The Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation Board of School Trustees tonight approved new individuals in school leadership positions, as well as positions that have been restructured for the 2013-14 school year.

These positions include new leadership roles:

· Principal at New Tech Institute: Christopher Gibson, formerly a counselor at Central High School. Gibson replaces Mike Allen who resigned effective the end of this school year. He has a B.S. degree from the University of Southern Indiana and a Master of Arts from Western Kentucky University. He holds certifications in school services as a school counselor and in grades 5-12 biology and chemistry.

· Principal at Daniel Wertz Elementary School: Douglas Mills, formerly assistant principal at Lodge Community School. Mills holds a B.S. degree from Indiana State University and a Master of Education from Indiana Wesleyan University. He is certified as a building level administrator for all schools and as a teacher of choral music, grades K-12. Prior to Lodge he was principal at New Harmony School. He replaces Michael Taylor who is moving to Tekoppel Elementary.

· Assistant Principal at Lodge Community School: Amy Godbout, formerly assistant principal at Hamilton Heights High School in Arcadia, IN, since 2010. She replaces Douglas Mills who moved to Daniel Wertz. Godbout holds a B.S. degree from Butler University and a Master of Education from Indiana Wesleyan University. She is certified as a building level administrator and instructionally in general education grades 1-6 (7/8 ND) and learning disabled and seriously emotionally handicapped, K-12.

· Director of Fine Arts: Dwight Emmert, formerly vocal music teacher at Reitz High School, High School Honors Band director and coordinator of instrumental music for the EVSC since 2008. He holds a B.S. degree from Indiana State University and a Master of Arts degree from Nova Southeastern University.

· Principal at Delaware K-6: James Nathan Steele, formerly Title 1, Grade 5 and 6 teacher at Delaware School. Steele has a B.S. degree from the University of Evansville and a Master of Education degree from Indiana Wesleyan University. He is certified as a building level administrator for all schools and in general education and social studies grades 1-6 (7/8 ND).

Restructured Positions:

· Chief Academic Officer: Velinda Stubbs, formerly director of language arts literacy support. Stubbs has been with EVSC for nearly 34 years and replaces Daniel Ulrich who is moving to the Southern Indiana Career & Technical Center.

· Director of Career, Technical, and Adult Education: Daniel Ulrich, who was formerly the chief academic officer has been with the EVSC for 39 years. Ulrich is replacing Barbara Bennett, who is retiring this spring.

· Director of Language Arts Literacy Support: Jacqueline Kuhn, formerly principal at Cedar Hall Community School, who has been with the EVSC for 28 years, is replacing Velinda Stubbs in her role as director of language arts literacy support.

· Principal of Cedar Hall Community School: Todd Slagle, formerly principal at Delaware K-6, who has been with the EVSC for 17 years. Slagle replaces Jaqueline Kuhn who is moving to administration.

· Principal at Cynthia Heights Elementary: Sally Bagby, formerly principal at Tekoppel Elementary. Bagby has been with the EVSC for 32 years and will fill the position vacated by Lee Ann Shields, who is retiring.

· Principal at Tekoppel Elementary: Michael Taylor, formerly principal of Daniel Wertz Elementary. Taylor has been with the EVSC for 25 years, and is replacing Sally Bagby who is moving to Cynthia Heights.

· Assistant Principals at Glenwood Leadership Academy: Angela Oliver and Carrie Terry will be at Glenwood Leadership Academy.

Members of the Evansville Police Department have been working closely with the family of a local school student who filed a complaint against an EPD Officer last week. The family has decided that they do not wish to file criminal charges against the officer. The EPD made it clear to the family that they would pursue the charges the same as they would with any other citizen. The mother advised that the student didn’t want to see the officer charged criminally and the parents concurred with his wishes.

Although the criminal investigation has ended, an Internal Investigation has now begun. The officer will remain on administrative leave pending the outcome of the Internal Affairs investigation.

Evansville Redevelopment Commission

Tuesday, May 21, 2013 – 8:30 am
Civic Center Complex – Room 307

1. Call to Order

2. Approval of Minutes of May 7, 2013

3. Approval of accounts payable voucher

4. Design Review
Jacobsville – 100 N Main St – ONB Branch – bike rack install

5. Downtown Redevelopment Area
13-ERC-21 – Authorizing an Agreement with VPS Architecture for Urban Design and Planning for the Downtown Redevelopment Area

6. Other Business

7. Adjournment

* This preliminary Agenda is subject to change. The final Agenda will be posted at the entrance to the location of the meeting prior to the meeting.

Robert Morse, professor of computer science, has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to spend the Spring 2014 semester in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

From February 1 through July 15, 2014, Morse will split his time between teaching and research at the University of Ljubljana. He will teach a graduate-level course on his specialty, computational algebra, and collaborate with local mathematicians on two research projects.

“I’m honored to be selected for the Fulbright and look forward to returning to Slovenia after visiting and presenting my research there in 2012,” Morse said. “My activities abroad will enhance my professional growth and challenge me mathematically as I will be providing computational expertise to several mathematicians at the University of Ljubljana in support of their research.”

“My work as a Fulbright scholar also will benefit UE’s vision and strategic plan by extending the University’s global reach and making deeper connections abroad,” Morse added, “and it will provide the groundwork for possible future student interaction between the University of Evansville and the University of Ljubljana.”

“At the University of Evansville, we’re very proud and excited for Dr. Morse,” said John Mosbo, senior vice president for academic affairs. “The Fulbright Scholarship is among the most prestigious and competitive in higher education, and Dr. Morse’s successful application for the award demonstrates that the University of Evansville’s faculty is truly world-class.”

Morse came to the University of Evansville in 1998 after a 12-year career designing avionics software for IBM Corporation’s Federal Systems Division. He is the co-editor of two books on computational algebra and is author of several peer-reviewed publications in mathematics. Morse holds a PhD and Master of Arts in mathematics from the State University of New York at Binghamton, as well as a Bachelor of Science in computer science from The Pennsylvania State University.

Morse’s previous honors include the University of Evansville’s Global Scholar Award from the Institute for Global Enterprise, Sadelle and Sydney Berger Award for Scholarly Activity, and Dean’s Teaching Award for the College of Engineering and Computer Science. He also has served as a visiting professor at the National University of Ireland in Galway (funded by a Marie Curie Transfer of Knowledge grant from the European Union) and received an Outstanding Technical Achievement Award from IBM Corporation.

The Fulbright Program, founded in 1946 and sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, offers grants for U.S. citizens to study, teach, and conduct research abroad, and for non-U.S. citizens to come to the United States. Each year, the program awards approximately 800 highly competitive, merit-based grants for U.S. scholars and professionals. Past Fulbright Scholars include recipients of 43 Nobel Prizes, 81 Pulitzer Prizes, 28 MacArthur Foundation Awards, and 16 U.S. Presidential Medals of Honor.

The Great Lakes Valley Conference announced Thursday that nine teams have been named recipients of the GLVC Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Sportsmanship Award for the spring season. The nine squads, which include, Indianapolis Men’s Golf, Missouri-St. Louis Women’s Golf, Lewis Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track & Field, Southern Indiana Men’s Tennis, Southern Indiana and Bellarmine Women’s Tennis, UW-Parkside Baseball, and Drury Softball, were selected by their peers as best displaying ‘Good Sportsmanship’ during the 2012-13 spring season.

The SAAC Sportsmanship Award is determined by voted of the GLVC member institutions’ campus SAACs. The committees select their top three choices in each sport and base their decision on their view of sportsmanship. Each team that received a first-place vote received three points, second place received two points, and the third place received one point. The GLVC sponsors the award in each of the league’s eighteen championship sports.

This year’s award-winning squads were recognized after an exciting spring season in the GLVC.

Southern Indiana claimed its first Sportsmanship Award honors of the 2012-13 year, while the women’s tennis team claimed back-to-back sportsmanship titles. This is the second award for both USI tennis squads with the men having won back in 2008. Bellarmine also staked claim to the women’s tennis title for the first time since their three-peat in 2008-10. The Knights also won the men’s basketball sportsmanship title for the winter season. Lewis took its third track and field title of the 2012-13 season, as the women’s squad won the accolade for the indoor season, while both the men and women displayed good sportsmanship in the outdoor segment. Missouri-St. Louis and UW-Parkside recorded their first sportsmanship titles of the season. The Tritons received their fourth consecutive sportsmanship title in women’s golf with this year’s selection. The Rangers became only the third team in history to receive the baseball sportsmanship award, as Northern Kentucky has won four and Lewis won the other award in the history of the honor. Indianapolis added a third award to its trophy case this season as the Greyhounds’ football and men’s indoor track and field teams were also recognized for good sportsmanship. Drury claimed its third award of the 2012-13 year with the softball squad’s first-ever accolade, coupled with the men’s and women’s cross country teams’ distinction back in the fall.

A team award will be presented to each of the squads claiming the team sportsmanship awards. An overall ‘Good Sportsmanship’ award, which will be announced on Friday, will be presented to the institution with the most points during the 2012-2013 academic year. Northern Kentucky claimed the inaugural award in 2007-08, UW-Parkside earned it in 2008-09, Bellarmine claimed back-to-back titles in 2009-10 and 2010-11, and Southern Indiana won the title for the 2011-12 academic year.

2013 GLVC SPRING SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD WINNERS
Men’s Golf: Indianapolis
Women’s Golf: Missouri-St. Louis
Men’s Tennis: Southern Indiana
Women’s Tennis: (Tie) Southern Indiana, Bellarmine
Baseball: UW-Parkside
Softball: Drury
Men’s Outdoor Track & Field: Lewis
Women’s Outdoor Track & Field: Lewis