April 8, 2020 Written by: Donna Taylor Bouchie, Director, InternPLUS and Interim Director, Career Services, Vincennes University You've studied hard! Took the right classes. You even worked the perfect internship last summer. Now it's time to graduate and get your first full-time career job! And then there's a COVID-19 pandemic! What is a new college graduate...
April 3, 2020 VINCENNES, Ind. – A love for teaching, a dash of creativity and a garage, this is the recipe for an amazing virtual classroom! Jonathan Vennard, VU Assistant Professor Vincennes University Precision Machining Technology Assistant Professor Jonathan Vennard completely transformed his garage into an incredible learning environment complete with green...
By Cindy Beaman April 02, 2020 It’s spring. The flowers are budding, the birds are chirping. As an event planner, I am busy as the bees themselves. I should know, one of my summer workshops is for beekeepers. Our University provides hundreds of enrichment events each year where the community of all ages comes together to learn, grow and play. I plan each event down to the very...
March 31, 2020 VINCENNES, Ind. – Vincennes University President Chuck Johnson has announced the appointment of Dr. Dale Pietrzak as Senior Director of Institutional Effectiveness and Research. Dale Pietrzak Pietrzak ( pronounced Pete's rock ) will oversee the areas of assessment, institutional effectiveness, and institutional research as well as serving as VU's...
March 30, 2020 VINCENNES, Ind. – A global pandemic isn’t keeping Vincennes University students and professor Arthur Fields from creating art. They are keeping their art flowing in the age of the coronavirus, and VU’s community is encouraging everyone to create art. Arthur Fields We need art now more than ever. “It gives us a creative escape,” Fields said. “People don’t...