Purdue Notebook

Purdue Notebook

-- University Placement Service will sponsor its Job Search Services Showcase from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 2, in Room 102 Stewart Center. The program is intended for students who will graduate during the 1997-98 academic year or who want an internship during 1998. Students will be able to pick up an information and registration packet and meet with placement service staff.

-- Purdue's Span Plan is accepting scholarship applications for the Cecelia Zissis Graduate Student Grant. The annual award is presented to female, part-time graduate student age 24 or older. The deadline for the $250 grant is April 15. Applications are available from the Span Plan office, Student Services Annex One. For more information, contact Peggy E. Sullivan, Span Plan director and assistant dean of students, (765) 494-12157.

-- A study skills class for first-year students will be presented during the summer session. GS290X will be taught 6-9 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays from June 17 through Aug. 5. For more information about the classes, contact Sara Jane Coffman, instructor, (765) 494-5110. To enroll, contact the Office of Admissions, (765) 494-1776.

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Alumni Honors:

-- Six alumni from Purdue's School of Civil Engineering have received Civil Engineering Alumni Achievement Awards in recognition of their distinguished careers and achievements. The recipients:

• Edgar B. Olson, chairman of the board for Kettelhut Construction, Lafayette . Olson joined the company in 1949 while attending Purdue. During his 47 years with Kettelhut, Olson worked as an engineer, superintendent, in-office estimator and project manager. He became vice president and secretary in 1974, president-owner in 1975, and chairman of the board in 1996.
  
• Graham S. Toft, Indianapolis, president and chief operating officer of the Indiana Economic Development Council. The IEDC is a nonprofit, public-private partnership responsible for shaping Indiana's competitiveness in the new economy of the 21st century. It focuses on education and training, infrastructure financing, international trade, sustainable development, and regulation and tax policy.
  
• Bryan A. Erler, senior vice president/partner, Sargent and Lundy, Chicago .
  
• Steven R. Kraemer, Winchester, Mass., senior vice president, Haley and Aldrich Inc., Cambridge, Mass.
  
• James S. Pierce, member of the Technical Service Center Leadership Team, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Denver .
  
• Donald R. Schwegel, Algonquin, Ill, president and chief executive officer of Baxter and Woodman, Crystal Lake, Ill.

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