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New UE Program Offers Clinicians Opportunities for Career Advancement; First in the Region

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EVANSVILLE, IND. (09/07/2023) The University of Evansville (UE) has received approval from the Higher Learning Commission to launch a Ph.D. in Health Professions Education. This terminal academic doctorate degree is a first for the University, with the goal of helping to ease the shortage of healthcare professionals nationwide.

The Ph.D. in Health Professions Education will be an avenue to help clinicians develop the skills necessary to be effective educators who contribute to interdisciplinary research across the healthcare sector.

This program aims to benefit various health professions, including nursing, physical therapy, athletic training, occupational therapy, medical doctors, physician assistants, and more. With the shift in educational requirements from baccalaureates to advanced degrees, many academic healthcare programs need more qualified faculty members, compounded by the imminent retirement of many existing faculty.

The Ph.D. program encompasses 44 credit hours and will be delivered in an online format with optional in-person meetings. This format ensures improved instructional quality, higher student retention rates, and enhanced satisfaction.

Designed with working professionals in mind, the curriculum allows students to complete all coursework within eight semesters (2 years), with the option of either in-person or remote access. Online classroom meetings are scheduled on weekends to provide flexibility and accommodate students’ existing professional commitments.

UE is committed to meeting the evolving needs of healthcare professionals and the academic community. This program presents a unique opportunity for clinicians to expand their career prospects, contribute to the development of future healthcare practitioners, and elevate the quality of education in their respective fields.

“This is truly a pioneering program in the Tri-State region, and we believe this doctorate degree will play a pivotal role in addressing the shortage of healthcare professionals across disciplines while empowering clinicians to become effective educators and valuable contributors to research,” said Bethany Huebner, PT, DPT, PhD, Associate Professor of Physical Therapy and PhD in Health Professions Education. “We remain dedicated to meeting the needs of healthcare professionals and the patients they serve.

The program received several letters of support from community leaders, including Evansville Mayor Lloyd Winnecke and Deaconess Health System CEO Shawn McCoy.

“The Ph.D. in Health Professions Education will train future faculty members who can teach and mentor students in a variety of healthcare fields,” said Lloyd Winnecke, ’82, Mayor of Evansville. “This will ensure that we will have a strong pipeline of qualified healthcare professionals and can attract students into our region to receive an education and hopefully remain in our community once they have completed their degree.”

“I commend the University of Evansville for its innovative solutions in addressing the healthcare workforce’s significant challenges,” said Shawn McCoy, Chief Executive Officer of Deaconess Health System. “The Ph.D. in Health Professions Education program particularly addresses faculty shortages in nursing, social work, physical and occupational therapy, and physician assistant science, among others. In addition, the program enables academic partners to increase class sizes and produce more healthcare professionals to serve the community.”

EVANSVILLE POLICE MERIT COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA

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EVANSVILLE POLICE MERIT COMMISSION

MEETING AGENDA

Monday, September 11th, 2023

4:00 p.m.  Room 307, Civic Center Complex

  1. EXECUTIVE SESSION:
  1. An executive session will be held prior to the open session.
  1. The executive session is closed as provided by:
  1. I.C. 5-14-1.5-6.1(b)(5): To receive information about and interview prospective employees.
  2. I.C. 5-14-1.5-6.1(b)(6)(A): With respect to any individual over whom the governing body has jurisdiction to receive information concerning the individual’s alleged misconduct.
  3. I.C. 5-14-1.5-6.1(b)(9): To discuss a job performance evaluation of individual employees.  This subdivision does not apply to a discussion of the salary, compensation, or benefits of employees during a budget process.
  1. OPEN SESSION:
  1. CALL TO ORDER:
  1. ACKNOWLEDGE GUESTS:
  1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
    1. July 24th, 2023 (Cook, Sutton)
    2. August 14th, 2023 (Sutton, Johnson-Kincaid)
    3. August 28th, 2023 (Cook, Johnson-Kincaid)
  1. APPROVAL OF CLAIMS:
  1. PROBATIONARY OFFICER UPDATE:
    1. Update for Officers in SWILEA
    2. Update for Officers in FTO
  1. APPLICANTS:
    1. 23-042
  1. RETIREMENTS
    1. Officer Brian Donovan Hessler, Badge Number 1211, retiring effective September 18th, 2023 after serving 26 years and 3 days. 
  1. RESIGNATIONS:
    1. Probationary Officer John Charles Wagoner, Badge Number 1559, resigning effective September 1st, 2023 after serving 7 months and 28 days. 
  1. REMINDERS:  
    1. The meeting scheduled for Monday, September 25th, 2023 has been cancelled.
    2. The next scheduled meeting is Monday, October 9th, 2023 at 4:00pm. 
  1. ADJOURNMENT:

EPD DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT

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Local legislators seek Statehouse interns for 2024 session 

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STATEHOUSE (Sept. 7, 2023) – Local lawmakers are seeking interns to join them at the Statehouse during the 2024 legislative session.

According to State Rep. Matt Hostettler (R-Patoka), House interns will be paid $900 bi-weekly as they work in downtown Indianapolis during session, which starts in January and concludes mid-March.  

“This is a great opportunity for young people to gain an insight into the legislative process at the state level,” Hostettler said. “It also provides interns valuable skills in demand in the workforce.” 

State Rep. Wendy McNamara (R-Evansville) said House internships are open to college students and recent graduates of all majors.   

“Interns will be able to apply the knowledge and skills they have learned in the classroom to working at the Statehouse,” McNamara said. “As an educator, I value the experience students gain in the workforce, and this opportunity certainly provides that.”

Paid, spring-semester intern positions are full time, Monday through Friday, and include free parking, career and professional development assistance, enrollment access to an Indiana government class, and opportunities to earn academic credits through the student’s college or university. Interns are also eligible to apply for a competitive $3,000 scholarship to use toward undergraduate and graduate expenses. 

According to State Rep. Tim O’Brien (R-Evansville), students can apply for internships in a variety of departments related to their field of study, including legislative operations, policy, and communications and media relations.    

“We have options that will help you achieve your career goals in a variety of fields,” O’Brien said. “Working at the Statehouse while the legislature is in session builds both skills and resumes for young professionals.” 

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HABITUAL THIEF WHO TARGETED SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS FOUND GUILTY IN JURY TRIAL

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Evansville, IN – On August 29, 2023, Prosecutor Diana Moers announces that

Richard Zenon Bogacki, a habitual thief, was found guilty of three counts of Theft, all

Level 6 Felonies, in a jury trial before Judge Robert J. Pigman of the Vanderburgh County

Superior Court.

In February of 2019, local business owners hired Richard Bogacki as their

operations manager. Bogacki, who worked quickly to gain the trust of his employers, was

fired from his role in August when the business owners noticed several financial

discrepancies in the company. Just weeks prior to being terminated, Bogacki established

an LLC with a similar name to the company he worked for and made his wife the

registered agent. Richard Bogacki then opened a business banking account with the LLC’s

name. After completing work on a customer’s home through his employer’s business,

Richard Bogacki had the customer write the check to his new LLC. Bogacki then cashed

the check into his own business banking account. Bogacki committed the same offense

several times, having the customers write the check to his own LLC rather than his

employer’s business. Bogacki would also pay personal expenses out of his employer’s

business account.

At trial, Deputy Prosecutors Erik Bryant and John Bober presented bank records

of the Defendant’s illegitimate business, bank records of the victims’ legitimate business,

testimony from civilian homeowner witnesses who received services from the victim’s

business, and testimonies from the business owners and law enforcement. Previous

victims of Bogacki’s theft observed in the audience. After the guilty verdict, Bogacki was

taken into custody.

Prosecutor Diana Moers thanked her Deputy Prosecutors, Victim Advocate Teresa

Wilcox – who assisted these victims throughout the 4-year litigation, Morgan

Richardville, Carla Moore, Tony Carden, Tiffany Lubbehusen, and Kennadi Hagan who

all helped in the investigation and trial preparation. Moers also extended a thank you to

Detective Aaron McCormick, Sergeant Bill Arbaugh, and Detective Nathan VanCleave for

their roles in the investigation and trial process.

Prosecutor Diana Moers stated: “This is a reminder to the community that

financial crimes will be investigated and prosecuted with every resource we have

available. I have a background in prosecuting white-collar crimes and know first-hand the

devastating impact financial loss can have on peoples’ lives- from small businesses to our

banking institutions. Working hard to steal money from others thus robbing them of their

own hard work, trust, and time is a deplorable act that will impact generations and should

be treated as such. A community cannot thrive with these types of criminals among it.

My office will not turn away from these intricate cases. We have the knowledge to

investigate and prosecute financial theft cases to the fullest and we will leave no stone

unturned. Deputy Prosecutor Erik Bryant stated: “Our hope now is that our victims find

a sense of peace in knowing that this is behind them and their small business, which they

love so dearly.”

Sentencing is scheduled for October 5, 2023, in front of Judge Robert J. Pigman of

the Vanderburgh County Superior Court. The Defendant could face upwards of 7 years.

 

Higher stakes than reality TV

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Higher stakes than reality TV

Former President Donald Trump will receive more massive free television exposure in the non-distant future.

Georgia law allows for cameras in the courtroom. Trump’s trial, on charges that he, along with 18 other people, illegally conspired to steal the 2020 presidential election in Georgia will dominate every news network and streaming service when it begins.

Once again, Donald Trump will be the focus of the world’s attention.

This news has created much anticipation on all sides.

Trump’s detractors long have demanded that the many days in court that stretch before the former commander-in-chief be aired for the entire nation. They’re convinced that seeing his many transgressions of the law he took an oath to defend will put an end to the spell he has cast over a significant minority of America’s citizens.

Trump’s defenders, on the other hand, see his trial as another opportunity for their strong man to confront and vanquish those who persecute him—and them. The injustice of it all will become clear when the former president steps into the courtroom and takes the gloves off.

Both sides should be careful what they wish for.

The giddiness with which Trump’s critics seem to view seeing him tried on camera reminds me of that of former President Bill Clinton’s Republican opponents 25 years ago.

Then, the most vociferous GOP stalwarts thought releasing Clinton’s deposition regarding his affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky would damn him before the nation.

They gambled that a man who had attended one of the top law schools in America and had spent his entire life honing his communications skills would look bad on camera when his entire career was on the line.

They bet big.

They lost.

Republicans were expected to score huge gains in the 1998 congressional elections, which took place during impeachment proceedings regarding Clinton. Instead, the GOP fought to a draw in U.S. Senate races and lost five seats in the contest for control of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Worse, the effort to punish Clinton precipitated upheaval among the GOP’s leadership, costing House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Georgia, and several other powerful Republicans their positions.

In the aftermath, pollsters and other analysts identified Republicans’ handling of the Clinton investigation as the reason voters turned away from them.

Republicans’ zeal in hunting Clinton turned a man who had engaged in an extramarital affair with an intern nearly three decades his junior—a man who later would be fined for committing perjury—into an object of sympathy rather than opprobrium.

Trump’s pursuers now should be careful not to make the same mistake.

This does not mean, though, that Trump and his defenders should think history inevitably will repeat itself.

One reason Clinton was able to escape the punishment that he likely deserved is that he understood each of the challenges confronting him. He had been trained as a lawyer himself and was smart enough to listen to his legal counsel.

Time and again, even when he crossed a line while under oath, he scampered back in a hurry, tiptoeing skillfully, qualifying his statements at every turn and creating reasonable doubt—and thus plausible cover for his defenders.

Trump, on the other hand, is in the mess he is because, over and over, he has confused the nature of the trouble he is in and tried to apply political solutions to legal problems. He can’t stop playing to his crowd, even when doing so puts him in great peril.

Blaming President Joe Biden and Democrats for the fact that he has to defend himself against charges that he paid a porn star hush money, illegally carried away and refused to return top-secret documents, summoned a mob to help him steal an election and conspired with a coterie of flunkies to fictionalize Georgia ballot totals in his favor may play with MAGA crowds conditioned to accept any whopper that emerges from Trump’s mouth.

But it’s not likely to work with a jury exposed to actual evidence rather than distortions and lies.

Nor is it likely to deter a prosecution team eager to use Trump’s own words against him.

Yes, Donald Trump’s trial will be televised.

Once again, the nation—no, the world—will watch as a man twists and trashes the Constitution he took an oath to defend in yet another attempt to save himself.

That’s entertainment.

John Krull is director of Franklin College’s Pulliam School of Journalism and publisher of TheStatehouseFile.com, a news website powered by Franklin College journalism students. The views expressed are those of the author only and should not be attributed to Franklin College.

Former President Donald Trump will receive more massive free television exposure in the non-distant future.

Georgia law allows for cameras in the courtroom. Trump’s trial, on charges that he, along with 18 other people, illegally conspired to steal the 2020 presidential election in Georgia will dominate every news network and streaming service when it begins.

Once again, Donald Trump will be the focus of the world’s attention.

This news has created much anticipation on all sides.

Trump’s detractors long have demanded that the many days in court that stretch before the former commander-in-chief be aired for the entire nation. They’re convinced that seeing his many transgressions of the law he took an oath to defend will put an end to the spell he has cast over a significant minority of America’s citizens.

Trump’s defenders, on the other hand, see his trial as another opportunity for their strong man to confront and vanquish those who persecute him—and them. The injustice of it all will become clear when the former president steps into the courtroom and takes the gloves off.

Both sides should be careful what they wish for.

The giddiness with which Trump’s critics seem to view seeing him tried on camera reminds me of that of former President Bill Clinton’s Republican opponents 25 years ago.

Then, the most vociferous GOP stalwarts thought releasing Clinton’s deposition regarding his affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky would damn him before the nation.

They gambled that a man who had attended one of the top law schools in America and had spent his entire life honing his communications skills would look bad on camera when his entire career was on the line.

They bet big.

They lost.

Republicans were expected to score huge gains in the 1998 congressional elections, which took place during impeachment proceedings regarding Clinton. Instead, the GOP fought to a draw in U.S. Senate races and lost five seats in the contest for control of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Worse, the effort to punish Clinton precipitated upheaval among the GOP’s leadership, costing House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Georgia, and several other powerful Republicans their positions.

In the aftermath, pollsters and other analysts identified Republicans’ handling of the Clinton investigation as the reason voters turned away from them.

Republicans’ zeal in hunting Clinton turned a man who had engaged in an extramarital affair with an intern nearly three decades his junior—a man who later would be fined for committing perjury—into an object of sympathy rather than opprobrium.

Trump’s pursuers now should be careful not to make the same mistake.

This does not mean, though, that Trump and his defenders should think history inevitably will repeat itself.

One reason Clinton was able to escape the punishment that he likely deserved is that he understood each of the challenges confronting him. He had been trained as a lawyer himself and was smart enough to listen to his legal counsel.

Time and again, even when he crossed a line while under oath, he scampered back in a hurry, tiptoeing skillfully, qualifying his statements at every turn and creating reasonable doubt—and thus plausible cover for his defenders.

Trump, on the other hand, is in the mess he is because, over and over, he has confused the nature of the trouble he is in and tried to apply political solutions to legal problems. He can’t stop playing to his crowd, even when doing so puts him in great peril.

Blaming President Joe Biden and Democrats for the fact that he has to defend himself against charges that he paid a porn star hush money, illegally carried away and refused to return top-secret documents, summoned a mob to help him steal an election and conspired with a coterie of flunkies to fictionalize Georgia ballot totals in his favor may play with MAGA crowds conditioned to accept any whopper that emerges from Trump’s mouth.

But it’s not likely to work with a jury exposed to actual evidence rather than distortions and lies.

Nor is it likely to deter a prosecution team eager to use Trump’s own words against him.

Yes, Donald Trump’s trial will be televised.

Once again, the nation—no, the world—will watch as a man twists and trashes the Constitution he took an oath to defend in yet another attempt to save himself.

That’s entertainment.

FOOTNOTES: John Krull is director of Franklin College’s Pulliam School of Journalism and publisher of TheStatehouseFile.com, a news website powered by Franklin College journalism students. The views expressed are those of the author only and should not be attributed to Franklin College.
The City-County Observer posted this article without bias, or opinion. or editing.

SENATOR BRAUN INTRODUCES BILL TO BAN FEDERAL MASK MANDATES

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WASHINGTON – Senator Mike Braun has introduced a bill to ban federal mask mandates for domestic air travel, public transit systems, and primary/secondary/post-secondary schools. The bill is led by J.D. Vance and Senator Braun is a cosponsor along with Senator Josh Hawley and Eric Schmitt.

“We’re not going to go back to the top-down government overreach we saw during COVID. Congress needs to say forcefully that these ineffective, unscientific mask mandates are not coming back in any way, shape, or form,” said Senator Mike Braun.

“Multiple entities within our government, within the public health bureaucracy, there are local schools in the D.C. area now reimposing mask mandates, this is coming back unless we stop it from happening,” said Senator Vance. “That’s why I introduced this legislation, and I’m going to force the Democrats to vote on it. If they say the mask mandates are not coming back, then come to the Senate floor, vote with us, and say ‘no more mask mandates.’ Let’s make it bipartisan.”

On Thursday, Senator Vance will force Senate floor consideration of his Freedom to Breathe Act, which would prevent the reimposition of federal mask mandates for domestic air travel, public transit systems, and primary, secondary, and post-secondary schools.

Any floor objection to Senator Vance’s unanimous consent request would amount to a clear admission that Democrats intend to reimpose mask mandates in the near term. This narrowly tailored legislation sunsets in 2024 and does not apply to hospitals or nursing homes.

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