Ace Purple has made it to the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley Conference Mascot Madness competition. Vote for Ace today against LU Wolf from Loyola to move on to the semi finals tomorrow. Polls are open until 4:00 p.m. today.

Vote here: https://www.facebook.com/MissouriValleyConference/app_126231547426086
 

100 complimentary tickets will be provided to UE's full time administration, faculty, and staff on a first-come, first-served basis for contemporary jazz keyboard player, Alex Bugnon. Alex Bugnon will be performing at the Victory Theatre on Friday, July 11 at 7:00 p.m. This event is being presented by Venuworks Diversity Council. Local talents, The Browne Sisters, will be joining Bugnon as the opening act. Tickets are available for pick up in the Center for Student Engagement on the second floor of Ridgway University Center until Friday at noon. 

The nurse will be on campus every Wednesday in July, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., in Ridgway University Center. Please stop by with your health care questions/concerns or for checks of your blood pressure/weight/body massindex/body fat percentage. 

Each February at Founders Day, the Alumni Association presents four awards to individual alumni who’ve made great achievements in their careers and in service to others and UE. The Alumni Awards Committee of the UE Alumni Association Board of Directors is now seeking nominations for the following awards:

Distinguished Alumnus Award
Young Alumnus Award
Samuel Orr Honorary Alumnus Award
Edie Bates Volunteer Service Award

Find out more about these awards, view a list of past recipients and link to the nomination form, visit http://www.evansville.edu/alumni/alumniAwards.cfm.

Nomination deadline is August 25. 

The Office of Safety and Security is pleased to announce the promotion of Heroshi Milan to Night Sergeant and Brittney Robertson to Corporal, effective July 2. Congratulations to both of them!

Kathleen M. Murphy, PhD, MT-BC, assistant professor of music therapy, will be presenting at the World Congress of Music Therapy, in Krems an der Donau, Austria July 8-12. Murphy will be one of 5 music therapists participating in the Pre-Congress Seminar Music and Time: International Perspectives. She will be focusing on time as it relates to music therapy and addiciton treatment. 

Former University of Evansville men’s basketball player Troy Taylor has inked his first professional deal as the point guard signed a deal to play for the London Lightning of the National Basketball League (NBL) of Canada.

“I am so excited to get this opportunity, I have been working very hard for this and it means a lot to see the work pay off,” Taylor said.

One of the most energetic players in recent memory, Taylor has shown that same energy since his graduation. It was his persistence that got him the opportunity, which has been in the works for a few weeks.

“I contacted the general manager on my own and threw all kinds of stats at him from my time at UE,” Taylor added. “I hoped he would get back with me and he did just that, I am very thankful.”

Purple Aces head coach Marty Simmons is proud of the chance that Taylor will have in playing for one of the top teams in the NBL.