said realistically the Syrian refugee crisis cannot be solved in Evansville, Indiana.
But she does believe the community can raise awareness and money that can help.
Moms and dads unloading vans packed with clothes, TV’s and mini-refrigerators, faculty members guiding students around campus and an ice cream and movie night – these are just a few things to discover during this Welcome Week 2016.
