The Staff Council Support Staff Recognition Award recognizes extraordinary professional contributions and quality service of our University support staff and their integral role in advancing the University of Southern Indiana's mission to fulfilling USI's promise in preparing students to live wisely.
Nominations for the Support Staff Recognition Award open in spring. Visit the Support Staff Recognition Award webpage for more details.
Archie's Pantry is a free resource available to all USI students an employees, no questions asked. It provides non-perishable foods, toiletries, and feminine hygiene products items to students and employees facing hardship.
Staff Council promotes Archie's Pantry in September with a campus-wide food drive. Visit the Archie's Pantry Donation Drive webpage for more details.
Participants can decorate their department front doors and windows, office doors, and front desks! Any department, office, faculty, staff, or student within USI's community may participate as a contestant and voter.
Submission for the Fall Decorating contest happens in early October, and voting happens in late October and early November. Visit the Fall Decorating Contest webpage for more information.
The Giving Tree is an outreach program sponsored by Staff Council that provides holiday gift assistance to eligible USI employees and currently enrolled students with children who are in need of assistance during the holiday season.
The application for the Giving Tree opens in November. Once the application closes, the trees with ornaments are distributed around campus, and gift submission ends in early December. Visit the Giving Tree webpage for more information.
Student Worker Appreciation Week is an opportunity for each department to say "thank you" to our hard working student workers for their efforts and support throughout the school year.
Student Worker Appreciation Week takes place in the spring semester. Visit the Student Worker Appreciation Week webpage for more information.
