May 10, 2012
In the spotlight
Presidential retrospective:
2011 highlights
This week, Purdue Today will focus on the key events and initiatives that have taken place during President France A. Córdova's administration. Córdova, Purdue's 11th president, will end her five-year term as president in July. Presidential highlights from 2011 include:
• Córdova launches a 10-year ("decadal") funding plan initiative to find new sources of income to support the University as it continues to achieve the promise of its strategic plan in the face of uncertain state funding.
• The Board of Trustees approves the formation of an Honors College, expected to admit first-year students in fall 2013. It will build on the success of the University Honors Program, which began in 2004. One expected outcome is to attract more high-achieving Indiana students.
• U.S.News & World Report ranks Purdue 23rd among all public universities and 62nd among all universities. The magazine acknowledges Purdue for its commitment to undergraduate teaching and programs that ensure student success.
More from 2011.
• Retrospective video
• Photo slideshow
• President Córdova's website
Featured News for Employees
Blackboard Learn workshops continue, anticipating fall semester rush
ITaP's educational technologists will continue the series of six hands-on workshops during summer break, helping faculty rebuild courses in Blackboard Learn 9.1 before fall semester. The sessions cover the new system's essentials, assignments, assessments, grading, moving course content from Blackboard Vista and more. Read more...
Deadline approaches for clerical and service staff to use paid personal holiday
Clerical and service staff must use their fiscal year 2011-12 personal holiday by June 30. The paid personal holiday does not carry over from one fiscal year to the next. Read more...
Tobacco cessation class to be offered
WorkLife Programs is offering a class designed to help people have success quitting smoking. Read more...
Purdue obituaries
A list of obituaries of recent and retired Purdue faculty and staff is available as a PDF file here.
Purdue Today schedule for summer
Purdue Today will reduce its publishing schedule May 14 through Aug. 10. Regular publishing days during the summer will be Monday and Thursday. Daily publication will resume Aug. 13.
General News
Nobel laureate Negishi to be featured in documentary series airing on Big Ten Network
Nobel laureate Ei-ichi Negishi, Purdue's H.C. Brown Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, will be the subject of a documentary appearing on the Big Ten Network highlighting his life and research. Read more...
Inaugural Purdue Energy Camp seeks high school student, middle and high school teacher applicants
Slots are still available for incoming high school juniors and seniors and middle and high school science teachers in Indiana interested in participating this summer in the inaugural Purdue Energy Camp. Read more...
Research News & Special Reports
Cancer detection, therapy assessment firm joins Purdue Research Park
A life-sciences company whose technology may detect and monitor cancer less expensively and less intrusively than conventional diagnostic tests has become an affiliate of Purdue Research Park. Read more...
Researchers in various studies looking for participants
Here is a list of research studies that currently are looking for participants. Read more...
Purdue Sports
John Purdue Club Day scheduled for June 2
John Purdue Club Day is set for June 2 at the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex -- with a new twist. Read more...
Ryan Kerrigan/12th Boiler Golf Outing set for June 21
Purdue fans are invited to join Boilermaker football great Ryan Kerrigan on June 21 for a golf event that will help raise funds for scholarships. Read more...
For more information on Purdue sports, go to www.purduesports.com.
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