USI Identity Standards

Pride Points

Students

• USI’s dedicated faculty members focus on teaching first, with 25 or fewer students in most classes.
   
• Internships and co-op opportunities, providing students real-world experience, have doubled since 2007.
   
• USI offers over 100 study abroad opportunities across 61 countries; study abroad participation tripled in 2011-2012 compared to the previous year.
   
• USI encourages and supports undergraduate research through the Endeavor! Awards for Research and Creativity, the SwiSTEM Early Undergraduate Research Program, and more.
   
• 95 percent of USI students who apply are accepted into medical school and other post-graduate programs.
   
• USI continues its commitment to be the most affordable four-year public university in Indiana and a seven state region.
   

Indiana and the region

• USI is spearheading the EVV-Crane I-69 Innovation Corridor, a transformational economic development initiative capitalizing on the new I-69 corridor and Naval Surface Warfare Center-Crane.
   
• As the university partner for Innovation Pointe, downtown Evansville's Certified Technology Park, USI shares its faculty, staff, and student expertise with businesses and non-profits.
   
• The USI Center for Applied Research and Economic Development matches faculty, staff, and students with regional businesses and organizations to conduct research, consulting, and other projects.
   
• USI adds to the cultural life of the region through its theatre, music, visual arts, lectures, and sporting events, along its programs in New Harmony.
   
• Including business operations, employment, construction, and spending by students and visitors, USI’s total economic impact on business activity is estimated to be more than $218 million annually.
   
• USI serves more than 15,000 individuals annually in continuing education courses, noncredit workshops, conferences, and seminars – and more than 150,000 people participate in USI activities other than classes.
   

Other points

• About 70 percent of USI’s 32,263 alumni remain in Indiana.
   
• USI students come to Evansville from 89 counties, 44 states, and 61 nations.
   
• USI addresses workforce development issues through targeted degree programs, leadership training, noncredit and contractual programs, on-site training, and partnerships with regional economic development organizations.
   
• Nearly 70 percent of USI graduates have taken a service learning course, applying their knowledge to "real world" experiences while providing valuable services to the community.
   
• USI’s Historic Southern Indiana identifies preserves, enhances, and promotes the historic, natural, and recreational resources of 26 Indiana counties.
   
• Throughout their working careers, USI graduates’ lifetime incomes increase an average of $6.30 for every dollar invested in their education—or, from another perspective, students enjoy a 17.1 percent rate of return on what they spend on tuition and fees.
   
• Volunteer USI is another positive impact on the area: students, alumni, employees, and community members volunteer on the USI campus, in our out-reach areas, and for community non-profit organizations. The program surpassed one million hours in April 2011.
   
• About 90 percent of 2010 USI graduates are working in their field of study or another satisfactory field.