EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - University of Evansville officials, donors, and community partners gathered on campus for a “Be The Light” celebration Friday.

The event honored strides the university is making in the mental health field, along with the generous donations needed to get there.

“One of the things that we’ve constantly heard about is the stigmas associated with mental health,” Chris Pietruszkiewicz, President of University of Evansville, said. “And hopefully this light tonight, both figuratively and literally, is able to demonstrate that there is light at the end of the tunnel. And that we have the ability through our students, our clinicians, to be able to help people through very difficult times.”

They announced a new partnership between UE, Indiana University School of Medicin

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