The Queer Memory Project ChangeLab uncovers and shares LGBTQ+ histories at UE and in our community through archival research, storytelling, and creative activism. Spring 2026 (TTh 2:45–4:00 PM).

Planning ahead? Ask about the Journey to Queer Justice summer trip.

For more information, contact Dr. Valerie Stein at vs9@evansville.edu. 

Don’t miss the Health Career Fair on Tuesday, October 21 from 12:30–3:00 p.m. in Eykamp Hall! Meet 62 employers recruiting for internships, part-time jobs, and full-time positions in a wide range of health-related fields. Whether you’re required to attend for your program or simply exploring career options, this is a great opportunity to network, make connections, and take steps toward your future career.

Pre-register in UE Career Bridge to save time at check-in and have your nametag ready when you arrive!

Questions? Contact the Center for Career Development at career@evansville.edu .

Curious (or concerned) about how AI is reshaping teaching and learning? Join the AI: Real Talk FIG for our first meeting on Monday, October 25 at 4:00 PM (room TBD). Please RSVP to ecte@evansville.edu by Friday, Oct. 17 so we can reserve an appropriate space.

This FIG is an open, informal space for faculty to share experiences, ideas, and challenges around AI in higher education: the good, the bad, and the uncertain. Topics might include how faculty and students are using AI tools for project ideas, ways to design assessments that account for AI, and ethical questions surrounding authorship, bias, and academic integrity. Whether you’re experimenting with AI in your classroom or just trying to make sense of it all, join the conversation!

Hear Pulitzer Prize-winning author Eliza Griswold's experience navigating today's polarized political climate as an immersive journalist living among a radical evangelical church doomed to schism. She explains, "I talk about...the question of Exit or Voice: what do I do when the beloved community I’ve been part of—which could be a political party, a school, a gym, a temple, a church, a country—begins to decay? Do I leave? Do I stay and voice my dissent? What does loyalty mean?"

Show this image at Panera (N Burkhardt) on Tuesday, October 15th, to support the ChangeLab Queer Memory Project: UE — Living Memory, Living Justice!

Not sure what to major in? Thinking about adding a minor? Or just want to explore all the exciting academic options our university has to offer? Come to the Majors & Minors Fair!

• Chat with faculty and students from every department!

• Learn how different majors and minors can shape your future career!

• Discover new programs you didn’t even know existed!

• Grab a snack!

• Find the path that fits you best!

Whether you are undecided, double-majoring, or just curious...this event is for you!

Stankey Andiron Lecture Series, Thursday October 23, 4pm, Lutz Lab, Hyde Hall

Faculty Sabbatical Panel Discussion featuring:

Dr. Diane Brewer, Theater.

Dr Valerie Stein, Social Justice.

Dr Alan Kaiser, Archeology.

Dr Sara Petrosillo, English.

The William L. Ridgway College of Arts and Sciences is delighted to invite you to the latest event in the Morgan Whitaker Stankey Andiron Lecture series. The series is dedicated to the memory of University of Evansville alumna Morgan Stankey, who passed away suddenly in March 2023. Many generous gifts in Morgan’s memory have allowed us to reinvigorate a long-established tradition – the Andiron Lecture - that was a significant part of the University’s intellectual life for many years.

This panel discussion will feature four distinguished faculty members talking about their recent sabbaticals.

Dr Alan Kaiser has a PhD in Archaeology from Boston University. He has conducted archaeological field work in Italy, Spain, Greece, Israel, the United Kingdom, Nevis, the US and right here on the UE campus. Kaiser is the author of numerous scholarly and popular articles as well as three books, one of which has gone into a second edition. During his sabbatical, Kaiser wrote a book with the tentative title of Great Discoveries in Roman Archaeology. His aim is to create an entry-level text for anyone interested in the field introducing some of the methods and history of Roman archaeology and what the discipline tells us about the ancient Romans that we can learn from no other source.

Dr Sara Petrosillo earned her PhD in English literature at the University of California, Davis. Her book about medieval falconry in art and literature came out in 2023 and her sabbatical research reflects her interest in how premodern ideas about gender and control influence western society today. She has forthcoming a chapter on medieval attitudes towards abortion, a co-written book on transgender characters in a 13th century manuscript, and the subject of her presentation: an article about the widely popular medieval story of a woman duping Aristotle.

Dr Diane Brewer is the John David Lutz Distinguished Professor of the Arts at the University of Evansville. Her area of expertise is dramaturgy, with a particular focus on enhancing connections between dramatic texts, production teams, and audience communities. Her Presentation Title is, “Intersecting Time Zones: A Dramaturgical Approach to Theatre Histories”

Dr. Valerie A. Stein is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Evansville, where she directs the Social Justice Program and the Journey to Justice initiative. Her teaching and public scholarship explore the intersections of religion, ethics, and memory, focusing on how communities use stories of the past to make sense of moral responsibility in the present. During her sabbatical, Dr. Stein has continued developing Journey to Justice and collaborating with filmmaker Tommy Housman on How the Story Gets Told. Together, these projects invite participants to encounter history through story and place, cultivating reflection, empathy, and ethical awareness that lead to action for justice.

Pulitzer Prize-nominated historian Dr. Kate Masur will speak on Post-Civil War Reconstruction during the annual Thomas C. Fiddick Memorial Lecture Series on Friday, October 24, at 7:00 p.m. in Eykamp Hall. The event is free and open to the public.

Professor Masur will discuss her book, Equal: The Surprising History of an American Founding Concept, focusing on the Reconstruction Era, when Americans first attempted to build a nation that truly reflected the Declaration of Independence's assertion that "all men are created equal." She will explore how the constitutional changes of Reconstruction continue to shape contemporary life, and why the period is often overlooked or misunderstood.

In her lecture, Masur will also examine how historians' interpretations of Reconstruction have evolved over time and why the practice of "revisionism" is a vital part of historical scholarship.

Dr. Masur is the John D. MacArthur Professor at Northwestern University and author of Until Justice Be Done: America's First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Her most recent work includes Freedom Was in Sight! A Graphic History of Reconstruction in the Washington, D.C., Region.

This lecture is presented as part of the annual Thomas C. Fiddick Memorial Lecture, established in 2002 by former students with the support of Fiddick's friends and the University. Each year, a committee consisting of full-time members of the Department of History, a member of the Fiddick family, and alumni of the Department selects the lecturer.

About Thomas C. Fiddick:

Thomas Fiddick served as a professor of history at the University of Evansville from the fall of 1963 to the spring of 2002. Over his 39-year career, he was a dedicated teacher, a productive scholar, and a tireless advocate for justice. His untimely death on the day of his retirement in 2002 shocked the University community, particularly his many former students.

Event Details:

• What: Thomas C. Fiddick Memorial Lecture by Dr. Kate Masur on Reconstruction
• When: Friday, October 24, 2025, at 7:00 p.m.
• Where: Eykamp Hall, University of Evansville
• Cost: Free and open to the public

Stankey Andiron Lecture, Thursday October 16, 4pm, KOCH 100

 “The Italian Job: Restoration of a Venetian Masterpiece”

By Ralph M. Larmann, Art Professor Emeritus, University of Evansville

The William L. Ridgway College of Arts and Sciences is delighted to invite you to the latest event in the Morgan Whitaker Stankey Andiron Lecture series. The series is dedicated to the memory of University of Evansville alumna Morgan Stankey, who passed away suddenly in March, 2023. Many generous gifts in Morgan’s memory have allowed us to reinvigorate a long-established tradition – the Andiron Lecture - that was a significant part of the University’s intellectual life for many years.

After discovering a rare 16^th century painting, shortly after arriving in Evansville, Professor Larmann watched as the work fell into disrepair after being moved from place to place. After seeing the surface of work punctured in multiple locations and suffering from other damage, Larmann took it upon himself to restore the work. In doing so, he discovered the story of a family of artists who lived in Venice, the unique parenting skills and apprenticeship process of the time, and a 500 year journey from Italy to Evansville. The artists, Jacopo and Francesco Bassano, worked together as father and son to create the work The Expulsion of the Dealers from the Temple. Created about 1550, it was a good representation of the work of Jacopo Bassano, but also tells an interesting story about good parenting and teaching. This presentation will describe the work, its history, and the process used to restore the work.

Ralph Larmann is an Art Professor Emeritus at the University of Evansville where he taught painting, and general art courses. Larmann grew up in the Cincinnati area and received his BFA from the University of Cincinnati and MFA from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Larmann works with and taught oils, acrylics, tempera, encaustic and fresco. He learned fresco painting from the last surviving member of the Mexican Muralist Movement, Melchor Peredo, when he was a visiting artist at Southern Arkansas University in the late 1990’s. Larmann is the coauthor of Gateways to Art, a bestselling art text in its fourth edition that has received worldwide acclaim and is avaialble in Chinese and Korean translations. Larmann is also the author of the Art Studio Chalkboard, an online art tutorial, and ArtExperience, a CD-ROM published by Wadsworth Publishing. Before coming to Evansville he taught at Loyola University Chicago, Herron School of Art/IUPUI, University of Cincinnati, and Southern Arkansas University. Larmann is a former President of the college art organization F.A.T.E. (Foundations in Art: Theory and Education) and has twice taught at Harlaxton College in the United Kingdom. Larmann’s work has been shown in a variety of venues in the United States and United Kingdom. He has received numerous awards and has work in a number of collections, including Indiana State University, Art Museum of Greater Lafayette, and Harlaxton College.

A space to return to wholeness.

Wellbeing is more than a moment of rest—it’s a state of wholeness in body, mind, and spirit, sustained by care, connection, and the opportunity to live with balance and purpose. Wellbeing Hours are a gentle invitation to slow down and reconnect with what nourishes you. Through rhythms of movement, meditation, reflection, and holistic practices, we make space to be present—to breathe, to move, to align.

This is time not just to reset, but to restore what matters most.

The bookstore will have the following hours during Fall Break:

• Saturday, 10/11: 10am-2pm
• Sunday, 10/12: CLOSED
• Monday, 10/13: 10am-3pm
• Tuesday, 10/14: 10am-3pm

We will resume regular hours on Wednesday the 15th.

Read a book!

The library is sponsering the Read Harder Challenge! Read eight books by April 30, return your book form to the library, get entered for a prize! You have to read four books that meet the suggested criteria, and four other books of your choice.

We want you to expand your reading horizon. Every person is a reader, even if they haven't found their book yet. Danielle is happy to answer questions and give you recommendations: dw56

Employees - Ascension St. Vincent is providing mobile mammography services for the University of Evansville. The mobile mammography bus will be located in the Health Clinic parking lot on October 13th, 2025 from 8:00AM - 2:00PM. Please call the Ascension St. Vincent Breast Center at 812-485-4437 to schedule your mammogram! See the flyer attached for additional details.