Arts and Culture

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Next up is Perci, a senior theater major who’s also minoring in French and Africana studies. She hails from Montgomery, Alabama, and you’ve gotta hear why she chose the University of Southern Indiana and how she found comfort learning about diverse cultures through the arts here on campus. Perci, I know you’re not shy about taking center stage. You are on.

– Thanks Alex. Hey all. Now, I know you’re wondering what a girl from Alabama is doing so far from home. Well, I always knew my college search that I wanted to move away. I just didn’t know how far. While the warm welcoming community is what initially drew me to USI, it was hard not to fall in love when I found out about all of the rich cultural experiences available to us here. Like our McCutchan Arts Center, our Pace Galleries and our state of the art theater located here on campus. Our USI theater produces a host of productions for the USI community and community at large to enjoy. Within our college of liberal arts, we offer a plethora of ways for students to express themselves and learn about the world around them. We even offer a host of foreign languages for students as another way for them to learn about the cultures of the world. Now, theater performances and visual arts aside, our university offers a host of diversity events and presentations for students to enjoy some of which are put on by our multicultural center where students can always find a warm and inclusive face for all of our diverse student populations. It was just the place that I needed to adjust for being seven hours away from home. One of my favorite events that we do every year is our international food expo sponsored by our center for international programs, where our students can and share their cultural diversity, their cuisine, and their customs with students here at USI. Here at USI, we strive for knowledge for life or as the French would say, . As a senior, I couldn’t imagine learning all that I’ve learned. I’ve learned so much about the cultures of the world around me, but more than anything I’ve learned about myself. How to be brave, bold, and courageously me and I’m forever grateful for that. And it’s all because USI. Well, that’s my USI story. Back to you, Alex.

– Perci, thank you for taking us through your experiences in the arts and culture here at USI. Your story about finding an inclusive support system with the multicultural center staff and learning about other cultures is truly, truly inspiring. And the big stage fits you very, very well. Take care, Perci.