Dr. Robert Dickeson and Julie Naster of Academic Strategy Partners will be on campus Tuesday, October 15, and Wednesday, October 16, to hold a series of meetings relevant to the institutional prioritization process.  During their visit, they have reserved two times for “Open Office” conversations. This is an important opportunity for the UE community—faculty, staff, and administrators - to talk with the consultants about the prioritization process. Open Office times are scheduled as follows:

Tuesday, October 15
8:30 – 10:00 a.m.
Dunigan Lounge (Room 160)
Schroeder Family School of Business Building

Wednesday, October 16
2:30 – 4:00 p.m.
Dunigan Lounge (Room 160)
Schroeder Family School of Business Building

Members of the UE family are encouraged to drop by as their schedule allows and talk with the consultants about UE’s prioritization process.
 

You are invited to view the retrospective exhibit "Multi Facets of Professor Brown" at the Melvin Peterson Gallery, on view until October 25. The gallery is open Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday from noon -3 p.m. and Wednesday and Thursday from noon-6 p.m. For more information please contact the Art Department at 488-2043.

All members of the campus and local community are encouraged to attend I-House: Ecuador. I-House features a different international student each week sharing their story of life in their country. This week, Francis Prexl-Orti will discuss what her life is like in Ecuador. Attendees will learn about culture, lifestyle, food, and so much more. Bring your friends to enjoy the presentation this Wednesday at  7pm on the second floor of Ridgway University Center in the Class of 1959 Gallery.

Neil Stowe, a financial advisor, will be speaking to UE students at 4.00 p.m. in Smythe Lecture Hall (Room 170), Schroeder Family School of Business Building on October 21. The title of his presentation will be, “The Wide World of Investments.”  Stowe graciously accepted an invitation to speak to UE students from Professor of Finance Walayet A. Khan. The event is open to public.

Stowe is a financial advisor at Thacker, Charnes, Stowe and Associates, a private wealth advisor practice at Ameriprise Financial. He graduated from UE in 2002 majoring in finance and also has a master’s degree. He is a Certified Financial Planner™ and a Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor™.
 

The University of Evansville Music Therapy Association is collecting small new stuffed animals to give to children having their blood drawn in order to improve the experience. They are collecting throughout the month of October with collection bins in Ridgway University Center, Schroeder School of Business Building, Krannert Fine Arts Building, and Graves Hall. Please donate.

This is a reminder of the United States Postal Service (U.S.P.S.) closing on Columbus Day, Monday, October 14. Please note UE's Mail Services will not be able to pick up mail from U.S.P.S. on Monday, October 14. The next UE Mail Services mailing (post-marked) date is Tuesday, October 15.
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For mailing questions, contact Mail Services at extension 2197.

Fitness Center Fall Break Hours are as follows:
Friday October 11 - 6:30 am to 7:00 pm
Saturday October 12 - Closed
Sunday October 13 - Closed
Monday October 14 - 8:00 am to 7:00 pm
Tuesday October 15 - 8:00 am to 7:00 pm
Wednesday October 16 - regular hours resume
There will be no Fitness Classes October 14- October 18

UE Libraries will observe the following schedule of hours during the Autumn Recess. Contact William Louden, University Librarian, with questions at 488.2376 or wflouden@evansville.edu.

* Friday, 10/11/13: 7:30am-5:00pm
* Saturday, 10/12/13: CLOSED
* Sunday: 10/13/13: CLOSED
* Monday, 10/14/13: 7:30am-5:00pm
* Tuesday: Resume Regular Hours
 

The “Copy Services Request Form (CSR)” has been revised and improved to include the new Marketing object code and the latest UE Logo. Please discard all previous versions of the CSR form and use only the version with “Revised: 9/2013” located on the bottom left the CSR form. The revised form is located on the Copy Services website at http://acelink/Areas/CopyServices/ or the Purchasing website at http://acelink/Areas/Purchasing/. As of November 1, CSR’s submitted using old forms will be returned.

In addition, the “Copy Services Guidelines & Instructions”, and “Copy Services Request (CSR) Submission Options” have been revised along with a revised “Copy Services Instructional Request Form”.
 

The 4th annual United Way Used Book Sale will be October 16-17. Donation boxes for books are in the following locations:

President's Office (Olmsted Hall)
Human Resources (Olmsted Hall)
Dean of A&S's Office (Hyde Hall)
Theatre Department Office (Hyde Hall)
Music Department Office (Krannart Fine Arts Building)
Publications (Sampson Hall)
Schroeder Family School of Business Area Offices
Igleheart Building
Biology Department Office (Koch Center)
Library
Career Services (Ridgway University Center)
Multimedia Center (Graves Hall)
Athletics Office (Carson Center)

All genres are welcome except textbooks! If you have a large number of books to donate, please contact Meg Atwater-Singer at ma35/x2487.

Robert Dion, chairperson of the Department of Law, Politics and Society, was a featured speaker at the recent Latino Summit held at the Southern Indiana Career and Technical Center. The event was attended by hundreds of business and community leaders from across the Tri-State and beyond. Professor Dion spoke on the challenges and opportunities that come with the expanding political power of the Latino community in the United States. There are about 400,000 people of Hispanic origin living in Indiana currently, and census data show that nearly 82 percent of the growth in Indiana's overall population in the 21st Century can be attributed to Latinos.

The Purple Aces volleyball team put up a strong effort in their attempt to rally from an 0-2 deficit, but UNI proved to be too much as the Panthers took a 3-0 victory over the Aces on Friday night at the Carson Center.

Ashley Ring posted a team-high six kills for Evansville (6-12, 1-6 MVC) and also tallied 10 digs. Katie Klages led UE with 11 digs. Macy Ubben and Leigh Pudwill led the Panthers (13-5, 5-1 MVC) with 12 kills apiece. Kinsey Caldwell posted 36 assists and 13 digs. Amie Held led all players with 21 digs.

The Panthers rolled early in game one, jumping out to a quick 11-1 lead as Ubben recorded three early kills while finishing with seven in the set. A Ring kill ended the run before she finished with three for the set. The Aces got as close as nine tallies at 16-7, but UNI proved to be too much, hitting .517 on their way to a 25-10 win.

UNI tallied the opening two points of the second frame before Evansville scored a pair to tie it back up. The Panthers retook the lead and went up 8-3 before a 4-1 stretch saw Evansville get back within a pair at 9-7 on a pair of Panther errors. That would be as close as UE would get as UNI scored the next six points en route to a 25-15 win. Leading UNI in the frame was Pudwill, who had six kills.

Behind a solo block by Meaghan Holmes, the Aces scored the opening two points 4-1 before the Panthers fought back to tie it up at 6-6. From there, the Aces began to take control of the game. Two kills by Ashley Ring helped Evansville grow an advantage of 14-10 before reaching five at 17-12 on a double block by Lauren Seyller and Rachel TenHoor.

After the Aces took their largest edge, UNI came right back with five in a row to tie it up at 17-17. A Seyller kill ended the rally and put UE back on top, but the Panthers had an answer as Kinsey Caldwell found an open space in the Aces defense and recorded a kill to give them a 19-18 lead. They would hang on from there, taking a 25-21 win.
 

The Aces Softball team will be hosting walk-on tryouts on Thursday, October 24. You must be registered with the NCAA Clearinghouse in order to tryout. Any interested students need to see Assistant Coach Christine Sheridan in the softball office in the Carson Center for more information.