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Events were held all over campus and throughout the City of Vincennes Thursday as part of Blazers Give Day.

Blazers Give Day raises $60,000

Keagan Schaefer April 7, 2026

Students, faculty, community members, and Vincennes University alumni gathered on Thursday for the sixth annual Blazer’s Give Day. Blazer’s Give Day is a 24-hour fundraising event that encourages...

Thursday's Vincennes University Counseling Center Health Fair had a Wizard of Theme, complete with a yellow brick fair.

Counseling center hosts health fair

Keagan Schaefer March 26, 2026

Students, faculty and community members on Thursday gathered for the annual Vincennes Counseling Center Health Fair. Inside the Jefferson Student Union, 16 different organizations each set up their...

A student participates in a craft at a Lunar New Year celebration held on Feb. 17 at the Jefferson Student Union.

Campus celebrates Lunar New Year

Keagan Schaefer, Staff reporter March 2, 2026

Last month marked the passing of Lunar New Year into the the Year of the Horse, and it did not go unnoticed on campus. On Feb. 17, an event was held in recognition of Lunar New Year in the Jefferson...

With two days out of school, VU students spent their snow days trying to keep busy. These students passed the time by constructing a 13-foot tall minion.

Snow days

Joshua Smith, Editor February 6, 2026

As Indiana experienced inclement weather these past weeks, closing schools across the state, students on the Vincennes University campus found different ways to pass the time in these frigid temperatures. “I...

'Little Shop of Horrors' opens next week

‘Little Shop of Horrors’ opens next week

Joshua Smith October 22, 2025

This fall semester, the Vincennes University Theatre Department will be putting on a production of “Little Shops of Horrors,” the department's first musical back on campus. The hit dark comical commercial...

Spooky season is here!

Spooky season is here!

Joshua Smith October 22, 2025

As fall leaves fill the sidewalks and the cold breeze gazes at the town, the campus is starting to feel the spooky season. During the remainder of October, the campus will be having things students...

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!!    

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