View Comments EVANSVILLE, Ind. — The University of Southern Indiana, like many others, celebrated its first in-person commencement ceremonies this weekend, a year after a global pandemic prompted cancellations and virtual graduations. At the Romain College of Business ceremony Saturday morning, former marketing and economics student Megan Brune said graduation closed out "a really unique year." "It's really nerve-wracking," she said, waiting in the Screaming Eagles Arena for the ceremony to begin. "... It feels like it's like the culmination of the end and you're just kind of like, 'Oh gosh, what do I do now?' But it's very exciting." Of more than 1,800 eligible graduates, more than 1,100 members of the class of 2021 registered to participate in 11 ceremonies over three days. That includes students graduating with doctoral, master, bachelor and associate degrees, as well as post-master and post-bachelor certificates.