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Writing for Wellness
Ivy Tech Speaker Series Kicks Off Feb. 7
“Assembling Your Personal Brand,†a panel discussion by officials at Banterra Bank, will kick off the 2018 School of Business Speaker Series at Ivy Tech Community College on Wednesday, Feb. 7, at 6 p.m. in Vectren Auditorium. It is free and open to the public. This annual series is sponsored by Banterra Bank.
The discussion is designed to help students and others in the public prepare for interviews and job searches. Discussing resumes, cover letters, references, interviewing, career research and social networking will be a panel of Banterra Bank officials including Kyle Dodd, assistant senior community banking officer, Chad Wingert, Geoff Gentil, Kevin Canterbury, commercial loan officers and Tina Spears, treasury management specialist.
The second event in the School of Business Speaker Series will be April 18 with Susan Hardwick, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Vectren Corporation, presenting the keynote address, “Choices.â€Â In contrast to common goal setting thinking, Hardwick will reflect on the day-to-day personal and corporate experiences and decisions that led her to her current position and programs at Vectren.
This presentation is also free and open to the public and will take place in Vectren Auditorium at Ivy Tech at 6 p.m. on April 18Â A public reception is planned prior to this presentation at 5:30 p.m. in the foyer of the auditorium.
Hardwick was named executive vice president and chief financial officer of Vectren Corporation in 2016. Prior to her current role, Hardwick served as senior vice president, CFO and vice president, controller and assistant treasurer of Vectren. She has extensive public accounting experience and has spent the majority of her career involved in the regulated utility industry.
Hardwick holds a B.S. degree in accounting from Indiana University and is a certified public accountant.
She has held numerous leadership roles in the American Gas Association and the Edison Electric Institute. She is active in the community serving on several boards and has been honored with numerous awards including: 2009 Athena Award; the 2011 Maverick Award by the Midwest Energy Association; the 2016 Sara B. Davies Award by Leadership Evansville; and was named one of 158 Women to Watch by the Diversity Journal in 2016. Hardwick also received the Torchbearer Lifetime Achievement Award from the Indiana Commission on Women in 2016 and was honored as Indiana Business Journal CFO of the Year in 2016.
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Board of School Trustees of the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation Meeting
The Board of School Trustees of the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation will meet in executive session at 3:30 p.m. on Monday, February 5, 2018, in the John H. Schroeder Conference Centre at the EVSC Administration Building, 951 Walnut, IN 47713, Evansville, IN. The session will be conducted according to Senate Enrolled Act 313, Section 1, I.C. 5-14-1.5-6.1, as amended. The purpose of the meeting is for discussion of collective bargaining, (2)(A); initiation of litigation or litigation that is either pending or has been threatened specifically in writing, (2)(B); purchase or lease of property, (2)(D); and job performance evaluation of individual employees, (9).
The regular meeting of the School Board will follow at 5:30 p.m. in the EVSC Board Room, same address.
Record-setting day for Aces at Don DeNoon Invitational
  Five program records for Evansville fall in successful meet at SIU
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EVANSVILLE, Ind. -Â On a record-setting weekend, the University of Evansville men’s and women’s track and field teams found success in their second meet of the season at the Don DeNoon Invitational in Carbondale, Ill. hosted by Southern Illinois.
In all, five program records were broken by the Aces including one record which had stood since 1985.
To open the weekend, the Aces had four athletes compete on Friday night. Freshman Ian Alberts led Evansville with an eighth-place finish with a height of 3.85 meters while fellow freshman Kevin Yeung finished without recording a height. In the women’s long jump, freshman Lizzy Walston set a program record with a ninth-place finish with a distance of 4.51 meters. Junior Hayley Elliot also competed in the women’s long jump, finishing in 12th with a distance of 3.49 meters. Yeung pulled double duty for the Aces, earning a 16th-place finish in the men’s long jump with a distance of 5.07 meters.
A full slate of events for the Aces began on Saturday morning with the men’s and women’s shot put. Freshman Brittany Corley was the lone Aces in the women’s shot put, finishing in 31st with a distance of 8.64 meters. Three Aces competed in the men’s shot put, led by junior Ryan Freeman who broke a 32-year old record with a throw of 12.62 meters, besting Tim Blocker’s record by .36 meters, earning a 16th-place finish. Senior Clay Doty (21st) and sophomore Chris Zapata (22nd) both grabbed impressive finishes with Doty besting Zapata by just .25 meters.
Next up for Evansville were the men’s and women’s 60-meter dash where the Aces had one sprinter in each competition. In the women’s 60-meter dash, freshman Nikki Hutchcraft crossed the line in 30th breaking her own program record with a time of 8.23 seconds. On the men’s side, freshman Aaron Straight finished in 11.48 seconds in 35th.
Some of the most impressive performances of the weekend came in the men’s and women’s mile run. On the women’s side, freshman Anna Lowry shattered the Aces’ program record by nearly 35 seconds while capturing a 25th-place finish in the 50 runner field. The Aces men’s team was led by freshman Ricky Hendrix (4:39.77) in 34th while fellow freshmen Tyler Frields-Reifsteck (4:45.96), Timmy Miller (4:58.88), and Grant Mangan (5:24.77) finished in 37th, 42nd, and 46th, respectively.
Swimming and diving fall at Southern Illinois
Swimming and diving have concluded their regular season with a loss a Southern Illinois this afternoon.
On the men’s side, the Salukis scored 157 points, the Aces 79. For the women, the Salukis earned 166 points to the Aces’ 72.
“It was a tough meet,” said head coach Rickey Perkins. “But it was fun. I’m happy with the overall effort. It’s a tough time of the season, a couple weeks before conference, and everyone is tired and beaten up. But we’ll overcome, I’m sure of that.
Sophomore Brandt Hudson was the top performer for the Aces. He started his afternoon with a 3rd place finish in the 1000 freestyle with a final time of 9:47.04. Sophomore Zack Sagan followed in 4th place with a 10:44.04. Hudson then proceeded to clock in a 55.73 in the 100 backstroke for the runner up spot. Freshman Austin Smith earned 3rd place with 59.42.
Sophomore Paul Cozzens took a runner up place as well, his with a 53.08 100 butterfly. Sagan took 3rd place with 54.69. Cozzens took another 2nd place in the 100 breaststroke with a final time of 1:01.83. Junior Andrew Schroeder placed 4th, clocking in a 1:03.13.
Freshman Eli James continued the trend for Evansville, scoring 47.46 in the 100 freestyle for 2nd place. Senior Keystone Marcy took 3rdwith 51.99. Freshman Credence Pattinson took 2nd place in the 500 freestyle with a final time of 5:00.29. In 3rd place was junior Jared Sutphin at a 5:13.90.
The men’s 200 Freestyle Relay ended the day consistently, taking 2nd place. Hudson, Sagan, and freshman Austin Davidson and Ryan Wood teamed up to record a 1:31.13.
Junior Kristen Myers took the first top 3 place of the afternoon for the women with a 3rd place finishing 55.29 100 freestyle. Senior Danielle Freeman came next with a 2nd place 50 butterfly ending at 26.39, followed by freshman Andrea Ramis in 3rd with 28.03.
Junior Kaylee Gubricky took a runner up in the 50 freestyle with a final time of 24.74, followed by freshman Kasey O’Rourke at 26.05 for 3rd. Sophomore Emma Hennessy placed 2nd in the 50 backstroke, clocking in a 29.70. Freshman Danielle Baugh proceeded to grab 3rd place with 31.11.
Junior Madi Jones took another 2nd place for the women in the 250 freestyle, touching in at 2:37.22. Sophomore Ashton Adams followed up with a 2:38.22 for 3rd. Sophomore Alaina Sylvester placed 2nd as well in the 50 breaststroke, clocking a 32.22. Gubricky returned to the pool to take 3rd place at 32.90.
The women’s 100 Freestyle Relay took 2nd place; Baugh, freshman Grace Cullen, junior Sam Gowdy, and Hennessy clocked a 48.52 together.
On the diving side, senior Cory Barnes led the men on 1-Meter, taking 2nd place with 230.85 points, with junior Miguel Marcano’s 223.79 points earning 4th place. Marcano came back with 262.43 points for 3rd place on 3-Meter, while Barnes placed 4th with 220.65.
Senior Courtney Coverdale took 4th place on 1-Meter with 248.99 points; freshman Natalie Gerard followed with 223.49 for 5th. The two stayed consistent for 3-meter, with Coverdale again taking 4th with 232.80 points and Gerard 5th with 189.15.
With the conclusion of the meet, the Aces now enter championship season. The women will be Iowa City February 14-17 for the MVC Championships. The men will head to Oxford, Ohio February 28-March 3 for the MAC Championships.