The University’s history began as the dream of one man – John C. Moore – a resident of Moores Hill, Indiana (a small town west of Cincinnati). He wanted a college for his community, and he made it a reality on February 10, 1854, when the original charter for Moores Hill Male and Female Collegiate Institute was drafted. The college was the fifth co-educational college in the United States. Classes began September 9, 1856.

The college’s name was officially changed to Moores Hill College on September 20, 1887. In 1917 George Clifford, a prominent Evansville businessman who later became a University trustee, convinced the Indiana Conference of the Methodist Church that Moores Hill College should be moved to Evansville since it was the only city in Indiana without an accredited college within a 50-mile radius.

President: Christopher M. Pietruszkiewicz

Facilities:
Track, Open Gym, Floor Hockey, Cardio Room, Weight Room, Aerobics Room, Open Swim Pool, Fitness Center Courts, Inner Tube Basketball.

Courses Offered: Accounting, Athletic Training, Psychology, Political Science, Neuroscience, Biochemistry, Nursing, Pre-professional Health Programs, Archaeology, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Actuarial Science, Marketing, Statistics and Data Science, Philosophy, Clinical Laboratory Science, Computers in Science and Math (CiSM) certificate, Theatre, Baccalaureate to Doctor of Medicine.

Library: A collection of original cartoons by Karl Kae Knecht, long time Evansville Courier editorial cartoonist, was donated to the University of Evansville Archives by Knecht in 1962. He presented approximately 3,400 cartoons to UE, a small number of the more than 18,000 cartoons Knecht produced throughout his 54-year (1906-1960) career at the Courier.

Knecht’s excellence as an editorial cartoonist was recognized by newspaper editors throughout the United States and around the world. His cartoons were reprinted in the New York Evening Post, the Washington Herald, the Chicago Daily Tribune, Catholic Record, Christian Science Monitor, and the Liverpool (England) Post. Several of his cartoons have been used as illustrations in American history textbooks.

University of Evansville
1800 Lincoln Ave. Evansville, IN 47722

Tel: 812-488-2000
Email: uerelations@evansville.edu
Website: www.evansville.edu