Purdue News Roundup
Purdue News Roundup
He will succeed Grant Kepner on Oct. 24. Kepner is retiring on that date after more than 30 years as the university's first director of safety and security.
"Bill Coghill brings a solid background and great experience to this position," said Wayne W. Kjonaas, vice president for physical facilities. "I know he will build on the excellence of Purdue Safety and Security, and I look forward to working closely with him."
Coghill currently is assistant director of the Department of Building Services and Grounds at Purdue, a position he has held since 1992. Kjonaas said Coghill will relinquish his current duties immediately and work with Kepner during a transition period over the next month.
The director of safety and security has administrative responsibility for the Purdue Police Department, Purdue Fire Department, Fire Protection and Special Services, Fire and Safety Equipment Service, and Parking Facilities. In the past few years, Kepner additionally has served as Purdue police chief, but that position will be filled separately in an appointment to be made by Coghill.
Among previous Purdue appointments, Coghill served as superintendent of building services, day general foreman, special projects foreman, fire and safety inspector, and police officer and detective. His law-enforcement background also includes a tenure as Carroll County Sheriff and earlier service as a deputy sheriff and patrol officer with the Carroll County Sheriff's Department.
Coghill holds two Purdue degrees: a bachelor's in U.S. history and a master's in higher education administration and supervision. He is a graduate of the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy.
CONTACT: Kjonaas, (765) 494-8000; Coghill, (765) 494-7108.
-- The Department of Restaurant, Hotel, Institutional and Tourism Management is having their annual Career Day Fair on Tuesday, Sept. 23. Jack Vaughn, President of Opryland, is the keynote speaker. His address is at 9:30 a.m. in Room 322, Stewart Center. The Career Fair, with 50 companies participating, will be from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the South Ball Room of the Purdue Memorial Union.
-- The 9th Annual Purdue Conference on Romance Languages, Literatures and Film will take place at Stewart Center Oct. 9-11. The conference will include the presentation of the 7th annual Lorraine Lawton Award given for writing by and/or about women in Italian literature or film. The conference draws scholars from around the world and all sessions are free to Purdue students and staff. The conference is sponsored by Margaret Rowe, Dean of the School of Liberal Arts and Christiane Keck, head of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures with the support of Programs in Comparative Literature, Italian Studies, Film Studies, Jewish Studies, Medieval Studies, Women's Studies and the Department of History.
-- Health Promotion Programs will present a photographic exhibit, "The Face of Cancer in the Lafayette Area, A Photographic Essay," as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The exhibit will be open 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Oct. 6-9, in the main floor lounge of the Recreational Gymnasium. Representatives of campus and community organizations will be available to answer questions and share information. Event co-sponsors are Kappa Epsilon pharmacy fraternity, the American Cancer Society, Purdue Employee Wellness Program, YWCA EncorePlus Program, Purdue Women's Clinic and Zeta Tau Alpha social sorority.
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Compiled by J. Michael Willis, (765) 494-0371; e-mail, mike_willis@purdue.edu
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