WVUT launches youth career series, hosts free premiere in Vincennes

WVUT-TV will launch its new youth-focused series, People in Your Neighborhood, with a free premiere at 5:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, June 6, at the Lothian and Red Skelton Gallery of Fine Art inside the Red Skelton Museum of American Comedy, 20 W. Red Skelton Blvd., Vincennes.

The event is open to families, educators and community members of all ages. WVUT says the evening will include refreshments, photo opportunities and an exhibit of the series curriculum, and the first 25 episodes will debut at the premiere. RSVPs are appreciated but not required, and people can email Allyson Bowers at allyson.bowers@vinu.edu.

The series is built around a simple idea with big local value: show children the kinds of work available in their own communities, not just distant careers that feel out of reach. The episodes highlight a wide range of jobs, including journeyman lineman, robotics engineer, artist, manufacturing worker, production line worker, podcaster, museum director, attorney and website designer. For Dubois County families, that mix mirrors the region’s broader workforce, where students may one day move between trades, technical work, public service, creative fields and office-based careers.

Each episode also includes artwork created by local child artists, giving the project a classroom feel as well as a broadcast one. WVUT says the accompanying curricula will be on display at the premiere and are meant to support daycare and classroom learning, which could make the series especially useful for teachers, childcare providers and after-school programs trying to connect lessons to real jobs.

Bowers, WVUT Television’s education and community engagement coordinator, is helping lead that outreach. Her role puts the station’s education mission in direct contact with children, schools and families across the region, where career awareness often starts long before a student begins thinking about college or training.

The premiere also arrives as Vincennes University marks a turning point for WVUT-TV. The university says the station has provided programming and services since 1968, and it will conclude its PBS affiliation on June 30, 2026. The station says People in Your Neighborhood will be available at wvut.org, extending the project beyond one night in Vincennes and into homes, classrooms and childcare settings across southwestern Indiana.