Welcome to the Honors Program for the University of Southern Indiana

The Honors Program offers a selective, demanding, and rewarding program for students who are searching for an intellectual challenge and are prepared to invest extra effort to meet that challenge. Honors students benefit from smaller classes, close contact with faculty, grants to study abroad, research opportunities, exciting extracurricular activities, and the Honors living-learning community. The Honors Program provides students with a supportive community of fellow Honors students who are academically motivated and talented, but also like to organize fun events. The USI Honors Program offers a broad range of opportunities for personal and academic growth. The most outstanding feature of the program is the students themselves. Their motivation and creativity stimulate the entire University campus.

Antonina Bambina, Ph.D.
Director of Honors Program
Office: Education Center 0114
Telephone: 812/464-1833
Email: Honors Program

Dr. Antonina Bambina came to the University of Southern Indiana in 2008 as Director of the Honors Program. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Queens College, City University of New York, and master’s and doctoral degrees from Columbia University in New York City. She also is an instructor in sociology. Her research interests include social network analysis, Internet studies, and medical sociology.

Before moving to Evansville, Dr. Bambina lived in Reading, England, for five years, where she completed her dissertation and a related book. The book, Online Social Support: The Interplay of Social Networks and Computer-Mediated Communication, was published by Cambria Press in July 2007. It was nominated in 2008 for the American Sociological Association Section on Communication and Information Technologies (CITASA) Book Award.

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Lisa M. Wilson, MSSE '08
Administrative Assistant
Office: Education Center 0114
Telephone: 812/464-1833
Email: Honors Program

Lisa M. Wilson, MSSE '08, joined the Honors Program as the Administrative Assistant in 2007. She graduated from Morehead State University with a major in Physical Education and a minor in Health. In 2008, she received a Masters Degree in Secondary Education and a Computer Education Endorsement from the University of Southern Indiana.

Lisa enjoys working with the Honors students at USI. She is married to Greg and they have three children: Nathan, Nicole, and Matthew. 

Mailing Address:
Honors Program
Education Center 0114
University of Southern Indiana
8600 University Blvd.
Evansville, IN 47712

Biology/Spanish
Henry and Hazel Bennighof Presidential Scholarship
President, Honors Student Council
Dana, Indiana

“The Honors classes are small, challenging, and fun! All of the students in these classes have met outside the classroom due to the Honors Program. This makes it so much easier to interact with each other and with the professors as well. I always feel like I learn more and at a quicker pace since all of us are on the same page!”

Raul Ramirez