News and Events
In the News
2019
- Changemaker Challenge Deadline Looming (WNIN)
- Ideas sought for Community Changemaker Challenge (Eyewitness News)
2018
- North students pitch musical swing set, win 4th UE Changemaker Challenge, others presented (Courier & Press) - Photo gallery of 2018 event
- 3 North HS Students Win Full Ride to UE (14 WFIE)
- Students Compete at 4th Annual Changemaker Challenge (44 News)
- Three Evansville North Students Win Full UE Tuition as part of Changemaker Challenge (Eyewitness News)
- Students from North High School win Full Tuition at UE's High School Changemaker Challenge
- High School Changemaker (WEHT Lifestyles)
- UE Announces New Center For Innovation And Change (Inside Indiana Business)
- Evansville Rotary Club Donates $20,000 to UE Changemakers (14 WFIE)
- UE Changemaker Challenge received $20,000 from Rotary (44 WEVV)
- Rotary Donates to UE’s Changemaker Challenge (Eyewitness News)
2017
- University of Evansville opens Changemaker Incubator
- Two schools win UE Changemaker Challenge competition, get full tuition scholarships via The Evansville Courier and Press
- Boonville, Castle High Schools Win Changemaker Challenge via 44 WEVV News
- Check out the Rotary Club Santa Run – Sponsor of UE’s 2018 Changemaker Challenge
- Jill Griffin at TEDxEvansville: “Changemaker Math and the Art of Critical Doing”
- Dr. Griffin Speaks about Changemaking at Rotary
- Mayor Lloyd Winnecke discusses UE's Bike Share program and ChangeMaker Challenge in his State of the City Address
Video courtesy of the Evansville Courier & Press - Changemaker Challenge Winners Interviewed on WEHT Lifestyles
- Celebration of Leadership Awards Upgrade Bikeshare
- Changemaker Challenge Lifestyle interview with Erin Lewis
- WNIN's Samantha Horton Live Tweets from the 3rd Annual Collegiate Changemaker Challenge
- Griffin uses analytical background to help
2016
- University of Evansville receives Ball Brothers Venture Grant for Social Innovation Incubator
- WEVV High School Changemaker Challenge 2016 News Report
- Dr. Kazee Speaks about Changemaker Challenge
- 14 News coverage of the High School Changemaker Challenge Winners
- Castle wins first high school UE Changemaker Challenge
- Newburgh School Wins "Changemaker Challenge
- Castle HS students win full-tuition scholarships to UE
- New Tech Students to Take Part in Changemaker Challenge
- UE launches high school Changemaker Challenge
- Students Take Part in Changemakers Challenge
- Winners of UE’s High School Changemaker Challenge to receive full scholarships
- UE High School Changemaker Challenge Interview
2015
- Grant Will Help Carver Reduce Electric Bills
- UE group gets grant to install solar panels
- Kenya fundraising dinner is Saturday at Aldersgate
- Changemakers students want to make a difference
- Connections with Kazee highlights Changemaker Challenge
- Challenge winners look to help Evansville get fit
- Challenge winners help UE conserve energy
- UE students push for 'green' campus
- UE Receives Ball Brothers Foundation Venture Fund Grant for New Neuromarketing Center
Upcoming Events
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Recent News Releases
- Winners of 6th Annual Changemaker Challenge Announced
February 15, 2021 - University of Evansville Announces New Plans for Department of Music
February 8, 2021 - Virtual High School Changemaker Challenge Offers Full Tuition Scholarships
November 18, 2020 - Guatemala Project Advances to Final Round
April 7, 2020 - Winners of the Fifth Annual High School Changemaker Challenge Get Full Tuition to UE
October 23, 2019
Past Speakers
- March 14, 2013 - “Going Global: Succeeding in an International Marketplace” with Ken Schmidt
- Oct 24, 2012 - An Evening with Calvin Klein
- April 7, 2011 - Maintaining America's Competitive Advantage - Carlos Gutierrez
- Oct 21, 2010 - A Conversation with Khaled Hosseini
- Apr 20, 2010 - A Conversation with the Wilsons
- Nov 6, 2009 - Thomas Friedman - Author, The World is Flat
- Apr 16, 2009 - James Makawa - Co-founder, The Africa Channel
- Nov 13, 2008 - Al Hubbard - former economic advisor to President George W. Bush
- April 10, 2008 - Vincente Fox - Former Mexican President
- Nov 29, 2007 - Globalization with Local Applications: An Executive Panel Discussion
- Oct 25, 2007 - James McGregor- Author, One Billion Customers: Lessons from the Front Lines of Doing Business In China
- Mar 22, 2007 - David E. Sanger, Chief Washington Correspondent, The New York Times
- Oct 24, 2006 - Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop and Dame Commander of the British Empire
- Sep 26, 2006 - Carol Moseley Braun, former presidential candidate, U.S. Senator and Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa
- Apr 5, 2006 - James Farley, Vice President of Marketing, Toyota Motor Sales, USA
- Feb 16, 2006 - Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield
- Oct 12, 2005 - Steve Forbes, Forbes Magazine President and CEO
- Sept 15, 2005 - Robert L Koch - President and CEO of Koch Enterprises Inc
- Apr 14, 2005 - Paco Underhill - the world's most sought-after retail marketing expert
- Aug 17, 2004 - Senator Richard Lugar - the longest serving U.S. Senator in Indiana history
Office Phone:
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Office Email:
centerforinnovation@evansville.edu
Office Location:
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