Fall
2008
A learning community dedicated to excellence, the University of Southern Indiana provides students with educational opportunity both in and outside the classroom and is a model for student-centered postsecondary education. Students who choose USI find high quality academic programs, affordable costs, an environment that promotes academic success, and opportunities for personal and career growth.
The University values both need-based applied research and basic research while emphasizing teaching and interaction between faculty and students and actively pursuing engagement in the region. The University remains committed to educating students for the regional workforce and has been an economic engine for the southwestern Indiana and tri-state region, working with employers and regional leaders to facilitate economic development. The 2007 President's Task Force on Workforce and Economic Development was established to report on the University's leadership and responsiveness in regional economic development and to make recommendations for academic and training programs that can meet the future workforce and economic development needs of the region. The findings of the Task Force, presented in July 2007, provide a foundation for the programs and services USI will offer in the coming years. The report of the Task Force can be found at http://www.usi.edu/president/2007taskforce/.
Construction is underway for the Business and Engineering Center, a facility designed to serve the University's business and engineering programs interdependently. The building will promote collaboration between faculty and students in the College of Business and the Pott College of Science and Engineering and will support integration between business, technology, and engineering with a goal of increasing innovation and entrepreneurship.
This fall, progress and
change on the USI campus are evident as we celebrate the opening of the
McCutchan Art Center/Pace Galleries, a 4,800 square-foot addition to the Liberal Arts Center which will provide
space and accommodations for student and faculty exhibitions, visiting
artist exhibitions, traveling exhibitions, and Senior Art Seminars.
In addition to its educational mission, the McCutchan Art
Center/Pace Galleries will assist the University in its ongoing efforts
to contribute to the cultural awareness of southwestern Indiana.
The Residence Life Community Center, a facility that will serve
the 2,700 students who reside on the USI campus, also will open this
fall. A new Ceramics Center
is under construction and an expansion of the Recreation and Fitness
Center is underway.
As the University grows, it continues to seek to meet its mission, and we are grateful to our elected officials and friends in the private sector for helping us achieve our goal of providing excellent and affordable education to Hoosier students.
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