48TH ANNUAL EASTERSEALS TELETHON ON ABC 25/CW 7 RAISES $907,797 WHILE SHARING LOCAL STORIES AND EASTERSEALS MISSION.
The 48th annual Easterseals Telethon ended at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 11, with a grand total of $907,797 raised for the Easterseals Rehabilitation Center. All proceeds will stay local to provide inclusive early education and essential therapy services for Tri-State children and adults with disabilities. Easterseals shared mission stories, recognized community partners, and celebrated the organization’s local impact during the broadcast.
The show aired live on ABC 25/CW 7 from the Easterseals Rehabilitation Center at 3701 Bellemeade Ave. in Evansville. The station donated production and airtime costs to make the Telethon broadcast possible.
Numerous individuals, businesses, and groups presented checks on the air. “Pacesetter” volunteers contributed donations collected in advance of the show. Local community members donated by phone, in person, and online. In the afternoon, the E’ville Iron Street Rod Club displayed several pre-1949 vehicles outside the Easterseals Rehabilitation Center.
Among many individuals featured on the show were local Easterseals Youth Ambassador Ethan Hills of Newburgh IN and Adult Ambassador Greg Butler of Evansville.
Mayor Stephanie Terry appeared on the broadcast to declare April 11 as “Easterseals Day” in the City of Evansville. Several individuals, businesses, and organizations featured on the show received Easterseals Mayor’s Awards for their generous support.
The Easterseals Rehabilitation Center serves more than 5,900 individuals with disabilities from a 31-county area spanning Indiana, Kentucky, and Illinois. Core services are offered on a sliding fee scale, regardless of ability to pay. All donations remain local to help provide inclusive early education and life-changing therapy services for Tri-State children and adults with disabilities.
Community support remains essential to provide services for local individuals with disabilities, regardless of their financial means.
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UE Professor Makes History as the First Muslim to Have Two Prestigious Mathematics Awards Named in His Honor
EVANSVILLE, IND. (04/10/2025) The University of Evansville (UE) proudly announces that Professor Mohammad K. Azarian has made history as the first Muslim and the first Iranian American mathematician to have two prestigious mathematics awards named in his honor by the American Mathematical Society (AMS) and the Mathematical Association of America (MAA). These honors, established under his name, recognize his outstanding contributions to research, problem creation, and his unparalleled service to the mathematics community.
His extensive academic work includes the publication of 47 papers, 87 problems, and over 60 presentations at international, national, and reginal meetings and conferences. Professor Azarian served four years as a Discipline Peer Reviewer for the Fulbright Scholar Program (2015-2018) and published 78 reviews in the AMS’s Mathematical Reviews (MathSciNet) and the European Mathematical Society’s zbMATH Open (Zentralblatt MATH).
The Mohammad K. Azarian Prize for Mathematical Reviews Reviewers, established by AMS, honors mathematicians who have demonstrated exceptional contributions to the peer review field. This prize will recognize notable achievement by peer reviewers, past, present, and future. By providing quality reviews of scholarly articles, reviewers provide a vital link for researchers between established research and works in progress. The inaugural award will be presented at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in Washington, D.C., in January 2026, when AMS and 16 other mathematics organizations will gather for their joint annual meeting.
Professor Azarian, a lifetime member of the AMS since 1983, has been an active force in the mathematical community for decades. His contributions include serving on the Human Rights of Mathematicians Committee and chairing the committee in 2023. Additionally, he has represented AMS on the American Association for the Advancement of Science Human Rights Coalition.
Similarly, the Mohammad K. Azarian Scholar Award, established by MAA, celebrates excellence in mathematical problem creation. This award recognizes individuals whose original, thought-provoking problems challenge and inspire the mathematical community.
Honorees will be selected from contributors to MAA publications – The American Mathematical Monthly, Mathematics Magazine, The College Mathematics Journal, and Math Horizons – as well as from problem creators featured in the American Mathematics Competitions (AMC), American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME), the Putnam Competition, and the Mathematical Olympiad Program (MOP). By spotlighting outstanding problem creators, this award reinforces the vital role of problem-creation in advancing mathematical thinking and education. The inaugural award will be presented in August at MathFest 2025, in Sacramento, California. Professor Azarian will be a speaker at this conference.
Professor Azarian has been a member of MAA since 1986, with a distinguished record of service. His numerous contributions include serving on the Executive Board of the Indiana Section of the MAA (2001-2007), where one of his responsibilities was overseeing the Indiana College Mathematics Competitions for all of Indiana’s colleges and universities. He was honored with the Mathematical Association of America-Indiana Distinguished Service Award in 2017.
With these two honors, Professor Azarian becomes the first Muslim, the first Iranian American, and the third mathematician to have two distinguished mathematics awards named in his honor by AMS and MAA, the two largest, oldest, and most respected mathematics organizations in the United States. These recognitions underscore his lasting impact on mathematical scholarship and problem creation.
The University of Evansville congratulates Professor Azarian on this remarkable achievement and looks forward to celebrating his contributions to the global mathematical community.
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Aces drop series opener to Drake
Game two set for Saturday at 2 p.m.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Drake scored six runs in the first two innings and pulled away for an 8-0 win over the University of Evansville in five innings at Tri-State Orthopaedics Field at James & Dorothy Cooper Stadium.
The Bulldogs took a 1-0 lead out of the gate, scoring on a 2-out RBI double. Looking to bounce back, the Aces drew two walks in the bottom of the inning before a strikeout ended the threat. The Bulldogs got right back to work in the second, loading the bases with no outs. After scoring a run on a hit batter, Emma Dighton hit a grand slam to push the Bulldogs lead to 6-0.
Jenna Donohoo picked up Evansville’s first hit of the game in the bottom of the second and the Aces would put two runners on in the third, however, Drake kept UE off the scoreboard. The Bulldogs struck again with a pair of runs in the top of the fourth and would take the game by the 8-0 final.
Evansville was limited to one hit while Drake accumulated eight runs on seven hits. Ridgway suffered the loss, allowing five runs in just over an inning. Gracie Hollingsworth threw the final four frames. Molly Hoekst earned the win for the Bulldogs.
On Saturday, the teams meet up at 2 p.m. for the second game of the series.
Small mistakes add up in loss to Illinois State
USI Baseball falls in series opener
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – University of Southern Indiana Baseball could not overcome an early deficit, but fell to Tennessee Tech University, 11-6, Friday evening in Cookeville, Tennessee. USI is 16-17 overall and 7-3 in the OVC, while TTU goes to 22-13 overall, 7-3 OVC.
USI was in a hole after three innings, 8-0, before it could get the bats going in the fourth inning. USI sophomore rightfielder Cameron Boyd put the Screaming Eagles on the scoreboard with a two-run, ground-rule double to get the offense going.
USI junior catcher Micajah Wall finished the Screaming Eagles scoring in the fourth, 8-3, with an RBI single up the middle.
The Screaming Eagles closed the gap to 8-5 during the fifth when sophomore third baseman Parker Martin hit a two-run blast over the right field fence. TTU, however, responded in the bottom half of the fifth with two more runs to re-extend its lead to 10-5.
The Golden Eagles pushed the margin back to six, 11-5, before the Screaming Eagles scored the final run in the eighth for the eventual 11-6 final. USI junior shortstop Clayton Slack drove in the Screaming Eagles’ final run with a ground out.
For the game, Martin led USI with three hits, a run scored, two RBIs, and a home run.
USI freshman right-hander Sage Stout started and took the loss. Stout (3-2) allowed eight runs on five hits and two walks, while striking out a season-high batters in three innings of work.
THUNDERBOLTS SHUT OUT HAVOC 2-0, FORCE THIRD GAME
