Purdue News Roundup
Purdue News RoundupDecember 19, 1997
Public TV stations nationwide are broadcasting a one-hour highlights program produced last year. The Channel Earth rural satellite service also is beaming the production to subscribers. Most Indiana PBS affiliates and other outlets will air a new production of the 1997 show. Additionally, dozens of radio stations, mostly in Indiana, will broadcast a special one-hour production of this year's show, and the Voice of America has requested the program as well.
The new radio and TV productions will feature highlights recorded during the six live performances of the 64th annual Christmas Show, staged Dec. 12-14 in Elliott Hall of Music on Purdue's West Lafayette campus. Thousands of people from throughout the Midwest annually trek to campus to enjoy the show, which plays to sellout audiences in the 6,027-seat hall.
A December tradition since the 1930s, the Christmas Show celebrates both the popular and religious aspects of the Christmas season. Featured are the student members of the five PMO ensembles: the Varsity Glee Club, Purduettes, University Choir, PMO Express and Purdue Bell Choir.
Among radio outlets broadcasting the 1997 show are Purdue's WBAA radio stations. It will air on WBAA-FM 101.3 at 5 p.m. Dec. 20 and Dec. 24. On WBAA-AM 920, it will be heard at 2 p.m. Dec. 22.
For the TV production, Indiana cities, stations and local broadcast times are:
A frequently updated World Wide Web page containing the most recent information about TV broadcast times nationwide is available at: http://newsgopher.uns.purdue.edu/pmolist.html
CONTACT: Greg Zawisza, Office of University Relations, (765) 494-2086; e-mail, greg_zawisza@purdue.edu
The three-minute features air during the halftimes of games broadcast by the ESPN Regional Television network. The features are produced by the Purdue Office of University Relations.
The schedule of programs to be highlighted during January and February:
Jan. 10 -- Groundbreaking is months away, but tours of the new Black Cultural Center are now available via virtual reality software.
Jan. 21 -- Human trials are under way for a method that uses pig intestines to heal knee injuries. The development comes from Purdue biomedical researchers and DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. of Warsaw, Ind.
Jan. 24 -- Purdue's School of Education is preparing teachers for technology's increasing role in education.
Jan. 29 -- A Purdue Cooperative Extension program, Safe Food for the Hungry, is an international campaign to educate nonprofit food organizations about food safety and nutrition.
Jan. 31 -- A new aquatics center is planned for the university, complete with Olympic-sized pool and a much-needed upgrade to exercise areas in the Purdue Recreational Sports facility.
Feb. 7 -- High school students have access to state-of-the-art chemistry and biology equipment thanks to a Purdue program that delivers the technology to the schools and instructs teachers how to use it.
Feb. 18 -- A curriculum change in the School of Pharmacy is preparing students for the professional world with an emphasis on skills such as communication, counseling and problem solving.
Feb. 21 -- The School of Science has launched a new program to help keep women students on track for careers in science.
Purdue basketball games are 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.
Weekly broadcasts of select programs from the fall series and the entire upcoming spring series will be seen at 11:30 a.m. Sundays on WFYI, Channel 20, the Indianapolis Public Broadcasting Service affiliate. Several cable outlets statewide also show the program at various times.
Each half-hour program includes a campus news update, feature segments and a studio interview.
The Indianapolis broadcast schedule on WFYI and topics for the first six programs in the series:
Jan. 4 -- In step with the Purdue Repertory Dance Company; the Ackerman Center for Democratic Citizenship; the work and achievements of Purdue Nobel laureate Herbert Brown.
Jan. 11 -- Technology initiatives on campus; the benefits of full-day vs. half-day kindergarten; making good use of the state flower.
Jan. 18 -- Research in the School of Nuclear Engineering; the role of liberal arts in today's university; the 1997 inductees of Purdue's Athletic Hall of Fame.
Jan. 25 -- Helping young fathers learn parenting skills; progress in using pig intestines for human tissue repair; the surprising Purdue Water Ski Team.
Feb. 1 -- Budding entrepreneurs compete in special competitions; a look at the new Animal Behavior Clinic; student archaeologists make an intriguing discovery.
Feb. 8 -- The Computer Integrated Manufacturing Technology laboratory means hands-on experience; the good side of kids' fat intake; International students and scholars add to the tapestry of campus.
"Purdue: A Closer Look" is jointly produced by the Center for Instructional Services and the Office of University Relations. Program hosts are Beth Forbes, news coordinator at Purdue News Service, and Greg Zawisza, director of special projects at University Relations.
CONTACTS: Zawisza, (765) 494-2086; home, (765) 463-9119; e-mail, greg_zawisza@purdue.edu
Forbes, (765) 494-9723; e-mail, beth_forbes@purdue.edu
-- A team of four seniors from the School of Nuclear Engineering won first place in the 1997 American Nuclear Society student design competition. Thomas Fieno, Cincinnati ; David Penn, Fairfax, Va.; Brian Stewart, Philadelphia ; and Chris van Wert, Evansville , won with their design project "Recovery of Waste Heat and Cathodic Protection of High Level Nuclear Waste Canisters." The Purdue project was chosen from entries from seven U.S. schools by judges from the nuclear industry and national laboratories.
-- Cason J. Christian and Celita S. Hughes are winners of the School of Consumer and Family Sciences Minority Scholarships sponsored by BAA Indianapolis LLC, which manages the Indianapolis Airport. The scholarships are for $2,000 each. Christian, a freshman from Fort Wayne , is majoring in sales and sales management. Hughes, a junior from Anderson , is majoring in small business. The scholarship is awarded to minority students in the Department of Consumer Sciences and Retailing or the Department of Restaurant, Hotel, Institutional and Tourism Management.
-- Darlene Cunningham of Lafayette was awarded the Carol L. Becker Memorial Scholarship. The $1,000 scholarship is awarded to students in the Department of Consumer Sciences and Retailing. Cunningham is a sophomore majoring in financial counseling and planning.
-- Two students in the School of Technology recently received the "Technology Dean's Special Student Award." Douglas A. Fiandt, a junior from West Lafayette , and Michael W. Wilson, a senior from Greenwood , each received a $1,000 scholarship. The award was established by Dean Don K. Gentry to assist outstanding full-time technology students with dependent children. Recipients must have an unmet financial need and participate in leadership activities while at Purdue. Fiandt is majoring in computer integrated mechanical technology, and Wilson is studying mechanical engineering technology.
Compiled by J. Michael Willis, (765) 494-0371; e-mail, mike_willis@purdue.edu
Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; e-mail, purduenews@purdue.edu
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