ChangeLab Courses
To register for a ChangeLab course, select Fall 2025 on Self-Service and search CHNG. Find the section number you’re interested in and add it!
Fall 2025 Courses
CHNG 300-03 Data Analysis in the Real World
Coach: Dr. Omid Khormali (2024 Emerging Coach of the Year)
Students work with clients, both local and national, to apply analytical techniques to real-world data, gaining practical skills in data collection, analysis, and visualization, while addressing real business challenges and providing actionable insights.
CHNG 310-01 Evansville NewsLab
Coach: Andrew Carter
By facilitating focus groups, listening sessions, and surveys, students in Evansville NewsLab will help establish an equitable local news ecosystem that better engages and informs the community.
Evansville NewsLab Facebook | Evansville NewsLab Instagram
CHNG 310-02 Celebrating Hispanic Voices
Coach: Dr. Diana Rodriguez Quevedo
Students work with the UE and Evansville community to produce a bilingual podcast that shares and celebrates the stories of the bilingual population.
Celebrating Hispanic Voices Podcast
CHNG 310-03 Chemistry Club Outreach
Coach: Dr. Roslyn Lampkins
In this course, students in the UE Chemistry Club design and create a collection of engaging, age-appropriate chemistry experiments for students of various grade levels. The students will develop interactive, safe, and educational hands-on activities that they can take to local schools and community events, fostering a love for science and enhancing public understanding of chemistry.
CHNG-310-04 Social Responsibility
Coach: Dr. Diana Rodriguez Quevedo
This ChangeLab will coordinate and guide UE students who speak another language aside from English to play a vital role in guiding and supporting immigrant high school students at Bosse High School. The purpose is for UE students to build a positive connection, provide guidance, and meet immigrant students where they are in their journey.
CHNG 310-06 UE United Sound (Honors available)
Coach: Dr. Melissa Heffner
UE students (Mentors) work with students with disabilities from the community (New Musicians) to teach them how to read music and play an instrument. This culminates in a performance with the UE Symphony Orchestra.
UE United Sound Instagram | UE United Sound Web Page
CHNG 310-07 Food Insecurity on Campus (Honors available)
Coach: Tommy Housman
Students will partner with Urban Seeds and other local organizations to address food insecurity and promote an equitable, sustainable food system. Students will explore practical solutions, support community transformation, and document their work through photography, video, interviews, and articles published in Crescent Magazine’s digital and print editions.
The Crescent Magazine
CHNG 310-09 Joshua Academy Music Instructors
Coach: Fran Vile
This is an experiential, real-world learning opportunity in which selected students will serve as the instructors of the Joshua Academy Band. The selected instructors will be guided by a coach provided by the University of Evansville. Successful completion of or future enrollment in MUS 373. Student Instructors will be selected through an interview process.
CHNG 310-13 Reproductive Rights and Student Organizations
Coaches: Dr. Sara Petrosillo; Dr. Val Stein
This ChangeLab will seek to connect with national organizations and/or build support across universities for student organizations that support reproductive freedom.
CHNG 310-17 Transformative Action: TASL Scholars Only
Coaches: Dr. Rob Shelby; Alexa Ferguson
This is an experiential learning opportunity in which students complete real-world projects for start-ups or organizations (business, not-for-profit, civic, or educational). In this section, TASL scholars will develop an initiative that fosters inclusive community among UE students.
CHNG 310-18 Restoration Ecology at Wesselman Woods Nature Preserve
Coach: Dr. Cris Hochwender
This course engages students in the practical and theoretical aspects of native plant restoration, focusing on seed propagation, stakeholder collaboration, and ecological stewardship. Students will germinate and grow seeds for 20–40 meadow plant species, cultivating as many as possible in the greenhouse. Collaborating with stakeholders such as Wesselman Woods Nature Preserve, National Park Service, Evansville Parks & Rec, and UE-ECO, the class will plant native species in the WWNP prairie and meadow
CHNG 310-19 Queering Campus: Action for Inclusion
Coach: Dr. Valerie Stein
Students will identify barriers to LGBTQ+ inclusion and design programs, policy proposals, and inclusive spaces that challenge heteronormativity and cisnormativity on campus. Centering the voices of marginalized queer communities, this course equips students to lead change and foster a more affirming, equitable university environment.
CHNG 310-D01 Transformative Action (Honors available)
Coach: Erin Lewis
ASYNCHRONOUS ONLINE COURSE: Class does not have set meeting days and times. This course is a place where students can individually move their projects forward, or work in teams to make an impact. Students will pick their own passion projects and support each other in the process.
CHNG 310-H08 Reimagining Honors (Honors only)
Coach: Dr. Diane Brewer
Reimagine what the Honors Program looks like for a modern generation. Activities, projects, housing, etc., all ideas will be on the table. In this ChangeLab, you will have an opportunity to have a voice in what this distinctive program looks like. Students will brainstorm, organize, and manage events for Honors Program students. Coursework may also include research into Honors Program best practices and development of innovative ideas for the future of the program.
CHNG 310-S02 Latino Community Outreach
Coach: Dr. Cindy Crowe (2024 ChangeLab Coach of the Year)
Students will explore ideas and work collaboratively with different organizations to meet the needs of the local Latino community. Examples of outreach include working with providers to meet the healthcare needs of Latinos, tutoring English language learners, promoting Latino culture and Spanish language in after-school programs.
CHNG 310-S05 Hatian Community Outreach
Coach: Dr. Cindy Crowe (2024 ChangeLab Coach of the Year)
Students will explore ideas and work collaboratively with businesses and nonprofits to meet the needs of the local Haitian community. Examples of outreach include translation of documents, interpreting for community events, and tutoring English language learners in local schools.
CHNG 310-Y02 The Future of UE’s Archives (Honors available)
Coach: Dr. Kristen Strandberg
Help create plans for Archives and Special Collections at the UE Library! Students will conduct research, dig into the archives, talk to UE community members about their needs, and consider the ideal space for our unique collections. Some students will also design renderings of potential spaces and design a pitch for fundraising.
Learn about UE’s Archives
CHNG 310-Y05 UE Theatre’s Rogue & Peasant Aces
Coach: Wes Grantom
Students in this course work to provide greater access to Shakespeare in the tristate area. Our students would rehearse a piece of Shakespeare that fits into school curriculums and handle the outreach needed to bring the work into the community. The team also collaborates with UE Theatre productions to develop themed outreach concepts.
For more information, contact:

Mr. Andrew Carter '07, M'14
Associate Director for the Center for Innovation and Change
Ridgway University Center
812-488-2143
ac116@evansville.edu
Office Phone
812-488-2455
Office Email
centerforinnovation@evansville.edu
Office Location
Rooms 270-274, Ridgway University Center