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UE Launching 4-Year Construction Management Program

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EVANSVILLE, IN (09/06/2022) In 2023, the University of Evansville (UE) will launch a four-year Bachelor of Science in construction management degree. The program will be housed in UE’s School of Engineering and Computer Science, and applications are now open for Fall 2023 entry.

A construction manager is responsible for the planning, coordination, budgeting, and supervision of an array of construction projects. The job not only includes in-office administrative duties but also onsite work, monitoring projects and making crucial decisions for both the team and the project.

This field continues to grow within the tri-state and throughout the nation. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, construction management jobs are projected to grow by 11 percent between 2020-2030, faster than the average for other jobs. In 2021, the median salary was nearly $99,000.

Over the course of four years, the construction management program at UE will place heavy emphasis on technical and managerial skills. Students will learn design and planning concepts as well as construction methods, equipment, and codes. As safety is a major factor in construction, an upper-level course will focus on safety management methodology and OSHA compliance.

“The construction management program was created to meet the industry demands for construction managers at the local and national levels,” said Suresh Immanuel, Ph.D., PE, associate dean in the School of Engineering and Computer Science. Immanuel also serves as a professor of civil engineering and will teach courses for the construction management program. “Due to technological advancements in construction processes and buildings, project management has become more complex which demands specialized personnel for successful completion. The curriculum designed for this program will touch each point of the process, from project planning to full completion.”

Students will participate in hands-on learning in several classes, but internships with local businesses will provide real-world, immersive experiences. In their final year, students will also complete a yearlong capstone project under the supervision of a faculty member or industry partner. Through these opportunities, students will develop a strong foundation in planning, field operations, project scheduling and management, and working in teams.

The program will be led by Hyunsoung Park, Ph.D., assistant professor of civil engineering. Park earned a bachelor’s degree in architectural engineering from Hongik University in South Korea, a master’s degree in construction management from Texas A&M, and a Ph.D. in construction management from the University of Florida. In the construction industry, he worked as a project manager for Hyundai. He also served as an Air Force Sergeant in the civil engineering squadron for the Republic of Korea Air Force.

“Construction is an applied discipline, so practical experience is very important,” said Park. “Our students will learn about every step of construction so they are equipped to handle real projects immediately following graduation. We are ready to fill the demand of this growing market, and this is going to be a great field for anyone interested in construction and engineering.”

To learn more about the University of Evansville’s construction management program and apply, please visit evansville.edu/construction.

 

Another Morning Cup Of Coffee “News”

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Another Morning Cup Of Coffee “News”

“A Little of This and That – Part Two”

By Dannie McIntire

Good morning Indiana, time to review news items that caused me to go back to the kitchen for a splash of Jim Beam In my morning coffee

California continues to be at the top of the list of states I would never move to. Those who enjoy entering the water at the beaches in Southern California are being bitten by swarms of aggressive sea bugs which have an appetite for human feet.

The bugs, which are tiny water isopods referred to as “mini sharks”, can form swarms of more than 1,000 individuals.

Beachgoers who are attacked by the isopods describe their bites as being painful pinpricks, saying the swarms of bugs resemble a group of tiny piranhas attacking their extremities.  

Well, I certainly wouldn’t wade in waist-deep in loose-fitting trunks!

Now I tried hard not to turn this snippet of news into anything political, but let me be the first to extend an invitation to Nancy Pelosi to enjoy the refreshing waters off the coast of Southern California; perhaps someone would care to dunk her.  

I’m back from refreshing my cup of coffee.

Well, rest easy my fellow Hoosiers; I’m here to report our tax dollars are continuing to be well spent. I’m sure you remember the $1.9 Trillion dollar American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) passed by congress in early 2021.

Apparently, it’s not as easy to spend 1.9 trillion dollars as you might think, but they’re trying for the “good of the taxpayer”.

The city of Seattle budgeted $2.5 million of those ARPA dollars to upgrade over 25 miles of their neighborhood greenways. Now I could possibly view that a reasonable expenditure of our tax dollars if the intent is to supply shade to their many homeless encampments. 

New York City budgeted nearly $4.9 million of its ARPA funds for a “No Stopping New York” ad campaign. I’m just saying to me that was an unnecessary expenditure as I have no plans of ever “stopping In New York”.

Another cup Of Coffee; Well the rush to go “green” seems to be progressing with just a few hiccups.

Amazon, the online retail juggernaut, has temporarily shut the rooftop solar panels at all their US facilities due to “critical fire or arc flash events” that have occurred at six installations.

One such fire broke out at an Amazon warehouse in Perryville, Maryland, in June 2021 and caused $500,000 worth of damages.

After California recently banned the sale of fossil fuel vehicles after 2035, there are apparently seventeen states that have rules, and laws, setting their states’ vehicle emission standards to match those in California.

Many of those states are located in our country’s northeast which usually in winter have more severe winter temperatures. Outside temperatures affect electric car batteries when the temperature falls below 20 degrees.

Triple AAA did a study that found that found that if you use your electric car’s heater while driving in cold temperatures, your mileage can be temporarily cut by as much as 41 percent.

Hey, I have a promotion idea for all electric car dealers in our northern states, “buy an all eclectic vehicle and receive a free fleece coat”.

One last cup of coffee this morning;

Well, with the passing of Labor Day the old saying of “don’t wear white after Labor Day” comes to mind. Is it time to put away your white articles of clothing? 

One theory on the origination of the above saying is that wearing white in the nineteenth century distinguished between those that came from “money” and didn’t have to work from those that did have to work, as white clothing would more easily become dirt stained if one worked.

Now I could be wrong, though it’s highly unlikely, it seems to me since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic and government money giveaways a lot more people seem to be wearing white.

Magnolia Provision Company, Inc., Recalls Beef Jerky Products Due to Possible Listeria Contamination

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Magnolia Provision Company, Inc., Recalls Beef Jerky Products Due to Possible Listeria Contamination

FSIS Announcement

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6, 2022 – Magnolia Provision Company, Inc., a Knoxville, Tenn. establishment, is recalling approximately 497 pounds of beef jerky products that may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

The ready-to-eat beef jerky items were produced on August 25, 2022. The following products are subject to recall [view labels]:

  • 2-oz. packages of “BEEF JERKY EXPERIENCE CHOP HOUSE STYLE PRIME RIB FLAVORED BEEF JERKY” with “EXP 8/25/23” displayed on the back of the package.
  • 8-oz. packages of “BEEF JERKY EXPERIENCE CHOP HOUSE STYLE PRIME RIB FLAVORED BEEF JERKY” with “EXP 8/25/23” displayed on the back of the package.
  • 16-oz. packages of “BEEF JERKY EXPERIENCE CHOP HOUSE STYLE PRIME RIB FLAVORED BEEF JERKY” with “EXP 8/25/23” displayed on the back of the package.

The products subject to recall bear establishment number “EST. 8091” inside the USDA mark of inspection. These items were shipped to retail locations nationwide.

The problem was discovered when the establishment reported to FSIS that it received confirmation from their third-party lab that a product contact surface sample returned as positive for Listeria monocytogenes.

There have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions due to the consumption of these products. Anyone concerned about an injury or illness should contact a healthcare provider.

Consumption of food contaminated with L. monocytogenes can cause listeriosis, a serious infection that primarily affects older adults, persons with weakened immune systems, and pregnant women and their newborns. Less commonly, persons outside these risk groups are affected.

Listeriosis can cause fever, muscle aches, headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance and convulsions sometimes preceded by diarrhea or other gastrointestinal symptoms. An invasive infection spreads beyond the gastrointestinal tract. In pregnant women, the infection can cause miscarriages, stillbirths, premature delivery or life-threatening infection of the newborn. In addition, serious and sometimes fatal infections in older adults and persons with weakened immune systems. Listeriosis is treated with antibiotics. Persons in the higher-risk categories who experience flu-like symptoms within two months after eating contaminated food should seek medical care and tell the health care provider about eating the contaminated food.

FSIS is concerned that some products may be in consumers’ pantries. Consumers who have purchased these products are urged not to consume them. These products should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase.

FSIS routinely conducts recall effectiveness checks to verify recalling firms notify their customers of the recall and that steps are taken to make certain that the product is no longer available to consumers. When available, the retail distribution list(s) will be posted on the FSIS website at www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls.

Media and consumers with questions regarding the recall can contact Rob Noyes, Vice President of Magnolia Provision Company, Inc., at Rob@magnoliajerky.com.

Consumers with food safety questions can call the toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline at 888-MPHotline (888-674-6854) or live chat via Ask USDA from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Eastern Time) Monday through Friday. Consumers can also browse food safety messages at Ask USDA or send a question via email to MPHotline@usda.gov. For consumers that need to report a problem with a meat, poultry, or egg product, the online Electronic Consumer Complaint Monitoring System can be accessed 24 hours a day at https://foodcomplaint.fsis.usda.gov/eCCF/.

Chicago-Based Artist Cass Davis To Exhibit At New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art

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Chicago-Based Artist Cass Davis To Exhibit At New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The University of Southern Indiana New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art is proud to present Revelations featuring installation, sculpture, textile and video works by Chicago-based artist Cass Davis. Incorporating familiar rural materials such as corn and hay, and spaces like the tent revival, roadside billboard, and town parade, Davis investigates American mythologies, spiritual euphoria, and queer realities as well as their own small-town, midwestern roots.

Revelations begins September 10 and runs through November 5, opening with a reception from 4-6 p.m. September 10 in conjunction with New Harmony Second Saturday in September. An artist’s talk will be held at 3 p.m. on September 9 in Kleymeyer Hall (Liberal Arts Center 0101) on the USI campus.

In this solo exhibition, featuring new and existing work, Davis exhumes collective and personal history and questions perceptions of history—they specifically look at an excavation of Small Town America. Titling the show after the final apocalyptic Biblical book, Davis explores a multiplicity of transformational experiences and revelations. Their work seeks to ask the question, “What is to be revived, and what is it to be dismantled?” Revelations implies the removal of the veil and a revelation of truth and embodies the duality of tragedy and ecstasy found in the human search for transcendence. Sifting through archival materials, Davis seeks to uncover what has been hidden.

The installation, sculptural and textile works in Revelations utilizes the textures and imagery of rural landscapes. Hand-woven Jacquard textiles featuring archival images allow for a revisitation of complex histories. Hay bales sourced from local farms, natural materials and roadside architecture evoke a sense of familiarity and curiosity and conjure the memory embedded in the land.

Davis’s solo shows include Out of Time at Engage Projects, HEARTLAND at G-CADD St. Louis, No Body on Earth But Yours with the Chicago Underground Film Festival, and Of Roses and Jessamine at SITE Galleries in Chicago, Illinois. Davis has shown in group exhibitions and screenings around the country and has been awarded the Praxis Fiber Arts Residency; HATCH Residency; Oxbow Artist’s MFA Residency; Roger Brown Artist’s Residency; IOTO Residency; and the Shapiro Center Eager Research Grant. They also were a lecturing faculty in the Fiber and Material Studies department at SAIC.

The New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, an outreach partner of the University of Southern Indiana, is located at 506 Main Street in New Harmony, Indiana. Regular hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. For more information, call 812-682-3156 or visit USI.edu/nhgallery.

EPD Meeting Cancellation Notice

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 CITY OF EVANSVILLE   POLICE MERIT COMMISSIon EVANSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMEN in Room 129, Civic Center Complex At 15 NW Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevar Evansville, Indiana 47708

Meeting Cancellation Notice

The Evansville Police Merit Commission scheduled a meeting for  Monday, September 12th, 2022 has been canceled.

The next scheduled meeting of the Police Merit Commission will be on Monday, September 26th, 2022, in Room 307 of the Civic Center Complex at 4:00pm.

Notice submitted by Sergeant Dexter Wolf, Liaison to the Evansville Police Merit Commission

THE BOOK OF MORMON PLAYS OLD NATIONAL EVENTS PLAZA OCTOBER 12

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THE BOOK OF MORMON PLAYS OLD NATIONAL EVENTS PLAZA OCTOBER 12, 22

TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW

“THE BEST MUSICAL OF THIS CENTURY. Heaven on Broadway! A celebration of the privilege of living inside that improbable paradise called a musical comedy.”

Ben Brantley, THE NEW YORK TIMES

Evansville, IN – September 6, 2022 – The producers of the national tour of THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards® including Best Musical, and Nederlander National Markets announced today that single tickets will go on sale Friday, September 9 at 10 AM. THE BOOK OF MORMON plays Evansville, IN for a limited engagement, on October 11 at the Old National Events Plaza.

THE BOOK OF MORMON features book, music, and lyrics by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, and Matt Stone. The Broadway production is directed by Parker and Casey Nicholaw and choreographed by Nicholaw. Set design is by three-time Tony Award winner Scott Pask, costume design is by two-time Tony Award winner Ann Roth, lighting design is by five-time Tony Award winner Brian MacDevitt and sound design is by two-time Tony Award winner Brian Ronan. Orchestrations are by Tony Award winner Larry Hochman and two-time Tony Award winner Stephen Oremus. Music direction and vocal arrangements are by Oremus.

Since opening on March 24, 2011, THE BOOK OF MORMON has become one of the most successful shows in Broadway history, breaking the Eugene O’Neill Theatre house record more than 50 times. In addition to nine, Tony Awards including Best Musical and the Grammy for Best Musical Theatre Album, THE BOOK OF MORMON won five Drama Desk Awards including Best Musical, the NY Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical, the Drama League Award for Best Musical and four Outer Critics Circle Awards including Best Musical.

The West End production opened in February 2013, winning four Olivier Awards including Best New Musical, and breaking the record for the highest single day of sales in West End history. The first-ever UK and European tour launched in Manchester in June 2019, winning ‘Best Theatre Show’ at the Manchester Evening News City Life Awards before touring throughout the UK and Europe THE BOOK OF MORMON has been performed on three continents and has won over 30 international awards. The musical has smashed long-standing box office records in New York, London, Melbourne, Sydney, and in cities across the U.S. and the world.

The Original Broadway Cast Recording for THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of the 2011 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, is available on Ghostlight Records.

FOOTNOTE:

WORLD WINNER! TONY AWARD – BEST MUSICAL

WINNER! NEW YORK DRAMA CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD – BEST MUSICAL

WINNER! DRAMA DESK AWARD – BEST MUSICAL

WINNER! OUTER CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD – BEST MUSICAL

WINNER! DRAMA LEAGUE AWARD – BEST MUSICAL

WINNER! GRAMMY AWARD – BEST MUSICAL THEATER ALBUM

EPD DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT

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JUST IN: Vanderburgh County Coroner’s Office And The Evansville Police Department Are Investigating Childs Death

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Vanderburgh County Coroner’s Office And The Evansville Police Department Are Investigating Childs Death

The Vanderburgh County Coroner’s Office and the Evansville Police Department are investigating the death of a 6-year-old child on 09-04-2022.

The child has been identified as Malachi Copeland of Evansville. An autopsy determined he died from a single gunshot wound to the head.

The investigation is ongoing and the Evansville Police Department can provide additional updates.

USI events and updates for the week of 9/6/2022

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Beginning Saturday, September 10

Chicago-based artist Cass Davis to exhibit at New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art

 

The USI New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art is proud to present Revelations featuring installation, sculpture, textile and video works by Chicago-based artist Cass Davis. The exhibition will be on display Saturday, September 10 through November 5.

Friday, September 9

Engineers in Action complete remote Bolivia bridge project at more than 14,000 feet

 

The USI Engineers in Action (EIA) student organization completed a 100-meter bridge project in Japo, Bolivia, this summer. The student team and two USI employees will give a brief presentation on the project and will be available for media interviews from 3-4 p.m. Friday, September 9.

 

More information will be coming in a media alert shortly. An RSVP is required to attend. 

September 23

Annual Pharmacology Update for Healthcare Professionals workshop returns in person, virtual

 

The USI Center for Health Professions Lifelong Learning is hosting the annual Pharmacology Update for Healthcare Professionals, an all-day workshop on Friday, September 23 in the University Center on the USI campus.

September 28

Inaugural Edward D. and Regina Rechnic Holocaust Series speaker set for September 28

 

The University of Southern Indiana Foundation is hosting the inaugural speaker for the Edward D. and Regina Rechnic Holocaust Series from 7-8 p.m. Wednesday, September 28 in Carter Hall on the USI campus.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Released Wednesday, August 31

USI waiving undergraduate application fee through September 30 for College GO! campaign

 

In conjunction with the College GO! campaign sponsored by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education, USI invites Indiana students to submit their undergraduate admission applications for free through the month of September.

Released Thursday, September 1

Board approves biennial capital improvement request, housing and meal plan rates

 

At its regular meeting on Thursday, September 1, the University of Southern Indiana Board of Trustees reviewed and approved the 2023-25 Capital Improvement Budget Request and housing and meal plan rates for the 2023-24 Academic Year.

USI CALENDAR

A collection of events on campus and in the community sponsored can be found on the USI events calendar by clicking here.