University of Southern Indiana

The University of Southern Indiana (USI) is a public university in Evansville, Indiana. This publicly-funded institution is rapidly growing and is the fastest growing comprehensive state university in Indiana. Fall enrollment figures in 2009 broke 10,500 students for the first time. The University boasts a modern 300-acre (1.2 km) suburban campus situated within wooded rolling hills. The University of Southern Indiana began in 1965 as a regional ... more

The University of Southern Indiana (USI) is a public university in Evansville, Indiana. This publicly-funded institution is rapidly growing and is the fastest growing comprehensive state university in Indiana. Fall enrollment figures in 2009 broke 10,500 students for the first time. The University boasts a modern 300-acre (1.2 km) suburban campus situated within wooded rolling hills. The University of Southern Indiana began in 1965 as a regional branch of Indiana State University, which is located in Terre Haute. Classes were originally held in a former elementary school on the west side of Evansville known as Centennial School – denoting the year it was built in 1876. The property was leased from Bristol-Myers Squibb, which still has a large facility nearby. In 1971, the school moved to its current campus on the western edge of Evansville. The first buildings constructed were the original Library and the University Center. Slowly the school built facilities, as funding became... less