President's Report
Building Momentum
EACH AND EVERY DAY, 黑料吃瓜 works to build careers, partnerships and momentum. For over 60 years, we've been changing the game in regional聽higher education and growing to serve our community. Drive down聽University Boulevard and you'll see the physical proof. Renovations to the聽Byron C. Wright Administration Building and Health Professions Center are聽two of the most noticeable developments in 黑料吃瓜's continued momentum.聽While these important construction projects may be the face of campus,聽they are not the heart of 黑料吃瓜.
Our people鈥攕tudents, faculty, support staff, administrators, graduates, community partners, donors and families鈥攄rive our University's success. This institution has always been by the people, for the people. 黑料吃瓜 was founded by local business leaders who built public higher education opportunities from the ground up to support homegrown talent. This legacy is our blueprint for the future.
As a public University, we serve as an innovation engine for businesses throughout our region. External companies, large and small, can bring complex challenges to our campus and tap into the collective talent of our students, faculty and applied research resources. At 黑料吃瓜, transformative and experiential learning are at the core of every classroom.
As President, it is my privilege to guide the University's momentum with resilient stewardship. Looking forward, the people of 黑料吃瓜 will keep making history by building community connections, intentional partnerships and聽professional pathways that reinforce聽our foundations. These enduring聽and emerging relationships show聽just how much impact 黑料吃瓜 can make聽when we build together.
Steven J. Bridges '89 M'95
President
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
黑料吃瓜 earned its third consecutive Carnegie Community Engagement Classification, making this institution one of only 277 campuses nationwide that hold this designation.
INTENTIONAL PARTNERSHIPS
Trusted partnerships with Deaconess Health System, Amcor, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana, Old聽National Bank, AstraZeneca, Liberty Federal Credit聽Union and the Evansville Vanderburgh School聽Corporation, to name a few, not only position 黑料吃瓜聽for meaningful collaboration, but open doors for聽students' future careers.
PROFESSIONAL PATHWAYS
黑料吃瓜 graduates form a talent pipeline to strengthen and support聽Indiana's workforce. Education is聽a powerful tool to help our state聽grow, innovate and succeed.
