Purdue Notebook

November 7, 1997

Appointments and Promotions

-- Jerry Peters has been named head of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the School of Education. A professor of agricultural education, Peters has been interim department head since July 1, 1996. His new appointment was effective July 1.

Peters' affiliation with Purdue dates to 1969, when he came to the West Lafayette campus as an undergraduate. He earned both his bachelor's and master's degrees before moving on to Ohio State University to pursue a Ph. D. Peters joined the Purdue faculty in 1980, became a professor in 1995, and then was appointed interim department head for Curriculum and Instruction.

He has won numerous Purdue, state and national awards for teaching and service to agricultural education. Most recently (April, 1997) he received the Outstanding Service Award for his contributions to the School of Education.

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Campus Activities:

-- Purdue will be offering an evening course for older students who want to improve their study skills. GS 290X, "How to Survive at College," will be offered from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesdays from Jan. 13 to May 5. Students will receive three academic credits for the course. To register, students should contact their academic advisers or the Office of Admissions, (765) 494-1776. More information is available from Sara Coffman, course instructor, (765) 494-5110.

-- The Women's Resource Office will continue its leadership series with two programs on Nov. 18. Linda Moore, a licensed psychologist from Kansas City, will present "Release From Powerlessness" at 10 a.m. and "Life Balance 101" at 1:30 p.m. Both 90-minute sessions will be conducted in Room 218, Stewart Center. Moore is co-founder and former president of CenterPoint, an outpatient counseling center, and president of Moore-McClelland Associates, a company offering management consulting, speaking and therapy. Her daily talk show is aired on KNHN radio.

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Alumni Honors:

-- Five distinguished alumni of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering recently received Outstanding Electrical Engineer awards from the school. A panel of electrical and computer engineering professors selected the five honorees from the more than 18,000 alumni of the school. The 1997 recipients are: David J. Bradley, Chapel Hill, N.C., manager of PC architecture, IBM Personal Computer Co.; Gerald D. Held, San Jose, Calif., senior vice president of the server technologies division of Oracle Corp.; William C. Lindsey, Pasadena, Calif., founder, chief executive officer and chairman of LinCom Corp.; Gordon E. Mayer, Lafayette, Calif., president and chief executive officer of Geoworks; and Michael M. Sears, St. Louis, president, McDonnell Aircraft and Missile Systems, The Boeing Co.

Compiled by J. Michael Willis, (765) 494-0371; e-mail, mike_willis@purdue.edu
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