The Indiana Sheriff's Association is awarding scholarships to deserving students throughout the state.  This is the 27th year the Association has provided scholarships.  Approximately 40, $500 scholarships will be awarded to qualified students who are pursuing an education and career in the criminal justice field. Applications can be found on the bulletin board outside of Dr. Gray's office (WGH 308).

Dr. Blake and Dr. Pieper both had articles published recently.

Blake, M.E. "Ariel's Legacy: Grieving the Unborn".  Reflections, 12(4), 53-57. 

Pieper, H.G. "An Assessment of the Retirement Community Lifestyle", Journal of the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences, Volume IX:40-48.

Education is a lifelong event. In a recent article the Christian Science Monitor reported that nearly half of all Americans aged 25 and older are taking part in some form of continuing education.

Faculty and Students: If you have information that you would like included in the UE Law, Politics and Society e-Letter, please forward those materials to Dr. Pieper at dp5.

Congratulations to our December graduates, Trisha Beck, David Klein, Kimberly Kohl and Shelley Muneoka. We wish you all the best, and please stay in touch.

Dr. Milner is on sabbatical leave this spring with the University of Virginia's Semester at Sea. If you need assistance or information concerning the International Studies Program, please contact Dr. Young Kim who is serving as Director during his absence.

Dr. Stroube announces a 10-day study abroad summer class on the British and Central European Health Care Systems will be held June 1-July 10, 2007 at the Harlaxton Campus and in Budapest, Hungary. The course is open to all majors. For more information contact Bill Stroube, associate professor of Health Services Administration, at ext. 2870 or email (bs52).

UE Law, Politics and Society e-Letter - Vol. 7 Number 7, Nov. 2, 2006

PANEL ON CAREERS IN LAW PLANNED THIS SUNDAY.  The Department of Law, Politics, and Society is working with the Admissions Department at UE, H.O.L.A. (Hospitality and Outreach for Latin Americans, Inc.) and the Evansville Bar Association's Diversity Committee to host a luncheon and panel discussion on job opportunities for Latin Americans in law and law related careers. 

When: Sunday, November 5, 2006
Time: 1:30 PM
Where: Nativity Church, 3635 Pollack Ave

Latin American college and high school students and adults interested in exploring these occupations are welcomed to attend the event.  Reservations are not required but are helpful. Call 812-867-6974 to reserve a place.

A CHANCE TO EARN SOME EXTRA MONEY! Dr. Pieper is looking for a department major to help him make some changes in the Gerontology Center Website. The website has already been created, but changes in content need to me made, and that would be the major task. The schedule for the work is very flexible. If you are interested please get in contact with Dr. Pieper at dp5.

THE WHISTLEBLOWER PHENOMENON: SPEAKING THE TRUTH is the topic of this year's Thomas C. Fiddick Memorial Lecture. The lecture will be presented by Louis Clark (a 1969 UE graduate) who is President of the Government Accountability Project in Washington, D.C.

When: Friday, November 3
Time: 7:00 PM
Where: Hyde Hall Room 126 (Cokes Lecture Hall)

Faculty and Students: If you have information that you would like included in the UE Law, Politics and Society e-Letter, please forward those materials to Dr. Pieper at dp5.

UE Law, Politics and Society e-Letter - Vol. 7 Number 6, Oct. 24, 2006

Writing Proficiency Exam Set for October 26 - The exam will be offered on Thursday, Oct. 26, at 6:30 p.m. in Room 100, Koch Center for juniors and seniors. If you have not yet taken or passed the exam, contact Tiffany Griffith, Director of Writing to sign up. E-mail her at tg35@evansville.edu or call extension 1125 to sign up.

Sociology Majors Graduating in Spring, 07, Fall 07, Spring 08 or Fall 08. The following classes are offered this coming Spring Semester and will NOT be offered again before you graduate:

Soc. 438 Race and Ethnic Relations
Soc. 460 Aging: The Individual and Society
Anth 315 Indians of the Great Plains
CJ 410 Juvenile Delinquency

If wish to take any of these courses, or if the courses are required for your program, be sure to sign up for the Spring semester.

Also, if you will be taking the Senior Seminar in Fall 07, and have not taken statistics (Soc. 344) be sure to do so in the spring.

The Undergraduate Research Conference in Indianapolis will be held on April 13, 2007.

Summer undergraduate research grant abstracts must be submitted by February 26, 2007. If supported, these research projects will be conducted during the summer of 2007 and will count toward the Senior Seminar research requirement. For more details talk to Dr. Pieper

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UE Law, Politics and Society e-Letter - Vol. 7 Number 5, Sept. 22, 2006

The CRIMINAL JUSTICE CLUB will be having its first meeting of the year Monday, September 25 at 6:00 pm in Union 200. Nick Hermann, a criminal lawyer who is also running for prosecutor, will be speaking. Come with questions! If club members have ideas for speakers or activities, please e-mail Dr. Gray (kg70@evansville.edu).  We are also looking for officers for the 2006-2007 academic year.  Get involved!

This year's MEMORY WALK, sponsored by the Evansville Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association, will be held at 12:30 on Sunday, October 15 on the USI campus. Come and support the many programs offered by the Alzheimer's Association.

The LAW SCHOOL FORUM will be held in Bloomington, IN on October 18th.  Over 100 law schools will be represented at this meeting. For additional information please contact Kay Norris or Dr. Howard.

The WRITING PROFICIENCY EXAM will be offered on Thursday, October 26, at 6:30 p.m. in Koch 100.  Juniors and seniors who have not yet passed the exam, should contact their advisor about taking the exam.

Faculty and Students: If you have information that you would like included in the UE Law, Politics and Society e-Letter, please forward those materials to Dr. Pieper at dp5.

UE Law, Politics and Society e-Letter - Vol. 7 Number 4, Sept.14, 2006

DR. ROBERT DION was in Indianapolis on September 12 to be filmed for an upcoming broadcast of the news program, NOW, that appears on PBS stations across the country.  He was interviewed by Senior Correspondent Maria Hinojosa, an Emmy Award-winning journalist who formerly worked for NPR and CNN.  The broadcast, which will probably air on Friday, September 29, will examine the influence of the controversy over the immigration issue on party politics in Indiana and nationwide as well as the effects this issue might have on the outcome of the upcoming midterm elections.

DR. GRAY WILL OFFER A NEW CRIMINAL JUSTICE course that provides an overview and exploration of the study of ethics as they relate to the Criminal Justice System. The course begins with a broader approach and examination of general ethics and morality and then applies ethical principles to issues of crime and justice. Specific attention is paid to issues surrounding law enforcement, the law and courts, and corrections – especially issues surrounding the punishment of criminals. The goal of the course is to challenge students to critically examine the issues involved in the administration of justice and consider all sides of ethical dilemmas that are regularly presented in practice of law and justice.

UE Law, Politics and Society e-Letter - Vol. 7 Number 3, Sept. 8, 2006

WELCOME to all of our new freshmen majors: Erin Fordyce, Telysha Richardson, Partick Denison, Natasha Winter, Mary Stone, Sara Azarian, Sarah Schulz, Alan Barks, Cheyenne Koerth, Greg Pulscher, Kristin Hady, Yesenia Ramirez, Jessica Julius, Amanda Seaver, Sarah Klein, Megan Sullivan, Darresha Burton, Erin Davis, Deanne Caldemeyer, Giorgianna Auteri, Margaret Barnes, Aimee Comrad, Kelly Cyr, Brianna Germscheid, John Guth, Keri Haag, Angela Kettler, Mariya Kulikov, Marissa Mitchell, Christopher Moroz, Amber Mulcamey, Jennifer Stimneti, Mara Sneet,


WELCOME to Dr. Michelle Blake who joins the Sociology faculty this year as Visiting Associate Professor of Sociology and Social Work.  Dr. Blake has previously served on the Social Work faculties of Western Kentucky University and the University of Southern Indiana.  In addition to teaching, Dr. Blake is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker.  Her practice interests include the resolution of trauma, including sexual assault, eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and grief counseling, including perinatal bereavement and infertility.  Dr. Blake's undergraduate work was at Christian Brothers University in Memphis (also her birthplace).  Her MSSW is from the University of Louisville, and her Ph.D. is from Florida State University.  Dr. Blake shares her private life with her husband, Bruce, and a houseful of pets.

THE FIRST PHI ALPHA DELTA, Pre-Law Fraternity, meeting for the 2006 - 2007 school year will be held on Tuesday, September 12, at 5:00 PM in HH 124.  Anyone who is interested in joining this year should definitely attend.

FACULTY AND STUDENTS: If you have information that you would like included in the UE Law, Politics and Society e-Letter, please forward those materials to Dr. Pieper at dp5.

UE Law, Politics and Society e-Letter - September 19, 2005 Vol. 6 Number 5

Tomorrow, Tuesday, Sept. 20, we will be conducting a very short Departmental survey via e-mail as part of a required assessment and review process. We know that many of you are involved in volunteer activities of one kind or another and we would like to document this. On Tuesday each of you will receive an e-mail asking you list any volunteer work in which you have been involved during the past year. Other than reporting the general results of the survey all information will be confidential. Please take a few minutes to respond.

If you have information that you would like included in the UE Law, Politics and Society e-Letter, please forward those materials to Dr. Pieper at dp5.


UE Law, Politics and Society e-Letter - September 16, 2005 Vol. 6 Number 4

On Tuesday, Sept. 20, we will be conducting a very short Departmental survey via e-mail as part of a required assessment and review process. We know that many of you are involved in volunteer activities of one kind or another and we would like to document this. On Tuesday each of you will receive an e-mail asking you list any volunteer work in which you have been involved during the past year. Other than reporting the general results of the survey all information will be confidential. Please take a few minutes to respond.

The Department is reactivating the University’s chapter of Pi Gamma Mu. Pi Gamma Mu is an International Honor Society for Social Sciences. Students are eligible for membership during their junior or senior year and must have completed at least 20 semester hours of coursework in the social sciences. Being invited to join is a distinction and an honor. Drs. Gibbons and Pieper have agreed to be faculty sponsors for the chapter and the chapter will be housed in the Gerontology Center. We will induct our first members in conjunction with the Winter Graduation.

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UE Law, Politics and Society e-Letter - September 13, 2005 Vol. 6 Number 3

Constitution Day will be observed nationwide this week, and the University of Evansville is marking this event with an informal panel discussion on the meaning of the Constitution in 2005.  What are the competing interpretations of the Constitution and why do they matter to you?  Is the Constitution a living document or not?  Does the Constitution guarantee all citizens a right to privacy or not?  These and other questions will be addressed by Dr. Dick Connolly (Philosophy), Dr. Deborah Howard (Legal Studies), and Dr. Robert Dion (Political Science), with student Muriel Anderson acting as the moderator. 
Date: Thursday, September 15, 2005
Time: 4 p.m.,
Location: Koch 101. 
Open to the public. 
Please join us in celebrating Constitution Day.

Dr. Gibbons has developed a research project to take place at the University of Akureyri, Iceland this fall with Dr. Bjarnason of UA. The project is a comprehensive community study of the town of Akureyri. Two sociology majors, Carime Lechner and Mary Alice Van Wagoner, are involved in the study and will be making the trip to Iceland. They will be working along with the Icelandic undergraduates in one of several undergraduate research teams. The research will conclude with a conference at UA presenting the teams' findings.

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UE Law, Politics and Society e-Letter - April 21, 2004 Volume 3 Number 10

The LPS faculty congratulates our May graduates, Marcus Cole, Timothy Grapperhaus, Jason Johnson, Jessie Kern, Eirc Knepp, Elizabeth Kuhs, Steven Maitlen, Cara Messmer and Gregory Neil. We wish you all the best and please stay in touch and come back to see us.

Congratulations to senior Jessie Kern who presented the results of her senior research project at the Undergraduate Research Conference in Indianapolis earlier this month. A summary of her research will be posted on the sociology bulletin board later this week.

Ms. Judy Fiddick, our Administrative Assistant, will be retiring on May 1. Ms. Fiddick has been with the department since we moved to our current location in Graves Hall, and we will all miss her.

Please join us for a retirement reception for both Ms. Fiddick and Dr. Gugin on Wednesday, April 28 from 2:30 to 4:30 in the Bower-Suhrheinrich Room in the Union Building.

Dr. Gugin, who announced his retirement earlier this year, will give his "Last Lecture" on Wednesday, April 28, at 1:15 in Hyde 126. Please join us.

It's a presidential election year and you have an opinion, right? The Crescent has a position for you. Positions are open for Opinion Columnists and Election year columnists (Democratic response, Republican response, and from the middle). These positions are part and full time, and paid, with the possibility of academic credit. Applications can be acquired in the Student Publications office (behind Union) or downloaded from uecrescent.org. Deadline for applications is April 30.

The Law, Politics and Society e-letter is periodically published to keep students abreast of department happenings. If there is something you would like to include in future e-Letters, please e-mail the information to Dr. Pieper at dp5.

UE Law, Politics and Society e-Letter - April 14, 2004 Volume 3 Number 9

Dr. Gibbons is presenting a paper on the social construction of masculinity at the annual meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society later this month.  While most masculinity research focuses on how individual men understand and express their masculinity, Dr. Gibbons' research seeks to understand how men are judged in society.  Dr. Gibbons' survey asks young men and women what masculine qualities they look for in various settings.  Future research will survey different age groups.

Dr. Robert Dion was able to attend a spirited rally for Senator John Kerry in Tampa over his Spring Break.  He got there extra early and staked out a position very close to the stage.  According to Dr. Dion, the fact that he attended a campaign event even while he was on vacation proves once and for all that he is a complete political nerd.

Ron Christian, General Counsel for Vectren Corp., was the featured speaker for the Igleheart Lecture on Tuesday, March 16.  His topic was “The importance of Ethics and Corporate Governance to Business in America.”  The lecture was made possible by a grant from the Igleheart family.

Some of you may have heard a rumor that Dr. Scott will be leaving the criminal justice program after the coming academic year. Unfortunately, the rumor is true. We plan to begin looking for a replacement for Dr. Scott during the fall semester. In the meantime, we look forward to working with Dr. Scott in the coming year. Dr. Scott adds that he will stay in touch in case students want recommendations, career advice or just to chew the fat.

The Law, Politics and Society e-letter is periodically published to keep students abreast of department happenings. If there is something you would like to include in future e-Letters, please e-mail the information to Dr. Pieper at dp5.