Spring is upon us! That means it's time for the Employee Spring Healthy Behavior Challenge. This year, we're doing the Biggest Loser Weight Loss Challenge! Earn a one-time $150 in HRA credits (if you did NOT participate in the Summer or Fall Healthy Behavior Challenges) for completing the challenge all the way through!

This challenge is designed to help motivate participants to take on healthier lifestyle choices and pursue health-driven weight loss. No extreme dieting is encouraged with this program. Have FUN, stay positive, and join your team members in making healthier lifestyle changes!

8-WEEK CHALLENGE

• All employees & spouses are welcome to participate!
• Teams must be between 4-8 individuals.
• Entry fee is $5.00 (cash only please). Please submit your buy-in to Lori Leduc in HR.
• Initial weigh-in must be completed the week of March 13th - 16th.
• Only 1 missed weigh-in is allowed.
• No extreme dieting or supplementing for drastic weight loss is permitted.

WEIGH-IN INFO

• Weekly weigh-ins will take place at the clinic:Monday - Thursday from 8:00am - 12:00pm.

PRIZES

• 1st, 2nd & 3rd place (male & female)
• 1st place team

Sign up by clicking this link and filling out the required information: https://forms.gle/fdD5BA7wvDkP4nMX6

Have a question? Email Taylor at taylor.kollak@ascension.org!

Spring Break 2023

Venturing Crew will be Chasing Waterfalls in beautiful Tennessee for Spring Break 2023. Join us as we explore some of the region’s most beautiful and picturesque waterfalls.

Sign up in Ridgway today thru Wednesday 11-1 and 4-6 at table #3.
The cost is $75 and can be paid via cash, check Venmo.

The Krannert Gallery will host the Mixed-Media Marriage exhibit by artists Brooke Congleton Wheeler & Scott Wheeler from February 26 - April 2, 2023. Please join us for the artists reception on Thursday, March 16 at 6:30 p.m. in the Krannert Gallery.

"College Taboos: Hangovers, Sex, and More!" is a campus-wide educational and interactive community fair put on by senior nursing students. The event will take place on Thursday, March 2nd in Eykamp from 4:30pm-7:00pm.

The schedule for the night is as follows:
How to Avoid a Hangover 4:30-5 pm
Q and A with Nursing Students 5:00-5:45 pm
On and Off Campus Resource Booths 5:45-7 pm

Anonymous questionnaire for students to ask questions on sex, alcohol, relationship violence, etc.: https://forms.gle/aar166LjY1jw1MSN7

Ask your professor if they are offering extra credit. There will be prizes for attending!

How are classes going? Have you been getting the grades you need to? Starting to get worried? It might be time to try something new!

Stop by the Solution Station table in Ridgway today to hear about what you can do (and what help you can get!) now that we're at midterms. Pick up a planner, too - it's never too late to get organized!

Solution Station
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Ridgway University Center

The entire college edition of Science Direct is now available. From foundational science to new and novel research, SD offers a large collection of books and journals covering a range of disciplines, from the theoretical to the applied. The expanded content now covers medical subjects, Psychology, Sociology, Biology, Chemistry, and Cognitive Science. Access SD here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/ For assistance or additional information contact Danielle at dw56.

Hello UE!

Did you know?

• 8% of UE Freshman Survey respondents in Fall 2022 have sought counseling for Disordered Eating before coming to UE?
• 12% of UE Freshman Survey respondents in Fall 2022 indicated they frequently to almost always have engaged in eating behaviors other people would be concerned about (i.e., binging/purging, severe food restriction, excessive exercise)?
• 33% of UE Freshman Survey respondents in Fall 2022 indicated they frequently to almost always worry about their body not being small/thin, muscular/strong, or good enough?

Monday, February 27th - Sunday, March 5th, is the National Eating Disorders Association’s (NEDA) Eating Disorder Awareness Week (EDAW 2023).

Counseling and Disability Services is collaborating with NEDA to provide information and awareness to the UE Community.

We will have a table in Ridgeway on Wednesday, March 1st from 11-2 providing resources regarding Eating Disorders and Body Positivity. We would like to invite you to wear BLUE and/or GREEN on Wednesday 3/1/23 to show support for Eating Disorder Awareness.

If you would like to learn more about NEDA and/or Eating Disorders, please see the link to NEDA’s website below:

https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/

Students who may be struggling or want to be proactive about their mental health and wellbeing, please feel free to contact the Office of Counseling Services if you wish to speak with a counselor (even if it is just once!) about any challenges you may be facing at this time. As a reminder, our services are available to students at no additional cost and are available Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. during the fall and spring semesters. Contact us by phone, email, or in person today to set up a time to meet!

If you would like to seek out other local/virtual resources for help with mental health and wellbeing, you can visit thriving campus:

https://evansville.thrivingcampus.com/

Employees who wish to connect with support for mental and emotional health, please refer to the University’s Employee Assistance Program, which can be accessed by contacting 1-888-293-6948.

CRESCENT MAGAZINE is committed to helping you bring your products and services to University of Evansville students and the UE campus community to meet your advertising needs.

CRESCENT MAGAZINE is published 4 to 6 times during the academic year, beginning in September 2023 and ending with the April 2024 issue. Printed issues circulation is 1,200, with distribution to 18 campus locations. 1 -3 print issues will be produced each semester. The number of print issues may vary. Every production has a digital issue hosted on the Crescent website. Crescent.evansville.edu In addition to your print ad, included with your purchase is a smaller version of your ad that is posted on Crescent Magazine’s Facebook and Instagram page, and Twitter feed. Posts coincide with the month where you have placed advertising with the magazine. Your ad is cycled from the publication date until the next month’s cycle of ads begins. For an additional charge your ad can be designed for web placed on our website in prominent positions with your website link in an appropriate call to action.

Learn more about advertisting with Crescent Magazine.

The Office of Youth Programs has opened registration for UE Summer Camps 2023! This summer, we are offering Dance Camp, the Wesley Shepard Music Camp, Exploring Art at UE (Grades 2-5 & Grades 6-8), STEM Camp, Clay Camp, Springboard, Pride Camp, and Journey to Justice. To find out more, please visit our website.

We are offering a 50% discount to UE Employees that would like to register their youth. To receive this discount, please email us at youthprograms@evansville.edu BEFORE registering. Please include your name, title, list youth(s)’s name and camp title. We will send you a discount code to apply at registration within two business days.

If you have any questions, please email youthprograms@evansville.edu.

Students interested in living in the New Hall for 2023-24 should pick up request cards in the Office of Residence Life.

New Hall is reserved freshman and sophomore level students. Rising sophomores interested in living in New Hall for next year can submit their request cards for 4 person or 6 person pods (sophomores will primarily be assigned to 4 person pods). Assignments will be made based on the combined credit hours, as of the end of Fall 2022, of each group applying Students/groups currently residing in New Hall will have priority over students/groups who do not currently reside in New Hall.

New Hall request cards are due back to the Office of Residence Life by 5:00 p.m., Friday, March 3.

More information on the housing assignments process can be found on the residence life section of the University website at https://www.evansville.edu/residencelife/housingapplyreturn/calendar.cfm

Students interested in living in the Villages for 2023-24 should pick up Village request cards in the Office of Residence Life.

The Villages are reserved primarily for students with 60 plus credit hours. In order to apply to live in the Villages, each person in your group must have at least 44 credit hours on file with the University by the end of the Fall 2022 semester.

Village request cards are due back to the Office of Residence Life by 5:00 p.m., Friday, March 3.

More information on the housing assignments process can be found on the residence life section of the University website at https://www.evansville.edu/residencelife/housingapplyreturn/calendar.cfm

Academic Affairs is pleased to announce the call for nominations for the 2023 Outstanding Teacher Award. The University bestows this award annually to honor a faculty member for extraordinary teaching effectiveness that inspires the intellectual development of students. Nominees must be a full-time faculty member who has taught at UE for two years or more and holds the rank of lecturer, instructor, assistant professor, associate professor, or professor. The winner is recognized at Commencement in May.

The following recipients from the past five years are not eligible: 2018 – Dr. Anthony Beavers; 2019 – Dr. Atefeh Yazdanparast Ardestani; 2020 – Dr. Mike Roscoe; 2021 – Dr. Julie Merkle; and 2022 – Dr. Katie Whetstone.

Access the link to submit a nomination.

https://www.evansville.edu/offices/academicaffairs/outstanding-teacher-form.cfm

Forward supplemental documentation to: Paula Heldt at ph28@evansville.edu. Please include the faculty member’s name and OTA 2023 in the subject line.

The deadline to submit a nomination is Friday, March 17, 2023.

Congratulations to the the February 2023 Employees of the Month! The recipients were recognized Tuesday by the Staff and Administrators Assembly (SAA).

Jake Oberhausen - Maintenance Trades Electrician for Facilities and Physical Plant

Debbie Brenton - Coordinator of Disability Services

UE student Ashtyn Baxter was among twenty-nine first-generation Indiana college students who got a boost to their education funds this academic year and re-connected with influential educators who helped along the way after being named “Realizing the Dream” recipients by Independent Colleges of Indiana (ICI). These 29 scholarship recipients, one from each of Indiana’s private, nonprofit colleges and universities, were celebrated at a banquet on February 25 at the Eiteljorg Museum.

Award recipients, videos, and photos are listed below. Made possible by a grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. The scholarship program annually recognizes first-generation college students from ICI colleges and universities.

Students are selected for the $4,000 award for outstanding achievement during their freshman year as they successfully advance toward completing their bachelor’s degrees. To honor recipients, ICI created individual videos of each student describing what it means to them to be a first-generation college student and thanking the influential educator they have chosen to honor.

In addition to the students’ scholarship awards, the influential educators also receive $1,000 in professional development grants.

Videos can be found at icindiana.org/rtd.

Robert Baines, Associate Professor of English, gave a paper at the Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture at the University of Louisville on Friday, February 24. His paper, titled “How Far is Too Far?: Ulysses, Finnegans Wake, and the Boundaries of Modernism,” was part of an International James Joyce Foundation panel that also included Thomas Gurke and Josephine A. McQuail.

UE PT faculty, ProRehab and UE Sports Residency Program residents and alumni recently completed performance testing of the St. Louis Cardinals Minor League Baseball players in Jupiter, Florida.
The team was led by Dr. Phil Plisky ’98, Associate Professor of Physical Therapy and Director of Residency Programs and Associate Professor of Physical Therapy and Director of the ProRehab/UE Sports Residency Program Dr. Kyle Matsel ‘11. The team also included current and former ProRehab/UE sports residents Jon Newbold, Stephanie Sherwood, and AJ Hermann '18. The goal of this testing is to guide the optimization of player health and performance.

For the seventh time at Arch Madness, the University of Evansville men's basketball team will face Indiana State on Thursday.  Tip is set for 2:30 p.m. CT with the Purple Aces Radio Network and the MVC TV Network having the coverage.

Setting the Scene
- Evansville enters as the #12 seed and will face the 5th-seeded Sycamores
- This will mark the seventh Arch Madness meeting between the squads, the most meetings between any UE opponent at the tournament
- It is the 6th meeting in St. Louis between the programs since 2011 with the Aces taking two of the last three match-ups

Last Time Out
- Down to just six healthy players in Sunday's regular season finale at Illinois State, UE fell by a final of 72-53
- Kenny Strawbridge Jr. scored 12 points while Gabe Spinelli finished with 10
- Preston Phillips added 7 points and 6 rebounds

He's #1
- Completing the 20-game MVC slate with a 44.0% showing from 3-point range, Gage Bobe led the way for the league
- He was 2-for-5 from outside in the finale versus Illinois State after going 4-of-7 in the final home game against UIC
- Bobe recorded 12 versus the Flames , marking his sixth double figure game of the seasons; five of those have come in the last 12 games
- Hitting 16 of his last 34 attempts from long range, Bobe is shooting 38.6% on the season but is even better in the MVC

Racking up the Minutes
- Playing 34 minutes or more in 20 of the last 21 games, Marvin Coleman II ranks 6th in the MVC with 35.0 per game
- His average of 35.7 minutes in MVC games is 4th-best in the league
- With 11 points versus UIC on Feb. 22, Coleman picked up his 17th double figure scoring effort in the last 21 games
- Hitting 9 of his 13 shots at Southern Illinois, Coleman reset his career scoring high with 25 points
- Over his last 21 games, Coleman is averaging 13.6 points while shooting 40.6%

Scouting the Opponent
- Indiana State comes into Arch Madness with a 20-11 mark while going 13-7 in the Valley to earn the #5 seed
- The Sycamores dropped their final two games of the regular season, falling at Belmont on Feb. 22 before losing to Missouri State in the home finale on Sunday
- Courvoisier McCauley led the Sycamores with 16.4 points and 5.6 rebounds per game in the regular season
- Playing 30 minutes per game, McCauley was a 44.3% shooter from the field
- Cooper Neese (10.6 PPG), Robbie Avila (10.1 PPG) and Cameron Henry (10.0 PPG) also scored in double figures for the Sycamores

University of Evansville freshman Taylor Howe was named the Missouri Valley Conference Newcomer of the Week on Tuesday as the Purple Aces earned national recognition.

Opening the season at 13-1, Evansville received two votes in the USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll.  It marked the first time in over 20 years that the program received votes.

Having a major impact on that start has been Taylor Howe, who earned her first MVC accolade. 
Howe batted .389 with seven hits, six RBI, four runs and three doubles in a 5-0 weekend for the Purple Aces.  Howe reached base 45.0% of the time and picked up a steal in her lone attempt of the weekend.

Picking up a hit in the weekend opener versus Purdue Fort Wayne, Howe opened the scoring with a steal of home in a 3-2 win.  She added a 3-4 effort in Friday’s match-up versus St. Thomas where she posted two RBI.  Included in that tally was a hit-by-pitch with the bases loaded in the 6th inning.  Howe recorded another 3-hit afternoon in Sunday’s comeback win over Bowling Green.  She added four RBI, three runs and two doubles.

Her biggest hit of the weekend came in the 7th inning.  With her team trailing 9-6 and the bases loaded with no outs, Howe hit a bases-clearing double to tie the game before UE won later in the inning.

The University of Evansville men’s swimming & diving team will travel to Oxford, Ohio this week looking to replicate the success UE had at last year’s Mid-American Conference Championships, as the 2023 version of the conference meet will begin on Wednesday night at 5 p.m. central time.

“We are really looking forward to this week,” said UE head coach Stuart Wilson.  “This is what we have been training for all season, and it will be good to be able to go out and just lay it all on the line.  The men have been working hard since our last meet, and now will be the time to let that hard work pay off.”

Last year, Evansville broke a school record 13 different times in a four-day span, and current junior Alon Baer (Gesher HaZiv, Israel) and sophomore Patrik Vilbergsson (Kopavogur, Iceland) earned All-MAC honors.  Now, six individuals who helped set six individual school records and four relay school records last year return to help lead Evansville into the 2023 MAC Championships.

Baer set both the 100- and 200-Yard Breaststroke school records at last year’s MAC Championships, and posted an NCAA ‘B-Cut’ in the 100 Breast on his way to All-MAC honors last March.  This year, Baer has been undefeated in both races – minus his competition at the Toyota U.S. Open Championships – and enters the week having posted the fastest 200 Breast time in the MAC, while ranking third-fastest in the 100 Breast.

Vilbergsson, meanwhile, ranks in the MAC’s top 10 in both the 100- and 200-Yard Backstroke events this year, and set the UE school record in the 1,650 Freestyle at last year’s MAC Championships.  He traded the 1,000-Yard Freestyle school record with junior Jackson Caudill (Mt. Sterling, Ky./Montgomery County) at last year’s MAC Championships, and Caudill returns this year ranked in the MAC’s top five in both the 1,000 and 1,650 Free this year.

Senior Riccardo Di Domenico (Johannesburg, South Africa) was a part of four relay records for UE last year, and this season, he broke a more-than-20-year-old record in the 100-Yard Freestyle.  Sophomore Daniel Santos Lopez (Madrid, Spain) was also a key part of UE’s relay success last season, and this year, ranks as the fourth-fastest MAC swimmer in the 100-Yard Butterfly, as he set a school record with a time of 48.00 earlier this season.  Sophomore Jakob Grundbacher (Thalwil, Switzerland) also returns after helping UE break school records in the relays last March.

The MAC Championships will feature competitors from seven schools this year, with Evansville joining the likes of Ball State, Miami (OH), Missouri State, Southern Illinois, UIC and Valparaiso at the championships.  Wednesday’s action will begin at 5 p.m. central time with the 200-Yard Medley Relay.  Then, approximately 30 minutes later, the 800-Yard Freestyle Relay will conclude the first day of action.  Free video streaming will be available from the MAC’s main website – getsomemaction.com.

The University of Evansville baseball team will look to extend its winning streak to three games on Wednesday afternoon, as the Purple Aces will travel to Cape Girardeau, Missouri to battle preseason Ohio Valley Conference favorite Southeast Missouri State in a mid-week contest. First-pitch is set for 3 p.m.

Wednesday’s game will feature the respective Players of the Week in the Missouri Valley Conference and OVC. Evansville fifth-year first baseman Chase Hug earned MVC Player of the Week honors on Monday after slashing .667/1.083/.778 in UE’s four games last week, while helping power the Purple Aces to a series victory over Eastern Michigan. Meanwhile, SEMO outfielder Josh Cameron was named OVC Player of the Week on Monday after hitting .471 with three home runs, two triples, a double and six RBI in five starts for the Redhawks.

Evansville will enter Wednesday’s game at 2-5 overall after winning the last two games of a weekend series against Eastern Michigan. The Purple Aces rallied for nine runs in the eighth inning on Saturday to pick up its first win of 2023, 9-7, over Eastern Michigan. Junior catcher Brendan Hord then hit a go-ahead home run in the seventh inning on Sunday to help UE to a 5-3 victory over the Eagles.

SEMO, meanwhile, will bring a 2-6 overall record into the Redhawks’ home-opener. The Redhawks exploded for a 23-2 seven-inning victory in game two of a Saturday doubleheader at Abilene Christian to snap a four-game skid, but ACU swept a Sunday twinbill by scores of 7-4 and 5-4 to win the series. Southeast Missouri State is the reigning OVC Tournament champions and the Redhawks posted a 23-2 overall record at home last season.

Evansville will start freshman RHP Max Hansmann (1-0, 10.80 ERA) on Wednesday. SEMO has not announced a starter yet.

The University of Evansville men’s swimming & diving team will travel to Oxford, Ohio this week looking to replicate the success UE had at last year’s Mid-American Conference Championships, as the 2023 version of the conference meet will begin on Wednesday night at 5 p.m. central time.

“We are really looking forward to this week,” said UE head coach Stuart Wilson.  “This is what we have been training for all season, and it will be good to be able to go out and just lay it all on the line.  The men have been working hard since our last meet, and now will be the time to let that hard work pay off.”

Last year, Evansville broke a school record 13 different times in a four-day span, and current junior Alon Baer (Gesher HaZiv, Israel) and sophomore Patrik Vilbergsson (Kopavogur, Iceland) earned All-MAC honors.  Now, six individuals who helped set six individual school records and four relay school records last year return to help lead Evansville into the 2023 MAC Championships.

Baer set both the 100- and 200-Yard Breaststroke school records at last year’s MAC Championships, and posted an NCAA ‘B-Cut’ in the 100 Breast on his way to All-MAC honors last March.  This year, Baer has been undefeated in both races – minus his competition at the Toyota U.S. Open Championships – and enters the week having posted the fastest 200 Breast time in the MAC, while ranking third-fastest in the 100 Breast.

Vilbergsson, meanwhile, ranks in the MAC’s top 10 in both the 100- and 200-Yard Backstroke events this year, and set the UE school record in the 1,650 Freestyle at last year’s MAC Championships.  He traded the 1,000-Yard Freestyle school record with junior Jackson Caudill (Mt. Sterling, Ky./Montgomery County) at last year’s MAC Championships, and Caudill returns this year ranked in the MAC’s top five in both the 1,000 and 1,650 Free this year.

Senior Riccardo Di Domenico (Johannesburg, South Africa) was a part of four relay records for UE last year, and this season, he broke a more-than-20-year-old record in the 100-Yard Freestyle.  Sophomore Daniel Santos Lopez (Madrid, Spain) was also a key part of UE’s relay success last season, and this year, ranks as the fourth-fastest MAC swimmer in the 100-Yard Butterfly, as he set a school record with a time of 48.00 earlier this season.  Sophomore Jakob Grundbacher (Thalwil, Switzerland) also returns after helping UE break school records in the relays last March.

The MAC Championships will feature competitors from seven schools this year, with Evansville joining the likes of Ball State, Miami (OH), Missouri State, Southern Illinois, UIC and Valparaiso at the championships.  Wednesday’s action will begin at 5 p.m. central time with the 200-Yard Medley Relay.  Then, approximately 30 minutes later, the 800-Yard Freestyle Relay will conclude the first day of action.  Free video streaming will be available from the MAC’s main website – getsomemaction.com.