Home Blog Page 1847

Historic New Harmony Awarded Nearly $100,000 Through Lily Endowment Initiative

0

The University of Southern Indiana’s Historic New Harmony program has been awarded a planning grant of just under $100,000 from Lilly Endowment Inc. through its Religion and Cultural Institutions Initiative. The grant is helping Historic New Harmony explore how to strengthen efforts to depict religion in its exhibitions, educational outreach and other programs.

Lilly Endowment’s initiative seeks to assist museums and cultural organizations in the United States in displaying exhibitions, providing educational programs and engaging in other activities to strengthen their capacities to provide fair and accurate portrayals of the role religion has played and continues to play in the United States and across the globe. It is designed to educate and lift the contributions that people of all faiths and diverse religious communities make to our greater civic well-being.

New Harmony was the site of two 19th century utopian communities. Founded in 1814 by a group of German Pietists under the leadership of Father George Rapp, the Harmonists sought religious freedom.  The second community, under the leadership of industrialist Robert Owen and his business partner William Maclure, hoped to establish a model community where education and social equality would flourish. In 1985, the University of Southern Indiana assumed management of Historic New Harmony, encouraging cultural and educational programs, while maintaining historic properties.

“We are thrilled by this opportunity presented by Lilly Endowment to bring attention to New Harmony,” said Leslie Townsend, Director of Community Engagement and Historic New Harmony.  “This grant will provide the capacity to research and develop plans for exhibits and programming that will build upon New Harmony’s rich cultural and spiritual heritage.”

Historic New Harmony will work with University of Southern Indiana faculty, staff and students and area faith leaders to develop a proposal for a second grant that would help fund implementation of new exhibitions and programs. The deadline for the proposal is August 1.

Lilly Endowment launched the Religion and Cultural Institutions Initiative in 2019 when it awarded planning grants totaling nearly $2 million to organizations to help them explore how programming in religion could further their institutional missions. In 2020, Lilly Endowment made 18 grants totaling more than $43 million to help organizations implement their plans.

​Historic New Harmony is a unified program of the University of Southern Indiana and the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites. By preserving its utopian legacy, Historic New Harmony inspires innovation and progressive thought through its programs and collections. For more information, visit the USI website at USI.edu/hnhor contact Leslie Townsend, Director of Community Engagement and Historic New Harmony at ltownsen@usi.edu or 812-465-7013.

About Lilly Endowment 

Home And Community Based Services Stabilization Grant Deadline Quickly Approaching

0

The Feb. 18, 2022, is the deadline for the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration for the Home- and Community-Based Services Stabilization Grant opportunity, as described in our HCBS Enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentage Spend Plan. Interested eligible HCBS Medicaid providers have until Feb. 18, 2022, to complete the required grant attestation form.

HCBS providers can visit the Indiana HCBS Enhanced FMAP Spend Plan Page to obtain more information and access resources including an informational video, FAQ, provider bulletin, and Attestation Form. Topics covered in those resources include general background on the grants, eligible provider groups, process and timing expectations, grant methodology, and required provider attestations.

General Information 

  • Background: As identified in the IN FSSA HCBS Spend Plan, the HCBS Stabilization Grant has been made available by FSSA to support providers and frontline staff affected by the public health emergency.   
  • Purpose: The purpose of the grant is both to retroactively address COVID-19-related expenses and challenges and to recognize the important work of frontline staff, including costs related to compensation and benefits, COVID-19 testing, personal protective equipment, and other COVID-19 related expenses, to allow providers to stabilize their operations.    
  • Eligibility: Currently active HCBS Medicaid providers who were also active during the COVID-19 public health emergency. This is defined as HCBS Medicaid providers who (1) submitted a claims expenditure in CY2021 and (2) submitted a claims expenditure in CY2019, CY2020, and/or CY2021.  
  • Attestation process and timing: Interested qualifying providers must submit a signed attestation form by Feb. 18, 2022, to be considered.   

For more information, please see the informational video and FAQ. Please direct any questions and/or feedback to hcbs.spendplan@fssa.in.gov. 

Indiana FFA Celebrates National FFA Week, Feb. 19-26

0

The Indiana FFA State Officer team will connect with members around Indiana promoting agriculture education and FFA in celebration of National FFA Week.

INDIANAPOLIS (Feb. 16, 2022) — The Indiana FFA Association and the Indiana State Department of Agriculture will celebrate all things blue and gold for National FFA Week from February 19 – 26, 2022. National FFA Week remembers more than 94 years of FFA tradition and history while also highlighting and celebrating the success stories of the 735,000 members of the national organization.

“I am incredibly proud of the work FFA members do year-round to support and promote Indiana agriculture,” said Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch, Secretary of Agriculture. “National FFA Week is a great opportunity for our FFA members to show their community, schools and neighbors what FFA and serving others is all about. I am excited to see the work completed by these young leaders during this weeklong celebration.”

Starting in 1948, the National FFA Board of Directors designated a weeklong celebration to recognize George Washington’s example and legacy as a leader and farmer. For the past 74 years, FFA members across the country have taken part in agricultural, leadership and service-based activities during National FFA Week.

“FFA has a strong history in agriculture and in community service,” said Bruce Kettler, Indiana State Department of Agriculture director. “This week is a great opportunity for FFA members to give back to their community and their school and to recruit new members to join this outstanding organization.”

Tamara Ketchen, Director of the Indiana FFA Association, is looking forward to seeing all the work done this week in FFA chapters across the state.

“National FFA Week is a time for local chapters to highlight their programs showcasing their success and passion for agriculture,” Ketchen said. “We also use this as an opportunity to recognize community supporters and broadcast the mission of the organization.”

During the week, chapters host a variety of events to educate, advocate and celebrate the agricultural industry. From a school petting zoo to a farmer’s breakfast, these activities pay homage to the dedication and commitment of today’s agriculturalists. During National FFA Week, the Indiana FFA State Officers travel the state to participate in activities with local FFA chapters and their communities.

FFA encourages the next generation of leaders who will change the world. FFA members are our future leaders, our future food suppliers, our future innovators and more! Whether it is through service projects or community gatherings, National FFA Week is a time for FFA members to raise awareness about agricultural education and the role the National FFA Organization plays in the development of agriculture’s future leaders.

EPD DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT

0
EPD

EPD REPORT

 

USI Softball heads to Music City for six games

0

EVANSVILLE, Ind.—University of Southern Indiana Softball gets a taste of the Midwest Region this weekend when it heads to Smyrna, Tennessee, to compete in the Trevecca Nazarene University Music City Invitational.

All six of USI’s opponents this weekend are Midwest Region opponents, which will put added weight to the games’ outcomes.

The Screaming Eagles (3-3) open the weekend Friday when they take on Tiffin University at noon and Trevecca Nazarene at 2 p.m. USI continues the weekend with games against Kentucky Wesleyan College and the University of Findlay Saturday at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., respectively, while Sunday’s final day pits the Eagles against Ferris State University (9 a.m.) and the University of Wisconsin-Parkside (11 a.m.).

Trailblazer basketball to host annual Play 4 Kay games Thursday

0

VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University Men’s team will be hosting their annual Play 4 Kay night at the P.E. Complex, Thursday, Feb. 17 when the VU men’s team takes on Region 24 opponent Southwestern Illinois.

All ticket sales for Thursday’s games will be donated to the Kay Yow Cancer Fund, with a total donation goal of $1,000.

Vincennes University Athletics will also be taking donations all throughout the month of February to be donated to the Kay Yow Cancer Fund.

Yow passed away from stage 4 breast cancer in early 2009. She coached the North Carolina State women’s basketball program from 1975 until shortly before her death. During her more than three decades on the sidelines for the Wolfpack, Yow earned induction into the Naismith Hall of Fame with more than 650 of her 700-plus career wins.

The nationwide Play 4 Kay program is an opportunity for coaches to raise breast cancer awareness and research funds on the court, across campuses, in communities and beyond. Since its inception in 2007, the Play 4 Kay initiative has generated more than $7.7 million for the cause.

VU Athletics began partnering with the Kay Yow Cancer Fund in 2013 and has since donated over $20,000.

Fans are encouraged to wear pink Thursday night to help show your support for cancer awareness and the continued battle for cancer research.

T-shirts will be available for purchase at the main gate as you enter the P.E. Complex, with all proceeds being donated to the Kay Yow Cancer Fund.

You can donate to the Kay Yow Cancer Fund at the main gate at all VU basketball games in the month of February or you can donate directly through the Kay Yow Cancer Fund website at: https://support.kayyow.com/give/303125/#!/donation/checkout

Women’s Swimming & Diving Heads To MVC Championships Wednesday

0

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The University of Evansville women’s swimming and diving will head to Iowa City, Iowa on Wednesday to take part in the 2022 Missouri Valley Conference Swimming & Diving Championships, hosted by the University of Northern Iowa.  The Valley Championships will begin Wednesday at 6 p.m. and continue through Saturday night.

The UE women will enter the league championships off of a regular-season which saw the Purple Aces go 5-2 in dual meet action and pick up a second-place finish at the A3 Performance Invitational in Carbondale, Illinois back in November.  Evansville set three school records during the course of the regular-season, and will be looking to take down more at the Valley Championships.

“The ladies are ready,” said UE head swimming coach Stuart Wilson.  “They were pretty relaxed and confident after leaving campus for Iowa.  They have been training well and I expect to see some great performances from the ladies this week.”

Junior Sarah Jahns (Lilburn, Ga./Parkview) lowered UE’s record in the 200-yard backstroke back in November, and will attempt to lower it even further this week.  Fellow junior Maya Cunningham (Yakima, Wash./Eisenhower) will also try to lower her own school records in both the 200-yard butterfly and 400-yard IM this weekend.  Freshman Sveva Brugnoli (Rome, Italy) made history in November by breaking a more than 20-year-old record in the 200 IM and will look to better that and the record in the 100-yard butterfly as well.

In all, UE’s roster features six women who currently own school records at Evansville.  That group includes the quartet of Cunningham, junior Sage Moore (Lexington, Ohio/Lexington), senior Jessie Steele (Houston, Texas/Klein) and sophomore Iryna Tsesiul (Minsk, Belarus), who set the school record in the 400-yard Medley Relay at the 2021 Valley Championships.  UE also features a group of nine women who have earned honorable mention all-MVC honors in the past, including three divers in seniors Maggie Franz (Mundelein, Ill./Mundelein), Fae Keighley (Johannesburg, South Africa) and Sarah Kempf (Greenwood, Ind./Center Grove).

Tanner Craig named to Bobby Bragan Collegiate Slugger Award Watch List

0

EVANSVILLE – For the second-straight season, University of Evansville first baseman Tanner Craig has been named to the Bobby Bragan Collegiate Slugger Award watch list, it was announced in a release from the organization on Tuesday afternoon.

The award, created by the Bobby Bragan Youth Foundation, was open to nominations from all Division I baseball programs in the country.  The BBCSA is based on performance at the plate, academics and personal integrity. This year’s watch list consists of 44 players representing 18 conferences around the country, including all five power conferences. Craig is joined by Dallas Baptist sophomore Jace Grady as the only two representatives of the Missouri Valley Conference on the watch list. Craig is also one of six nominees who have made the list more than once.

It was another standout year at the plate for the Scottsburg, Ind. native, who put on a power hitting clinic as a senior, hitting a team-best 12 home runs, vaulting himself into a tie for fourth in program history with 30 homers. Craig played and started in 54 of 55 games in 2021, leading the Aces with 47 RBI, while slugging a team-best .547 on the season.

The winner of the BBCSA will be announced in June and honored at a gala in the fall at the Fort Worth Club. Texas Tech’s Hunter Hargrove won the initial BBCSA in 2017. Dallas Baptist’s Devlin Granberg took home the honor in 2018 with Texas Tech’s Josh Jung winning the award in 2019.

Men’s basketball travels to Des Moines to face Drake

0

Game time set for 7 p.m. on Wednesday

 EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Looking for its first win in the State of Iowa since 2016, the University of Evansville men’s basketball team travels to Des Moines for a 7 p.m. contest on Wednesday at Drake.  ESPN+ and the Purple Aces Radio Network will have the coverage.

Schedule Update

– Schedule adjustments have been set following last week’s postponement

– UE will face the Beacons on Feb. 19 at the Ford Center with a new start time of 1 p.m.

– The road game is set for Monday, Feb. 21 at 7 p.m.

 

VAMDERBURGH COUNTY RECENT BOOKING RECORDS

0

Booked Last 24 Hours-Public

1...1,8461,8471,848...7,274Page 1,847 of 7,274