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EVANSVILLE, Ind. The University of Southern Indiana, like many others, celebrated its first in-person commencement ceremonies this weekend, a year after a global pandemic prompted cancellations and virtual graduations.
At the Romain College of Business ceremony Saturday morning, former marketing and economics student Megan Brune said graduation closed out a really unique year. It s really nerve-wracking, she said, waiting in the Screaming Eagles Arena for the ceremony to begin. . It feels like it s like the culmination of the end and you re just kind of like, Oh gosh, what do I do now? But it s very exciting.
Of more than 1,800 eligible graduates, more than 1,100 members of the class of 2021 registered to participate in 11 ceremonies over three days. That includes students graduating with doctoral, master, bachelor and associate degrees, as well as post-master and post-bachelor certificates.
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EVANSVILLE, Ind. Evansville s new business advocacy and economic development organization made its official debut Thursday.
The Evansville Regional Economic Partnership was created by a merger of the Southwest Indiana Chamber of Commerce, Economic Development Coalition of Southwest Indiana and Growth Alliance for Greater Evansville.
Co-CEOs are Tara Barney, formerly with the Chamber, and Greg Wathen, formerly of the Economic Development Coalition. Its office is at Innovation Pointe, 318 Main St.
The group s activities will focus on Vanderburgh, Gibson, Posey and Warrick counties.
E-REP s goals include new business attraction, business retention, existing industry expansions, advancing pro-economy public policies, community development, entrepreneurship, talent attraction, quality of place enhancement and strategies for regional growth.
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Students walk on campus at the University of South Carolina, which will open fully in person this fall.
Good news about the COVID-19 vaccine couldn’t have come at a better time for college admissions officers. Dozens of colleges and universities have recently announced that they’ll be open in person this fall after waiting weeks or months to go public with fall plans.
Colleges fall announcements started a few weeks ago as vaccination rates began to pick up, but student inboxes and news sites have been flooded with fall reopening news this month, due in part to the ongoing admissions season. Experts call March and April prime yield season, during which colleges and universities work tirelessly to build a strong incoming class. After a year of exhausting transitions, students are looking for certainty and normalcy, and promising those things could give institutions a leg up as admitted students decide where to enroll.