Associate Professor of Archaeology Jennie Ebeling will present the results of the 2013 field season at Jezreel in "The View from Jezebel's Window: Recent Archaeological Discoveries at Jezreel, Israel" on Sunday, August 18 at 7:00 pm at Temple Adath B'nai Israel, 8440 Newburgh Road. Refreshments to follow. For four weeks in May-June, Ebeling and Jezreel co-director Norma Franklin of the University of Haifa led a team of approximately 35, including 12 UE students and alumni, in the excavation of Jezreel, in Israel's Galilee. The team uncovered remains of occupation dating back 4,500 years as well as a very large and well-preserved Iron Age winery dating to the period when Ahab and Jezebel lived at Jezreel ca. 9th century B.C.E. Learn about these and other exciting finds - as well as our plans for the future - this Sunday evening.

The 2013 Cardholder SDG2 Pcard Training Sessions will be:

Thursday, August 15 from.9:00–11:00 a.m.

Tuesday, September 10 from. 2–4:00 p.m.

Thursday, October 10 from. 9:00–11:00 a.m.

Tueday, November 12 from. 2:00–4:00 p.m.

Thursday, Dec 12 from. 9:00–11:00 a.m.

All the sessions will be in the Physical Plant Conference Room.

For more information, call Kim Winsett at 488-2940 or email kw83@evansville.edu

Matthew Knoester, assistant professor of education, and Mari Plikuhn, assistant professor of sociology, presented their paper “Social Aspects of Literacy Development in the Lives of First-Generation College Graduates” at the 108th Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association in New York, NY. Plikuhn also presented her paper “Creating Embedded Assessments to Make Your Teaching Life Easier,” and served as a panelist on the experiences of early-career faculty.

Assistant Professor of Music Therapy Kathy Murphy was recently interviewed on the use of music therapy in substance abuse treatment by Joshua Gordon, editor for AllTreatment, a comprehensive online resource for addiction recovery. The interview may found at: http://www.alltreatment.com/music-therapy-for-drug-addiction

UE biology major Emmy Ogawa recently presented her work on the function of stress calls in geckos at the 50th annual meeting of the Animal Behavior Society in Boulder, CO. Her poster was co-authored with Dr. Noah Gordon (Biology) and titled "Variation in acoustic properties of the stress calls of the sand gecko Stenodactylus sthenodactylus." This fall Emmy plans to submit this work for publication. Dr. Gordon also presented work co-authored with UE biology students Mackenzie Powell and Allison Young titled "Variations in testosterone levels and dispersal distance of male gray treefrogs (Hyla versicolor)."

University of Evansville head coach Mark Redburn and his staff have announced that they will be holding a fall Elite Camp August 25 from 12 to 4 p.m. at Cooper Stadium. The camp is open to high school athletes only and space is limited. The camp will simulate a typical college practice and will include drills for baserunning, hitting, throwing and defense, before concluding with a live scrimmage. The cost for the camp is $50 per camper. Campers should bring their own equipment, including a glove, cleats, tennis shoes, bat, helmet and catcher’s gear. In the event of inclement weather, the camp will be held at the indoor training facility near Cooper Stadium. Any questions about the elite camp should be directed to assistant coach Christine Sheridan. She can be reached by phone at 812-488-2123 or by email at cs309@evansville.edu.