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Cold and flu season is here

Keagan Schaefer October 6, 2025

Cold and flu season is here, and the Vincennes University Primary Care Clinic is here to help students stop the sniffles. Cold and Flu season typically begins in October, and often students are afflicted...

Parent and Family Weekend reported to be a success

Joshua Smith October 6, 2025

Vincennes University recently held its annual Parent and Family Weekend, a time for family and friends to experience college life through the eyes of students. Among other events, the university hosted...

Seeing Indiana through different eyes

Joshua Smith September 26, 2025

An Indiana Historical Society traveling exhibit, “Be Heard: Asian Experiences In Indiana,” is on display now at the Shake Learning Resource Center. Through Oct. 9, students can explore the the state...

Participants walk on the Vincennes University track last year during the September Suicide Awareness Walk.

VU marks Suicide Awareness Month

Keagan Schaefer and Lake Bowman September 26, 2025

September marks Suicide Awareness Month, and campus counselors are here to help students struggling with mental health concerns. Kathy Evans is a mental health counselor at Vincennes University’s Counseling...

Professor Dr. Jannatul Ferdush hands items for the Sandy’s Pantry Donation Drive at Executive Director of VU Foundation and Senior Director of Institutional Advancement Kristi Deetz in the lobby of the Red Skelton Performing Arts Center during the university's opening meeting last month.

Sandy’s Pantry helps students facing food insecurity

Keagan Schaefer September 15, 2025

Laura Carie has been working with Sandy’s Pantry for four years, yet it never fails to surprise her just how much impact it has on students. “College students are some of the highest percentages...

Weenies on the Wabash connects students, faculty

Weenies on the Wabash connects students, faculty

Joshua Smith September 3, 2025

The university’s college deans last week hosted their annual Weenies on the Wabash event, giving students an opportunity to connect with their professors, and one another, outside the classroom. Weenies...

REID boundaries roughly run north to south from 38th Street to 16th Street, and east to west from Kessler Boulevard Drive to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street in Indianapolis.

VU partners with Marian University to shape Riverside Education Innovation District in Indianapolis

Staff reports August 29, 2025

INDIANAPOLIS – Vincennes University is collaborating with Marian University as an educational partner in the Riverside Education Innovation District (REID) initiative in the Near Northwest Area (NNW)...

New and returning students excited for new semester

New and returning students excited for new semester

Joshua Smith, Keagan Schaefer, and Lake Bowman August 29, 2025

The campus of Vincennes University is buzzing with eager students yet again as classes are well underway for the Fall 2025 semester. And while excitement abounds for everything from new classes and...

A special exhibit looking at Americans' role in the Holocaust at the Shake Learning Resource Center closed on April 28 after more than month-long run.

Holocaust exhibit closes to rave reviews

Emma Culver May 6, 2025

Vincennes University’s Shake Learning Resource Center concluded a powerful run of the traveling exhibit "Americans and the Holocaust" on April 28, leaving a lasting impact on the campus and the surrounding...

WE HAVE A PODCAST!

WE HAVE A PODCAST!

April 30, 2025

Check out the first-ever Blaze podcast, where we talk about the launch of the biannual news magazine, on stands all over campus now!!    

‘One for the books’

Amber Taylor April 30, 2025

A long-time Vincennes University employee is set to retire this year. Vice President of Financial Services and Chief Finance Officer Timothy Eaton  at the end of this school year will retire after...

Vincennes University general studies major Haley Hines sells photos for the Photo Club at the ReVUe Art and Music Festival, held April 25 in the Shircliff Humanities Building.

Students host reVUe art celebration

Amber Taylor April 29, 2025

Vincennes University’s Humanities Department held its annual reVUe Arts and Music Festival last week. VU’s Art & Design, English and Humanities departments came together on April 25 from inside...

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