Pcard reports approved on or after June 1, 2025, will be recorded in the general ledger for fiscal year 2026. For Pcard transactions dated on or before May 31, 2025, the Accounting team will process journal entries to ensure they are reflected in fiscal year 2025.

Join alumni and friends at this summer's Aces at the Bases!

Thursday, June 19, 2025
Dubois County Bombers vs Springfield Lucky Horseshoes
League Stadium
203 S. Cherry St., Huntingburg, IN 47542
5:30 p.m. Gates Open EDT
6:30 p.m. First Pitch EDT

Sunday, July 13, 2025
St. Louis Cardinals vs Atlanta Braves
Busch Stadium
700 Clark Ave., St. Louis, MO 63102
11:15 a.m. Gates Open CDT
1:15 p.m. First Pitch CDT

Tuesday, July 22, 2025
Nashville Sounds vs Charlotte Knights
First Horizon Park
19 Jr. Gilliam Way, Nashville, TN 37219
5:30 p.m. Gates Open CDT
6:35 p.m. First Pitch CDT

Thursday, July 24, 2025
Indianapolis Indians vs Toledo Mud Hens
Victory Field
501 W. Maryland St., Indianapolis IN 46225
5:50 p.m. Gates Open EDT
7:05 p.m. First Pitch EDT

Register Below

www.uealumnionline.com/25bases

ES 103 (Fundamentals of Environmental Science), which fulfills the non-lab science General Education credit (Outcome 8), will be offered during Summer Session 2 as an online, asynchronous class. If you have questions about this 3 credit hour course, which will run from June 23-July 25, please contact Dr. Aldred via email - ka59@evansville.edu

BIOL 107 (General Biology), which fulfills the lab science General Education credit (Outcome 8), will be offered during Summer Session 2 as an online, asynchronous class.  The lab portion of the course will be completed via Labster, an exciting virtual lab simulator! If you have questions about this 4 credit hour course, which will run from June 23-July 25, please contact Dr. Aldred via email - ka59@evansville.edu

Does your department have any new employees, or has your title changed? Beat the back-to-school rush and order your stationery (business cards, letterhead, envelopes) through Lytho. The Office of Marketing is very busy in July and August.

Start your order by submitting a request through Lytho. There are categories listed for each type of stationery.

DATE CHANGES: Employee & Spouse Summer Health Risk Assessments will now take place the following week: June 30th - July 2nd from 7:00am -10:45am each day in Eykamp Room 254. Please use the link below to schedule/reschedule. Those that were previously scheduled have been contacted via email. Reach out to Taylor (taylor.kollak@ascension.org) with any questions or concerns!

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Complete your health risk assessment and earn HRA credits. This health risk assessment is available for UE employees and their spouses on the UE medical insurance plan. Please remember, fasting 8-10 hours is recommended. Drink plenty of water prior to your screening appointment. Take maintenance medications as prescribed, as long as they are not required to be taken with food. Click the link below to sign up today!

https://booknow.appointment-plus.com/1bblnzjg/?e_id=15393

Instructors: ECTE and the AI Task Force request your input on future education-focused AI programming! This brief survey will help us prepare for future education-related AI trainings or workshops. Please complete the following survey by August 4, 2025: https://forms.office.com/r/PBEE6Vu0DU.

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Save the date!! We are also excited to announce the AI-Powered Teaching Strategies workshop led by Dr. Kevin Jones (IU Columbus), which will kick off Fall Conference on Tuesday, August 12, 2025.

Workshop Title: AI-Powered Teaching Strategies: Applying AI Tools in Course Design, Feedback, and Responsible AI Use

Facilitator: Kevin Jones, Ed.D., Indiana University Columbus; Director, Center for Teaching and Learning; Associate Professor of Management, Division of Business

Workshop Description:

This three-hour interactive workshop is designed for higher education faculty looking to harness the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in their teaching practices. Participants will engage in hands-on activities to explore AI tools and techniques for designing engaging courses, providing effective feedback, creating assignment prompts, and developing assessment rubrics. Additionally, the workshop will address the importance of teaching students responsible and ethical ways to use AI in their academic work. Key topics covered in this workshop include:

1. Introduction to AI in Higher Education: Overview of AI's potential and its role in enhancing teaching practices
2. Hands-on AI for Course Design: Exploring and applying AI tools to create engaging and effective courses
3. AI for Feedback: Practicing the use of AI to provide personalized and timely feedback to students
4. AI for Assignment Prompts: Crafting innovative assignment prompts using AI technologies through guided exercises
5. AI for Assessment: Developing and implementing AI-assisted rubrics for evaluating student work, with real-world examples
6. Responsible AI Use: Teaching students ethical and responsible AI practices in academic settings, including group discussions and case studies

By the end of the workshop, participants will have gained practical experience and strategies for integrating AI into their teaching practices, improving student learning outcomes, and fostering responsible AI use in their classrooms.

Workshop Details:

• Date: Tuesday, August 12, 2025
• Time: 8:30 to 11:30 AM
• Location: Eykamp Hall 251-252, Ridgway University Center

Professor Emeritus of Philosophy Anthony Beavers was recently awarded a grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to document the decline of philosophy in U.S. institutions of higher education. The grant follows three years of preliminary work by a team of researchers compiled by Beavers, who will each serve as Co-PIs on the grant. These include Peter Suber and David Weinberger, both formerly of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, Catherine Kemp, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Law at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY), Corey McCall, former Associate Professor of Philosophy at Elmira College and current instructor in Cornell’s Prison Education Program, and Mark Valenzuela, former Associate Professor of Engineering at the University of Evansville and current Project Manager of Academic Compliance and Accreditation at Washington University, St. Louis.

This MacArthur grant was awarded in part as one step toward documenting the losses that affect professional competence and vocational training incurred by universities that cut philosophy and other humanities from their curricula. Subsequent work on this project will explore methods and mechanisms for addressing these losses, particularly as dependence on artificial intelligence seems poised to erode the cognitive capabilities of college students and their efficacy in the emerging job market.

Beavers, who taught philosophy along with cognitive and information science at UE from 1991 to 2021, will conduct this research as an affiliated faculty member in the Cognitive Science Program at Indiana University, Bloomington, where he currently researches artificial intelligence and its effects on human cognition.

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Peter Funk, Men’s Basketball Assistant Coach at University of Evansville, has been selected to participate in the prestigious 2025 TopConnect Basketball Symposium taking place at the Marriott Village at Lake Buena Vista on Monday, June 9.

TopConnect, developed by ETSU Athletic Director Dr. Richard Sander, identifies the top assistant basketball coaches in the country and connects them with mid-major Athletic Directors providing tremendous networking and leadership development opportunities for both parties.

In its eighth year, TopConnect develops educational programming that allows these top assistant coaches to hear from a variety of successful leaders and speakers. The 2025 symposium is headlined by a panel of prominent and successful coaches and industry leaders.

Athletic Directors on hand include, Mark Benson, University of Albany; Anthony Henderson, Hampton University; Mark Wharton, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, Nico Yantko of Murray State University, and Jon Schemmel of University of South Dakota.

Panel discussions include:

• The Hiring Process and Thereafter
• Perspective of First-Time Head Coaches
• NIL From Multiple Perspectives
• House Settlement

The fan-favorite “Speed Dating” returns and allows for rapid networking to take place between the assistant coaches and administrators.

The three-word mantra of “Connect. Prepare. Lead.” identifies the purpose of TopConnect.

Since the inception of TopConnect in 2018, more than 50 assistant coach and assistant athletic director participants have been promoted to the next chair of Head Coach and Athletic Director as well as a Conference Commissioner.