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Purdue shares sustainability strategic plan at Earth Day celebration

Purdue announced the completion of the University's sustainability strategic plan at its Earth Day celebration on Thursday (April 22). The plan was developed over several months by dozens of contributors with several primary goals including making best use of available resources, improving collaboration among departments and operations, communicating sustainability values campus-wide, and using the entire campus as a living laboratory to develop sustainability best practices. Read more...

Featured News for Employees

Retirement Plan Review Task Force to announce recommendations at town hall meetings

The Retirement Plan Review Task Force will use two town hall meetings to discuss its recommendations to enhance Purdue's defined contribution retirement plan (DCRP) and its voluntary tax-deferred annuity plan. Because of the importance of the recommendations, all faculty and staff covered by one of these plans are encouraged to attend a town hall meeting or view one via the Web. Read more...

Forums set for CLA dean candidates

Four candidates for the position of dean of the College of Liberal Arts will present open forums during the next couple of weeks. Read more...

ITaP schedules April SharePoint training, users meeting for Purdue staff

The SharePoint Users & Developers Group will meet Tuesday (April 27). Jim Venable of ITaP Enterprise Applications will offer a demonstration of using key performance indicators (KPIs) in SharePoint. Other topics will include using a Purdue color theme in SharePoint, an update on Active Directory and a discussion about SharePoint searching and navigation. Read more...

General News

Students from earthquake-ravaged Haiti to receive scholarships from Purdue and the Voila Foundation

Two students from Haiti will receive scholarships to study earth science at Purdue as part of a long-term effort to educate the next generation of scientists about the earthquake hazards faced by that nation. Read more...

Richmond company to provide scholarships for local degree program