Spring 2019

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Spring 2019 Highlights

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  Student
  Gabrielle Wy
  Class of 2019
  Journalism, Psychology and Criminal Justice
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  Faculty
  Dr. Melissa Stacer
  Researching with Students
  Criminal Justice
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  Alumni
  Lauren Anderson '09
  Working with Earthship Biotecture
  Sociology
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  Event
  Nonprofit Excellence Symposium
  October 2018
  

2018-2019 Year in Review

• The College of Liberal Arts Spring Commencement ceremony took place in the new Screaming Eagles Arena on April 27, 2019
  • 1,691 USI students were eligible to participate in commencement ceremonies. Of those, 26 graduated summa cum laude, 131 magna cum laude and 142 cum laude. 37 graduates were University Honors Scholars.
    
    
• Communication Studies student Riley K. Cornett named the 2019 President's Medal recipient
  
  
• Professional studies couple graduates together from the Professional Studies program in Fall College of Liberal Arts Commencement ceremony
  
  
• New minors offered for Fall 2019 semester: Africana Studies, directed by Dr. Sakina Hughes, and Communal Studies
  
  
• Master of Arts in Communication student presents at TEDxTbilisi in the country of Georgia
  
  
• Performing Arts students take home multiple awards at Region III Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF)
  
  
  
  
• Faculty Research and Creativity Showcase highlights Liberal Arts faculty accomplishments and contributions to their fields
  
  
• World Languages and Cultures department hosts the first Contemporary Spanish Theatre Conference in New Harmony, Indiana
  
  
• Tom Drury performed first-ever faculty piano recital
  
  
• Dr. Melanie Lee and her graduate students help Castle North Middle School students create and promote book "Friends Facing Fears”
  
  
• The USI Alumni-in-Residence Speaker Series features Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Apia, Samoa and former USI Japanese language instructor. See our interviews with them both on our YouTube channel.
  
  
• Art and Design alumna Alexandra Bailey ’14 is commissioned for a new sculpture in honor of the USI Foundation's 50th anniversary

Coming Up

• USI and Historic New Harmony to host traveling Smithsonian exhibit
  
  
• The USI Chamber Choir will perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Sunday, May 26 at 8:30 p.m. Tickets for the performance may be purchased on the Carnegie Hall website.