Nearly 900 Sycamores traded in the descriptor of "student" for "graduate" at Indiana State University's winter commencement ceremony Saturday, Dec. 17 at Hulman Center.

Winter recess will begin Dec. 24 and extend to include Jan. 3. Offices will reopen Jan. 4.

If approved by the higher ed commission, the new engineering major would take effect fall 2017.

Indiana State University student and native Italian Margherita Berti had Sycamores serving up during Italian cooking classes at the Institute for Community Sustainability.

The awards are designed to recognize programs for exemplary assessment but also to help embed assessment in Indiana State's culture.

Grad-undergrad student duo are researching new mixtures to clean the surface of meat in preparation for packaging and shipping.

Third recipient of the Boulet Scholarship Tanner Smith hit it off right away with Larry and Buffy Boulet.

Registration is now open. For more information or to enroll, contact Crystal Myers at 812-237-2528 or crystal.myers@indstate.edu or go to unboundedpossibilities.com/csa.

A final search of the Science Building was completed at approximately 2:55 p.m., and again, nothing suspicious was located.

Senior marketing major Mikaella dela Pena will serve as the student speaker during winter commencement at 11:45 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 17 in the Hulman Center.