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USI campus closed Saturday and Sunday, January 24-25

Due to inclement weather, the University of Southern Indiana campus will be closed, and all in-person classes, activities and on-campus events are canceled beginning at noon Saturday, January 24 and continuing through Sunday, January 25. Online classes will continue asynchronously unless students are notified by their professor. Essential personnel only should report to work. If you are unsure of your status, contact your supervisor. More information and updates at USI.edu/emergency. 

Last updated: January 24, 2026 11:18 AM

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Student Writers Union

The Student Writers Union at the University of Southern Indiana is an active group of students interested in creative writing, editing and publishing. The group meets weekly to workshop members' own creative writing, discuss ideas and theories related to the process of writing and talk about new books of interest.

We strive to connect to one another, our campus and our community with activities such as:

  • A brand new collaborative novel project
  • Write Away Hunger Contests (the top poems and short-shorts win prizes and publication in FishHook, USI's literary and art magazine
  • Free verse project
  • Broadsides
  • A banned books reading
  • Literary valentines
  • Potluck picnics with English students and faculty
  • A chapbook contest

Throughout the school year, officers work closely with the editorial staff of FishHook to assist in soliciting submissions, organizing contests, and hosting the annual launch party and reading when the new issue is released each fall.

The Student Writers Union is open to any student at USI.

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