Excel Bootcamp Session Two: Intermediate to Advanced Excel

Course Full

Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: Room 68, Schroeder School of Business
Instructor(s): Julie Frazier

Take your Excel skills to the next level with the University of Evansville’s Excel Bootcamp! Whether you’re looking to build a strong foundation or refine advanced techniques, you can choose to attend one session or both – whatever fits your schedule and goals! Plus, you’ll earn a digital badge for each session you complete to share on your resume, LinkedIn profile, or email signature.

Session Two dives deeper into Excel’s advanced capabilities, equipping participants with the tools to tackle complex data challenges. Attendees will learn to use functions like VLOOKUP, create Pivot Tables and Pivot Charts, and design dynamic dashboards for real-time insights. By the end of this session, participants will have the skills to work more efficiently and strategically with large data sets.

Participants will learn how to:

• Retrieve data with advanced functions like VLOOKUP.
• Create dynamic dashboards, Pivot Tables, and Pivot Charts for insights.
• Consolidate data from multiple worksheets into one.
• Automate tasks using Macros to save time and streamline workflows.
• Organize and filter data using Slicers and custom criteria.
• Protect and secure worksheets for collaboration.
• Use data validation tools like drop-down list to ensure accuracy.

A 10% discount is available to organizations sending six or participants. Call 812-488-1046 for more details.

The Power of Improv: Unlock Creativity & Confidence

Register Now for The Power of Improv: Unlock Creativity & Confidence

Price: $149
Date: Mondays, April 28 – June 9 (No class on May 26)
Time: 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Location: Grabill Lounge, Neu Chapel
Instructor(s): Joe Paulik

"Improv, in its purest form, is simply making things up as we go along." – Kim "Howard" Johnson, Truth in Comedy

Improv isn’t just for performers—it’s a powerful tool for personal and professional growth. Whether you’re navigating workplace challenges, engaging with family, or simply looking to boost confidence, this interactive workshop will help you embrace spontaneity, overcome overthinking, and build resilience.

Through fun, engaging exercises and adopting a “yes” mindset, you’ll learn to trust your instincts, adapt to the unexpected, and find joy in uncertainty. Led by instructor Joe Paulik, this course is designed for all skill levels—no experience required!

Take the leap, silence your inner critic, and discover the transformative power of improv!

Joe Paulik has performed on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and in theaters across the country. Most recently, he appeared in the U.S. premiere of Ivo van Hove’s NETWORK starring Brian Cranston. He has originated roles in works by A.R. Gurney, Stephen Belber, Sarah Treem, Rob Askins, and others.

Joe’s extensive theater credits include productions at ACT, Berkshire Theatre Festival, The Guthrie Theater, Hartford Stage, Playwrights Horizons, The Public Theatre, Westport Country Playhouse, and Williamstown Theatre Festival. On television, he has appeared in The Guiding Light, The Good Wife, and Person of Interest.

He holds an MFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Acting Program.

Project Management Workshop – Practical Application of Project Management Principles

Register Now for Project Management Workshop – Practical Application of Project Management Principles

Price: $199
Date: Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Time: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Location: Eykamp Hall, Room 253, Ridgway University Center
Instructor(s): Jesse Kauffman, President, Everyday Business Resilience Group, LLC

This workshop will focus on an overview of the Project Management Body of Knowledge and key Project Management concepts, tools, and methodologies and how to apply them to real world business situations.

Topics will include:

• Project Management Introduction and System Overview
• Project Management Body of Knowledge Introduction and Performance Domains
• Project Management Tailoring
• Project Management Models, Methods, and Artifacts
• Course Wrap-up

Jesse Kauffman is the Lead Consultant for Everyday Business Resilience Group, providing Business Continuity and Project Management services to local and global businesses alike.

Leadership Coaching Bootcamp (non-degree seeking): Four-Session Series

Register Now for Leadership Coaching Bootcamp (non-degree seeking): Four-Session Series

Price: $395
Date: Tuesday, September 9, 2025
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Location: J. Henry Schroeder Boardroom, Library Second Floor
Instructor(s): Timothy A. Dickel, PhD

Leadership coaching is an effective approach to develop employees through customized development plans, setting expectations, providing regular feedback, and having one on one conversations. The goal of this program is to apply a coaching approach to leadership that will build up the capacity of managers and supervisors to improve the performance of their direct reports.

This series begins on September 9, 2025, and meets again on September 23, October 7, and October 21.

SESSION 1:

• Introduction to leadership theory
• Characteristics of effective leaders
• What is coaching? What is not coaching?

SESSION 2:

• Introduction to behavioral change
• How leaders can help change behaviors

SESSION 3:

• Applying effective leadership and behavioral change to coaching
• Framework for leadership coaching

SESSION 4:

• Application of leadership coaching
• Providing effective feedback
• Tools for leadership coaching

A 10% discount is available to organizations sending six or more participants. Call 812-488-1046 for more details.

Dr. Timothy A. (Tad) Dickel serves as the Executive in Residence in Leadership and is the faculty director of the Master of Science in Leadership program at the University of Evansville. In addition, he is the President of T.A. Dickel Group, LLC and serves as a leadership and strategy consultant for businesses, universities, and nonprofits.