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Fall 2026 Courses

CHNG 300-01 Embrace Marketing Management
Coach: Keith Leonhardt
Students will receive mentoring on executive education, networking, and client management while running a student-led marketing agency. Must have instructor permission.

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 310-02 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 Augmented and Virtual Reality
Coaches: Dr. Diana Rodriguez Quevedo; Tommy Housman; Jon Robertson
This ChangeLab provides students with hands-on experience in augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) and related immersive technologies. Through the use of headsets, interactive tools, and 360° environments, students will explore the creative and educational potential of immersive media.Emphasis is placed on applying AR/VR for storytelling, performance, communication across languages, co-creation with artificial intelligence, and content development.

CHNG-310-05 Evansville, City of Literature
Coach: Dr. Lesley Pleasant
This ChangeLab will explore what makes the 350 current UNESCO Cities of Literature cities of literature, how literature is promoted in Evansville, and whether Evansville could apply to be one in the future.

CHNG 310-06 UE United Sound (Honors available)
Coach: Dr. Jean Gomez
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 310-08 We Grow Aces
Coach: Dr. Rob Shelby
Through this course, students operate a vertical aeroponic container farm to address food insecurity, promote nutrition education, and advance sustainable food systems. Working alongside faculty mentors and community partners-including schools, nonprofits, and Chartwells Dining-students apply their academic skills to real-world challenges in urban agriculture, social enterprise, and community engagement.

CHNG 310-09 Joshua Academy Music Instructors
Coach: Dr. Alanna Keenan
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 310-11 Sensory Park Development
Coach: Dr. Elizabeth Hennon Peters
This Change Lab will explore ways to create a nature-based sensory park in Evansville, Indiana by exploring potential funding options, engaging in community outreach, coordinating with parks and recreation, and providing autism spectrum disorder psychoeducation. We will pursue avenues for the development of this sensory park in the immediate future.

CHNG 310-13 Reproductive Rights and Student Organizations
Coaches: Dr. Sara Petrosillo; Dr. Valerie Stein
This ChangeLab will seek to connect with national organizations and/or build support across universities for student organizations that support reproductive freedom.

CHNG 310-16 Reimagining Public Programming
Coaches: Tory Schendel-Vyvoda
In this course, students work with the Evansville African American Museum to reimagine their public programming offerings and explore ways to raise awareness and bring installations and guests that will increase foot traffic to the museum.

CHNG 310-17 Transformative Action: TASL Scholars Only
Coaches: Bre Bondurant; 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 Queer Memory Project
Coach: Dr. Valerie Stein
How is queer memory preserved or erased in institutional spaces? In the early 1990s, students at the University of Evansville contributed panels to the AIDS Memorial Quilt, a powerful act of remembrance and resistance in the face of loss and silence. In Queering Campus, students will lead a multi-semester public history project to bring these panels back to campus, uncover their origins, and honor the broader story of LGBTQ life at UE.

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-D10 Aces Swim School
Coach: Dr. Alison Jones
The University of Evansville (UE) Swim and Dive Team propose a community service initiative to introduce local children to the water in a fun, safe, and educational environment. Through team-led water activities, the goal is to help children gain water confidence, promote physical activity, and foster stronger ties between UE Swim and Dive and the Evansville community.

CHNG 310-H08 Reimagining Honors (Honors only)
Coach: Andrew Carter
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 310-01 Evansville NewsLab
Coach: Dr. Fahad Humayun
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-Y02 The Future of UE’s Archives (Honors available)
Coach: Max Flowers
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.

CHNG 310-Y12 Media, Memory, and Social Justice
Coach: Tommy Housman
This course invites students to engage in all aspects of media creation, including podcasting, video editing, publication design, and archival storytelling. Building on the recent Journey to Justice trip to sites like Selma, Montgomery, Birmingham, and Memphis, students will contribute toa growing documentary project by producing reflections, interviews, and educational content that extend the work beyond the screen. Participants will assist with post-production, collaborate on a companion podcast series, and conduct original interviews on campus and in the Evansville community.

CHNG 310-Y22 Pigeon Creek Renewal Project
Coach: Keith Gehlhausen
This ChangeLab will explore ways to revitalize Pigeon Creek as a community recreation and conservation resource. Students will assess access points, signage, and public awareness, and develop proposals to enhance the creek's visibility, usability, and environmental health.