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October 31, 1997

Purdue programs to be highlighted during basketball halftimes

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Television viewers of Purdue University basketball games this season will learn about a variety of programs and people through features aired during the halftimes of games broadcast by the ESPN Regional Television network.

The three-minute features are produced by the Office of University Relations. The schedule of programs to be highlighted the first half of the season:

Nov. 9 -- Two programs in Purdue's School of Management that give students real-world management experience: the Burton D. Morgan Entrepreneurial Competition and the International Interdisciplinary Project in Management.

Nov. 14 -- Students in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology who received hands-on experience extracting ancient artifacts from a site near Monticello, Ind.

Nov. 20 -- The Office of International Students and Scholars, which helps an increasing number of international students ease their transition into the Purdue community.

Nov. 26 -- Purdue's Computer Integrated Manufacturing Technology laboratory -- perhaps the only such state-of-the-art lab in the county for undergraduate students.

Dec. 13 -- The new Animal Behavior Clinic in the School of Veterinary Medicine, which helps pet owners overcome the problems of misbehaving pets.

Dec. 20 -- EPICS -- the Engineering Projects in Community Service program -- which matches teams of students in the Schools of Engineering with local service organizations to help solve engineering problems in the community.

Dec. 22 -- The research of Food Science professor emeritus Roy Whistler, who was recently honored by having the Agricultural and Research Building named after him.

Dec. 30 -- The Combustion Research Center in the School of Mechanical Engineering, which is studying the efficiency and maintenance of combustion devices.

Purdue basketball games will be broadcast on Indiana stations including WEVV-TV Evansville, WANE-TV Fort Wayne, WTTV-TV Indianapolis, WLFI-TV Lafayette and WHME-TV South Bend.

Producers of the segments are Ray Cubberley, assistant director of university relations for broadcast services, and Connie Ostler, producer/director. Dan Skinner, manager of radio station WBAA, narrates the features.
CONTACT: Cubberley, (765) 494-2075, e-mail, ray_cubberley@purdue.edu

Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; e-mail, purduenews@purdue.edu

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