The Trailblazer

The man, the myth, the mascot…Trailblazer Willie

February 5, 2019

MLK Banquet: Breaking the silence

January 29, 2019

Businesses throughout downtown Vincennes have added colorful displays this holiday season.

Celebrating the Season

December 7, 2018

The Knox County Poor Farm building stands abandoned. Many questions remain about its future.

‘Poor Farm’ update: Plans for women’s shelter still in the works

December 6, 2018

Sweetwater Sound representative speaks on career opportunities

Reid McClure and Olivia P. Tucker

November 27, 2018

On Wednesday, Oct. 31, Jeff McDonald, Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Sweetwater Sound, came to the Shircliff Humanities building to give a presentation over the company to students. SweetWater Sound is a music company that focuses on music recording. It was founded in 1979 and is located in Fort Wayne, according to the company’s website. Sweetwater Sound is known for being the number one online audio equipment retailer and for building strong relationships with different companies and universities. The company gives students with audio recording majors opportunities to work at Sweetwater. They don’t just offer music related jobs, but other jobs outside of music such as IT and writing positions.

Students and faculty treated to Halloween event

Tay Simmons, staff writer

November 27, 2018

Students were treated to a Halloween event on Tuesday, Oct. 30 at the Summers Social Science Center. The event, sponsored by the College of Social Science, Performing Arts and Communication was held mainly for students with undecided majors, but every student was welcome. Students filled their bags with candy from faculty and staff and played Plinko to win prizes, including VU T-shirts. Overall, the students seemed to have had a great experience.

Vanderburgh Hall elevator back up & running

Nya Adams and Khadijah Doumbia

November 27, 2018

Vanderburgh Hall recently faced electrical issues with the elevator on Oct. 20.

Veterans share stories following the annual Veterans Day program at Vincennes University on Nov. 8.

Importance of veterans’ stories highlighted at annual program

November 16, 2018

CCF and Helping His Hands provide aid for hurricane victims

November 15, 2018

Making room for new resources

November 6, 2018

Women in STEM Club

Khadijah Doumbia, Staff Writer

November 1, 2018

Women in STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Math) is a club on Vincennes University’s campus focused on helping female science, technology, engineering and math majors get ready to enter the workforce while being a minority in their field of study.

Escape room encounter

Kayla Trent, Assistant editor/copy editor

October 30, 2018

On Wednesday, Oct. 23 and Thursday, Oct. 24 the Vincennes University Shake Library hosted an escape room that was free to all VU students. Many students formed groups of up to eight people to try and score the best time. The fastest group received a free pass to Vincennes Escape Adventures.