Appointments, honors and activities

• Faculty and staff honors:

- Lionel "Bo" Beaulieu, director of the Purdue University Center for Regional Development and assistant director of Purdue Extension's community development program, received the National Distinguished Career Award from the National Association of Community Development Professionals. The award, presented in June during the organization's annual awards banquet in Burlington, Vermont, recognizes exemplary members who have served more than seven years in Extension community development programming. Beaulieu became director of the Purdue Center for Regional Development in 2013 and later became assistant director and head of the Extension Community Development Program.