We were visiting the Skelton Museum next door when we saw there was going to be a Veterans Ceremony…read moretoday so we decided to attend to honor our Veterans. It was a stirring ceremony. It was also attended by Red Skelton's wife.

In our house, we preach state schools to our kids becasue we're not interested in any of the family…read moretaking on more education debt than absolutely necessary to earn a degree. So we make sure that we visit all the state schools in Indiana to find out what the campuses look like and what their culture is like. Vincennes University is a smaller university in southwest Indiana. The campus is very walkable. I think you'd be hard-pressed to be late to classes on a campus so compact. Some of the buildings have clearly had recent upgrades, while others were in the middle of construction when we visited. It was odd that the campus tour didn't include visiting any dorms or the student center. We saw on their website that they have a really nice recreation center too, which we weren't invited to see. But we did get to enjoy our gratis lunch in their dining hall, which was really nice. At the time of our visit, one of our kids was interested in cosmetology, for which Vincennes has a program. Now I know I said the campus is pretty compact, but the cosmetology salon where the students gain their practical experience is actually way off campus, in downtown Vincennes. It's a really old facility. I hope they secure some funding to update it soon, because it was really quite decrepit. Staff and student volunteers (ambassadors?) were really warm and welcoming though throughout the entire program. The staff made sure to answer all of our questions and the students all seemed very happy with their choice to attend and it was palpable. That's important to me as a parent.