News for faculty and staff

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Retirement Plan Review Task Force to hold presentation today

The Retirement Plan Review Task Force is inviting faculty, staff and retirees to a presentation from 1:30 to 3 p.m. today (April 21) in Fowler Hall. The presentation is a result of recent efforts by the task force and Ennis Knupp + Associates to evaluate the University's defined contribution retirement plan for faculty and administrative/professional staff, as well as its voluntary tax-deferred annuity (TDA) plans that are open to all Purdue employees. More

Open forum on Global Public Policy Institute scheduled for Thursday

An open forum for the proposed Global Public Policy Institute will be held from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Thursday (April 23) in Purdue Memorial Union's North Ballroom. Faculty, staff and students are invited to attend.

Leadership nominees sought from among rising sophomores

Faculty and staff are being asked to nominate students for the 19th Annual Emily Mauzy Vogel Sophomore Leadership Development Conference. Nominees must be outstanding students who will be sophomores in the fall and possess strong leadership potential. More information about the conference is available as a pdf here.

TLT schedules online demonstrations, help sessions on submitting final grades electronically

Teaching & Learning Technologies (TLT) in ITaP will offer 30-minute online demonstrations of how to submit final grades through MyPurdue and Blackboard this week and next, as well as individual help sessions for instructors during the week of final grade submissions May 4-12.  More

Training sessions to focus on staff hiring, retention

The Office of Institutional Equity and Human Resource Services Employment are offering a series of sessions designed to assist supervisors in developing and refining their staff hiring and employee retention skills. More

RESEARCH STUDY

Men and women ages 35 to 65 needed for exercise research study

Wayne Campbell, professor of foods and nutrition, is conducting a clinical research study examining the body's response to resistance and aerobic exercise with nutritional supplementation in middle-age adults.  More

GENERAL NEWS

Resolution declares Archives and Special Collections official repository

President France A. Córdova signed a resolution Friday (April 17) declaring the Archives and Special Collections division of Purdue Libraries as the University's official repository for its historical record. More

Purdue continues to monitor bills in Indiana General Assembly

The Indiana General Assembly has finished the second phase of the 2009 session, and now the focus turns to conference committee activity. More

PEOPLE

Industry, business leaders honored with Purdue civil engineering alumni awards

CALENDAR AND EVENTS

Today's events

Here is a list of events happening Tuesday, April 21, at the West Lafayette campus. More

Events this week

Fulbright Program information session to be held Thursday

The University Honors Program will hold an information session for undergraduate and graduate students interested in learning more about the U.S. Student Fulbright Program from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday (April 23) in Room 307, Stewart Center. More

Jahari Dance Troupe to perform spring revue at Loeb Playhouse

Purdue's Black Cultural Center's Jahari Dance Troupe will perform its spring revue Saturday (April 25) at Loeb Playhouse. More

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