Evansville Mayor Lloyd Winnecke will be talking with Paul Mattingly on WUEV’s Afternoon Jazz Flight today at 5 p.m. about the “We Are Evansville” campaign. Be sure to tune in to listen on your radio or via wuev.org to what is sure to be an interesting discussion.

The “We Are Evansville” campaign is a response to a recent Gallup Inc. study that ranked Evansville near the botton of a well-being index, prompting some to describe it as a “miserable” city. Mayor Winnecke is encouraging the entire Evansville community to join in the “We Are Evansville” campaign and counteract what he says is an inaccurate portrayal of the city.

The employee wellness nurse will be in Ridgway University Center lobby Monday, May 20, 1-3 p.m.  Stop by for any health care questions, to have your blood pressure or blood sugar checked, or to weigh.  Health care literature will also be available on several topics.

UE Libraries will be closed for Memorial Day on Monday, May 27th.  Libraries resume regular Summer Hours on May 28th.  Contact William Louden, University Librarian with questions at either 488.2376 or wflouden@evansville.edu.

It is time to renew “PAADS” (Pre-Approval Authorization for Distribution Services) forms for the new Fiscal Year 2013-14 period of June 1, 2013 through May 31, 2014.  Note: Employee status changes (Requestors and Approvers) during a fiscal year will void a PAADS and a new approved PAADS will be necessary.

The renewal process is simple.
1. Print, complete, obtain authorized signature and submit the form via campus mail to Doris Cook/Distribution Services/GS the PAADS form which is located on either of the following websites on AceLink Areas under Forms & Instructions at
• Copy Services website at  http://acelink/Areas/CopyServices/
• Central Receiving website at http://acelink/Areas/CentralReceiving/

For questions, contact Doris Cook at extension 1067 or email dc47.

Family, friends and loved ones of Dr. Marvin E. Hartig are pleased to announce the application process for the Dr. Marvin E. Hartig Memorial Scholarship.  This scholarship is dedicated to the loving memory of Dr. Hartig, Dean of Evansville College’s Evening College in 1967, and administrator for the Center for Advanced Study, director of the Evansville chapter of the American Institute of Banking (AIB), and the international student advisor.  In 1974, Dr. Hartig was appointed Dean of Academic Services.  He retired in 1984 after serving his alma mater for thirty-five years and passed away in 2007.

Applicants must be sophomores in 2013-14 and must show demonstrated financial need on the 2013-14 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Preference will be given to a student working while being enrolled as a full-time student.  

International students are also encouraged to apply and should include in their essay any particular factors impacting their financial need and how the scholarship money will benefit them since international students do not have FAFSA forms on file. 

Applicants must submit the completed application and a typed statement (not to exceed one page), describing themselves, their scholastic and career goals, why they need this scholarship, and how the scholarship proceeds might be used.   

Completed applications are to be sent to the Office of Financial Aid by June 1, 2013.  Decisions will be announced by August 1, 2013.    Applications may be emailed to financialaid@evansville.edu; or JL25@evansville.edu

Violinist Timothy Kantor, artist-in-residence at UE and member of the Eykamp String Quartet, will be featured this week on American Public Radio’s nationally aired program Performance Today as Young Artist in Residence. Kantor is also concertmaster of the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra and a founding member of the Larchmere String Quartet.  Listen on-line at http://performancetoday.publicradio.org/ or this week on WKYU (performance today airs weekdays at 8 p.m. C.T. (9 p.m. on Mondays).

Congratulations to Department of Creative Writing Professor Margaret McMullan whose introduction to Vanished by the Danube: Peace, War, Revolution, and Flight to the West by Charles Farkas was recently published by State University of New York (SUNY) Press. President Bill Clinton says it's "Evocative...Farkas pays tribute to the simple elegance of his native country in the years preceding WWII, while never sparing us the truth about the horrors to come. In his story we are reminded that resourcefulness and optimism can prevail even in the face of great struggle." Professor McMullan was a 2010 Fulbright Professor at the University of Pécs in Pécs, Hungary and currently holds the Melvin Peterson Endowed Chair in Literature and Writing.