Design a logo for UE’s new Center for Innovation Engineering! This competition is open to all UE students! Cash prize!

The Center for Innovation Engineering (CIE) was founded in the summer of 2011 with the goal of instilling an entrepreneurial mindset in UE engineering students through the transformation of undergraduate engineering education. The CIE will aspire to enhance the skills of graduates of the College of Engineering and Computer Science and to foster direct collaboration with regional business.

CONSIDERATIONS
This will be the visual voice of what the Center for Innovation Engineering is. It must be unique and aesthetically pleasing. Keep it simple. The center serves to encourage and support innovation and invention in all UE students. It will provide opportunities for experiential learning and the development of new ideas and the furthering of technology throughout all disciplines.

The logo must be flexible.
• Must be able to enlarge or shrink the logo
• Must work well on the web
• Must service a wide range of applications

The logo will be used for letterhead, business cards, #10 envelopes, and additional marketing pieces.

The logo must be produced as a vector image, so only Adobe Illustrator may be used to create the logo. The dominant colors should be purple and gold.

TO SUBMIT:
Burn your files onto a CD marked clearly with your name, e-mail address, and telephone number. Bring your CD to the Office of Publications (Sampson Hall) by 5:00 p.m. on April 20.

If you have any questions, please e-mail publications@evansville.edu.

The center serves to encourage and support innovation and invention in all UE students. It will provide opportunities for experiential learning and the development of new ideas and the furthering of technology throughout all disciplines.
 

Today is the last day for students to vote for Senior Trustee on AceLink. Please vote for one of the four candidates before 5 p.m. today. The person selected will sit on the University of Evansville Board of Trustees for a three year term after graduating this May. Voting is open to all students.

The University will begin a modified summer schedule starting Monday, May 7 and ending Monday, August 6. 

Business hours for the campus will be adjusted during this period to 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. In all cases, the area supervisor is responsible for the scheduling decisions that will best meet the University’s and their respective department’s service requirements during business hours. We will return to regular hours on Monday, August 6.

The modified summer work schedule is incumbent on ensuring coverage to service our many constituencies. It is important to maintain our commitment and communication with students and their parents during the summer months. Your assistance in this regard is greatly appreciated. 
 

OSA Salad for Scholarships Sale is today (Wednesday, April 18) from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. on the East Plaza in front of Ridgway University Center (Rain location will be the lobby of Olmsted Hall).  You can purchase a Salad Trio, dessert and drink for $5.00.  Proceeds are used for scholarships awarded to UE students by the Office Staff Association each year.

UE's professional business fraternity, Delta Sigma Pi, will be holding a car wash fundraiser on Friday, April 13 from 3-6 p.m. at Grandy's in front of Eastland Mall on Green River Road inEvansville. Come support Delta Sigma Pi and get a car wash for donations only.

The University of Evansville Department of Theatre announces the final production of its 2011–2012 season - George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart’s Once in a Lifetime, opening at 7:30 p.m., Friday, April 13, in Shanklin Theatre.  Additional performances are at 7:30 p.m. on April 14, 19, 20, 21 and at 2:00 p.m. on April 15 and 22.

Once in a Lifetime is a comic extravaganza centered on the demise of the golden age of silent movies and the advent of the even more golden era of “talkies.”  Hilarity ensues as a trio of faltering vaudeville performers embarks upon a foolhardy scheme to pose as experts who train actors unaccustomed to speaking on screen—most of them beautiful with voices that sound like nails on a chalkboard. Opening on Broadway in 1930 to rave reviews, this timeless comedy is imbued with the quintessential wittiness of the Pulitzer Prize-winning duo Kaufman and Hart.  Audiences will howl with laughter as one wacky exploit unfolds into an even more rollicking escapade. Don’t miss this uproarious season finale!

UE Department of Theatre alumnus Wes Grantom guest directs this electric comedy.  Grantom, a 2003 graduate of the department, has worked extensively in regional theatre and on Broadway.  His credits include work at Berkshire Theatre Festival, Roundabout Theatre Company, Asolo Repertory Theatre and Williamstown Theatre Festival.  Additionally, Grantom has worked with fellow department graduates, Mat Smart, Adam Knight and Gretchen Neidert, to create New York-based theatre company Slant Theatre Project.

The design team for Once in a Lifetime includes costume design by senior Austin Pettinger;  lighting design by senior Brandon Bagwell; and sound design by junior Joshua Stallings. 

The cast includes junior Ryan Wesen as George Lewis; senior Elvin P. McRae as Jerry Hyland; freshman Sarah McAfee as May Daniels; senior Sarah Vogt as Susan Walker; senior Toby Brian Onwumere as Herman Glogauer; junior Beccah Dowden as Mrs. Walker; senior Ben Quinn as Lawrence Vail; senior Samantha Aneson as Helen Hobart; senior Cassandra Powell  as Phyllis Fontaine; senior John White as Rudolph Kammerling; and senior Kelsey Carlstedt as Florabel Leigh.

Ticket prices are $12 for adults and $11 for seniors, students and UE faculty. UE students may obtain one free student rush ticket beginning at noon on the day of the performance they wish to attend. Tickets may be purchased by calling (812) 488–2031, Monday through Friday, noon to 5 p.m.
 

The Student Activities Board Sunset Concert at the Ford Center featuring All Time Low will take place on Friday, April 20.

Students must reserve a ticket to be admitted. To reserve a ticket go to: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGppUS1BV1lSczNvM2FzSDRkOUhVZEE6MQ#gid=0

Additional guest ticket requests are now available. To reserve additional guest tickets you need to complete the form again with the number of additional tickets requested.

Reserved tickets can be picked up starting April 16 at the Carson Center ticket window.
 

Asian Culture Club and the Student Activities Board will present Global Poverty Awareness Benefit Concert featuring the "Give a Damn?" documentary with guests Dan Parris, David Peterka, and Rob Lehr. There will be an exciting Battle of the Bands event judged by the honorary guests, Henna, and great fun! Proceeds will go towards the selected nonprofit, When the Saints. It will be Friday, April 13, in the Large Gym in Carson Center at 6:00 pm. Contact Cyril Patra at cp134@evansville.edu if you have any questions or interest in volunteering.

 

Mass will be celebrated at 1:00 p.m. this Sunday with Fr. Anthony Vinson, O.S.B. presiding. The Chaplet of Divine Mercy will be led by Alexis Niese beginning at 12:45 p.m. Everyone is welcome!
 

Join us Thursday for I-House: Hungary with sophomore cognitive science major Karolina Toth. Learn about her fascinating country and lively hometown, Budapest. Bring your friends to enjoy the final I-House presentation and a special end-of-semester surprise on Thursday at 7:00 p.m. in the Class of 1959 Gallery upstairs in Ridgway University Center.
 

The annual Bookstore sidewalk sale will be Wednesday, April 18 outside the Ridgway University Center on the east side.  Great savings to be had on one-of-a-kinds, discontinued merchandise, odd sizes and other UE merchandise.  Come early for best selection.  Hours are 10 a.m.- 3 p.m., weather permitting.

 

Each staff employee and their guest is invited to attend the Staff Recognition Dinner at the Log Inn on Monday, April 23. The social hour (cash bar and appetizers) begins at 6 p.m. and dinner will begin at 7 p.m. Please join Dr. Kazee in the presentation of staff service awards, and for the presentation of the Staff Employee of The Year Award.  Please return your RSVP to Human Resources by Tuesday, April 17.

Want to win an Ipad? Come to Students in Leadership’s What Not to Wear: ACE Your Work Wardrobe Runway Show on Monday April 16 at 7 p.m. in Eykamp Hall, Ridgway University Center. Each ticket-holder will receive a free t-shirt and a chance to win awesome and job-oriented prizes - such as an Ipad! Buy your tickets on April 12, 13, and 16 for the cost of $3.00 in Ridgway University Center during lunch. Then come and join Students in Leadership, partnering with Delta Sigma Pi, for some helpful examples of outfits you can use to ACE your interview. Proceeds will be donated to the Evansville Christian Life Center to help low-income individuals recieve outfits for job interviews.

Everyone is invited to attend University Worship this Sunday as we welcome back to campus Rev. Kurt Stone who will serve as our guest preacher. Guest musician and UE music faculty member Ken Steinsultz, Euphonium, will accompany musical selections and hymns.  Coffee and donuts will be available at 10:00 a.m.

Kurt earned a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Evansville (1986) and a master of divinity degree from Saint Paul School of Theology (1998).  He is bi-vocational, working full-time at The Boeing Company in St. Louis, MO and serving part-time on staff at Troy United Methodist Church in Troy, IL.

His father, the Rev. Thomas Stone, worked at the University of Evansville, retiring in 2003 as Financial Aid Director. Kurt’s oldest daughter, Elizabeth, is currently a student at UE. She will graduate next month with a bachelor of music degree in music therapy. Kurt is married to Linda, and they have four children – Elizabeth (UE), Rachel (Purdue), Grace, and Daniel.

The Venturing Crew is going to the shooting range on Monday night. Meet at Ridgway University Center at 7 p.m. to carpool to the event. The cost is $10 and you must fill out an activity waiver on WebAdvisor prior to departure. This is a members only event, if you would like to become a member contact Nicky at nl22@evansville.edu.

Any other questions e-mail Hannah at hb70@evansville.edu .
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/#!/events/367857413258665/
 

All scholarship applicants must be present at the Zerah Priestly Carter Scholarship Luncheon on April 21, to be awarded a scholarship!  It starts at 12:00 p.m. in Eykamp 252, Ridgway University Center.  All awards will be announced during the luncheon!  Sondra Matthews’77, will be the guest speaker and there will be musical selections from the Bosse High School Ensemble   Free for UE students who RSVP by April 16 to alumni@evansville.edu or call 488-2586.

The University of Evansville is supporting the March of Dimes again this year by fielding a team in March for Babies.The event takes place on April 28 at Riverside Park.

"We have a great reason to walk," says Team Captain Becky Hamilton. "The money we raise will help fund research and programs that help moms have healthy pregnancies and babies start healthy lives. Every year, more than half a million babies are born too soon in the United States. Together we can change that statistic."

To register for this year’s walk or to simply make a donation to our UE team, go to  http://marchforbabies.org/ue and click “join this team.”

Your participation and support will save lives.

Rick Roop, a vice-president and portfolio manager of Donaldson Capital Management, will be talking to UE students in Room 170, Schroder Family School of Business Administration Building, at 4.00 p.m. on April 18. Donaldson Capital Management is an Evansville based money management firm which manages assets worth nearly 550 million dollars. Rick manages nearly 120 million dollars. He graciously accepted an invitation from Walayet A. Khan, professor of finance, to give a presentation titled, “Financial Markets in the 21st Century”. The event is open to the UE community and the public.

The 49th Annual Bike Race is planned for Saturday April 14. (weather permitting – the rain date will be Sunday April 15) The Women's Race is set for 10:30 a.m., and the Men's Race at 1:30 p.m. The Fitness Center will be closed during this event.
 

The University of Evansville Aces Dance Team invites all eligible students to audition for the Dance Team for the 2012-2013 season. Auditions will be held on April 21 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. and April 22 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The first day of auditions will consist of learning a short, choreographed dance and practicing technique. The second day will consist of showing examples of required technique, preforming the choreographed routine, showcasing 1 minute of original original choreography to music (this should be prepared prior to auditions), and a short interview. Auditions will be held in the Small Gym of the Carson Center.

Information about the 2012-2013 season will be provided at the call out meeting on April 16 from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. in Room 113 of the Carson Center.

A private or video audition may be arranged if needed and will be allowed at the discretion of the coaching staff.

There is a $20 audition fee. Please refrain from wearing baggy clothing during auditions. Footwear is required.

More information is available at gopurpleaces.com. Please contact Coach Arata at ma112@evansville.edu  or 502.689.4085 with any questions or concerns.

We hope to see you at auditions!
 

The Honors Program and HPSAC want to thank the Student Development Fund and everyone who supported “Nerd Wars”.  Through your team entry fees and monetary donations that evening, we were able to raise $478 for Albion Fellows Bacon Center.

The Office of Admission will have a photographer on campus for a photo shoot Monday, April 16, and Tuesday, April 17. UE students and faculty have always been very cooperative and accommodating during previous shoots. As a result, many great photos have been taken for UE publications. Kim McDonald will try to notify faculty in advance if photos will be taken in a particular class; however, weather often can force the shoot inside, and it is possible that last minute requests will be made. If faculty members know that they will be giving a test or do not wish to be bothered either of these days, please inform Kim McDonald at ext. 2683 and the classroom will be avoided.

Are you having trouble finding resources for your Poli Sci paper?  Perhaps you are researching the possible outcomes of Iran’s nuclear program on its standing in International affairs?  Are you looking for what scholars are saying about the latest news from Pakistan and Israel?  Columbia International Affairs Online or CIAO may be the database you need.

Content of CIAO includes:
* Working  and  white papers from leading research institutions and universities about current political issues around the world.
* Access to approximately 100 unique journal titles not found in other databases
* Access to case studies
* Course work, packs and syllabi from Political science classes of many educational levels

Explore CIAO.

Contact Kathy Bartelt (kb4@evansville.edu) or Shane White (sw69@evansville.edu) with questions about CIAO.

All UE residential facilities officially close at noon on the Thursday, May 3. However, students must officially check out of housing within 24 hours following their last exam. If you need to stay later, an Online Extended Request Form must be submitted by 5 p.m. on Reading & Study Day. These forms are available on the Residence Life Web site. There may be a $35 per night fee depending on the reason for staying. Graduating seniors and those participating in graduation may remain in housing until noon the day following commencement (but still must submit an extended stay request).
 

Consider taking a UE online course this summer. Check out these online courses to meet your needs. Visiting students can contact the Center for Adult Education Department (812-488-2981) for registration assistance.  For a detailed listing of ALL summer course offerings at UE, please visit http://www.evansville.edu/summersessions/

Summer I Online Courses:
ART 105 – Introduction to Visual Arts
ARTH 209 – Survey of Art II
BUS 380 – Leadership
CHEM 108 – Elementary Chemistry
COMM 380 – Intercultural Communication
EDUC 100 – History & Found of Amer Educ
EDUC 320 – Teach Strategies in K-12 Schools
EDUC 322 – Spec Need Stud K-12
EXSS 190 – Intro to Public Health
MATH 105 – College Algebra
MATH 221 – Calculus I
MATH 222 – Calculus II
MGT 280 – Leadership
MGT 311 – Mgmt Information Systems
MGT 377 – Organizational Behavior
MKT 325 – Principles of Marketing
PSCI 100 – World Politics
QM 227 – Introduction to Statistics
REL 150 – Intro New Testament
SOC 105 – Intro to Sociology

Summer II Online Courses:
ACCT 211 – Principles of Accounting II
ART 105 – Introduction to Visual Arts
BUS 380 – Social Media Strategy
COMM 130 – Intro to Communication
EDUC 320 – Teach Strategies in K-12 Schools
EDUC 516 – Adv Educ Technol & Application
EXSS 195 – Global Health Issues
HSA 414/514 – Health Care Mgmt & HR
HIST 111 – World History to 1500
MGT 310 – Production/Operations Mgmt
NUTR 280 – Nutrition in Health & Disease
PSCI 100 – World Politics
PSYC 416 – Human Sexuality
REL 130 – Christian Thought
SOC 230 – Social Problems Modern World
 

Students, will you be taking classes in Evansville or staying during the summer to work? If you need summer housing, come by the Office of Residence Life to pick up a summer housing application. UE summer housing will be located in Schroeder Hall. For more information about on-campus summer housing ask the Residence Life staff or visit the summer housing website. Applications for summer housing are due April 20. 

As you have probably read in previous issues of AceNotes, the Department of Art instituted a People's Choice Award this year, in conjunction with the 50th Annual Student Art Exhibition. The Student Exhibition is now closed, the ballots have been tallied and a winner has been determined. The Department of Art is very pleased and proud to announce that the 2012 winner of the People's Choice Award is UE senior Amanda Topper. The winning piece is her abstract, acrylic painting, Frosting Morning. Amanda is a visual vommunication major from Evansville, Indiana. The Department of Art would like to thank each of you who visited the Student Exhibition and placed a vote for helping to determine this award. Please join us in congratulating Amanda for her win.
 

Condolences to Angela Williams, assistant director of alumni and parent relations, on the death of her sister, Eileen V. Duncan, who died Friday, March 30 in Phoenix, AR.  Funeral services were held on Monday, April 9 at Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church, Phoenix, AR.

Starting a 12-game home stand, the University of Evansville baseball team welcomes Missouri Valley Conference foe Wichita State to Charles H. Braun Stadium this weekend for a three-game series that begins Friday at 6:00 p.m. The Aces bring a 20-13 overall record and 4-5 mark in the MVC into the clash, while the Shockers are 21-15 on the season and 4-2 in Valley play.

UE’s bullpen has inherited 34 runners this season and allowed just 10 of them to score. Josh Biggs and Jake Naumann have been the most efficient relievers, as Biggs has inherited 13 runners and allowed only two to score. Naumann has taken over 12 base runners, allowing three to come in.
Josh Biggs: 13/2
Jake Naumann: 12/3
Tyler Miller: 2/0
Zach Taylor: 6/4
Sam Johns: 1/1

The Aces are 15-0 this spring when they lead after the seventh inning. UE has given up just five runs in the ninth inning, while scoring 25 runs themselves in the frame – the most of all innings.

Freshman Kyle Pollock and sophomore Jake Mahon enter the weekend riding an eight-game and six-game hitting streak, respectively. The eight straight games marks Pollock’s longest streak of the season. In addition, Pollock has hit in each of the last eight Valley contests. Mahon has also reached base in the last 11 consecutive games, marking UE’s longest current streak.

Wichita State and Evansville lead the Valley in stolen bases and attempts. The Shockers rank first with 59 stolen bases in 82 attempts, followed by the Aces who have swiped 56 in 72 tries.

Freshman Kyle Freeland tossed a gem Sunday afternoon at Abe Martin Field, leading Evansville to a 6-2 win over Southern Illinois in the final game of the three-game series. Freeland (3-3) threw seven innings, allowing one run, four scattered hits, two walks, while striking out four in his third win of the season. The southpaw hurled four perfect frames in the outing, and gave up just two hits out of the infield. In Valley play, Freeland improved his record to 2-1 with a 1.23 earned run average.

Freshman designated hitter Kyle Pollock led Evansville with a .444 batting average and .556 slugging percentage with two doubles on the week, piloting the Aces to wins over SIU Edwardsville and Southern Illinois. Extending his hitting streak to seven games, Pollock recorded three multi-hit games with three runs scored and two runs batted in, going 3-for-4 vs. the Cougars and went 2-for-5 in each of the final two contests at SIU. Pollock also was perfect on the base paths, stealing two bags. The Clinton, Ohio native raised his Valley average to .298.

Faced with their first possible sweep, Evansville bounced back Sunday to top Southern Illinois, 6-2, to hold UE’s longest winless streak to just two games this spring. Evansville is 3-3 in weekend series of three or four games, neither sweeping nor being swept in any of them.

After playing eight straight road games, Evansville returns home to play 12 consecutive contests at Braun Stadium starting this weekend. The Aces own a 12-8 record on the road and 8-4 mark in Evansville.

Evansville logged its 20th win of the season at SIU Sunday in UE’s 32nd game of the season. The Aces are off to their best start since 2007 and an even hotter start than the 2006 team that went on to win the MVC title and three regional games.

Evansville owns a 7-1 record this season on games played on Tuesday or Wednesday. UE is 3-0 on Tuesdays and 4-1 on Wednesdays.

Senior Trentt Copeland enters the weekend with 192 career hits. He needs eight more to become the 24th member of UE’s 200-hit club.

The Aces lead the MVC and rank 13th in the nation with 40 sacrifice bunts this season and also ranks second in the Valley for stolen bases with 56. Tim Bodine leads the league with eight sac bunts while Eric Stamets leads the MVC with 21 swiped bags.

Three active UE pitchers have recorded complete games in their careers, and they all happen to be left-handed. Sophomore Cole Isom has hurled three, including one this season versus Indiana State (3/23). Isom took the tough-luck 2-0 loss, allowing two runs nine hits, a walk, and struck out five. Freshman Kyle Freeland recorded a three-hit complete game shutout at Creighton (4/1) with six strikeouts, while Josh Biggs is UE’s only other hurler who has tossed all nine, being done vs. Saint Louis on April 12th, 2011. He allowed four runs, five hits, a walk, and stuck out six.

Head Coach Wes Carroll recorded his 100th career win versus Indiana State (3/24) in UE’s 3-2 walk-off victory. Carroll has led his squad to above .500 records in each of the last two seasons, going 32-27 in 2010 and 28-25 in 2011, and posted the second-highest victory total by a first-year baseball coach at Evansville with 25 wins in 2009. Carroll, a 2001 Evansville graduate, is in his fourth season at the helm with a 105-95 record.

Kevin Kaczmarski and Jason Hockemeyer co-rank second in the MVC with three triples apiece this season. Kaczmarski recorded one in three consecutive games from 3/18-3/23. Hockemeyer recorded his third in UE’s win at SIUE (4/3) -- a two RBI triple in the sixth inning. Kaczmarski, Hockemeyer, and Trentt Copeland all have three career triples to their name.

Trentt Copeland continues to move up the career doubles list, now with 52 after recording a two-bagger vs. SIUE (4/3) to lead off a three-run sixth inning. Copeland now ranks eighth all-time, tied with Rob Maurer (1986-88). He needs two more to move into seventh, and three more to become sixth.

Leading the Valley and ranking 16th in the nation, sophomore Jake Mahon has been plunked 13 times this year, already surpassing his season total in 2011 (12) that marked a team-high last year. Mahon was hit at SIUE(4/3), representing the first HBP after an eight-game break. In the first 20 games, the sophomore was hit 12 times.

In game 17 of the season at Austin Peay (3/14), freshman Kyle Pollock recorded both his first home run of this career and the first long ball hit by an Ace this year. Trentt Copeland’s solo shot at Creighton (4/1) marked the only other homer on the team this year. Both Copeland and Eric Stamets lead the active players with six home runs each in their careers.

Eric Stamets, who has stolen 21 bases in 24 attempts this season, ranks 10th in the nation for steals. He also currently ranks third in program history with 91 steals (91-112) in just his third year of play. Stamets needs three more to tie Ryan Brownlee (1994-97) in second place. Aaron Pembroke (1995-98) holds UE’s record with 106 career steals.

Evansville returns 12-of-13 pitchers from last season and also adds three newcomers to the staff, including Kyle Freeland, a 35th round pick by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2011 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.

For the second consecutive year, shortstop Eric Stamets was named to the Missouri Valley Conference preseason all-conference team, voted on by the league’s eight head coaches. Stamets, a junior from Dublin, Ohio, projects to be one of the best shortstops in the nation this year. Last season, Stamets hit .292 with a team-high 51 runs scored and 27 stolen bases. Defensively, he led the Aces with 181 assists and helped the squad to a program-best .977 fielding percentage with a record-low 48 errors as a team. In addition, Stamets turned heads in the summer, playing for the Hyannis Harbor Hawks and was named a Cape Cod League All-Star. Stamets was a consensus Freshman All-American and the MVC Freshman of the Year in 2010.

After this weekend’s series, the Aces host SIU Edwardsville for a midweek non-conference contest Wednesday before welcoming Dayton of the A-10 to Braun Stadium for three next weekend.