Purdue Notebook
Purdue Notebook
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April 3, 2004 Faculty and staff honors– William McBride, the Arthur G. Hansen Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, was elected secretary general of the International Federation of Philosophical Societies, the worldwide umbrella organization for philosophy societies. He is the first American to hold this position. – John Kirby, professor of classics in foreign languages and literatures, has been named the recipient of the Centennial Excellence in Teaching Award from the Classical Association of the Middle West and South. The association is the second largest learned society of classicists in North America, covering 30 states and Canada. – Purdue University has been awarded a $300,000, three-year grant from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to collaborate with the University of Agricultural Sciences in Bangalore, India. Professors from the two universities will work together in the areas of agricultural sustainability, economic policies and higher education. – Agricultural economics professor Jay Akridge has been selected as one of two north central regional recipients of the USDA-NASULGC Food and Agriculture Sciences Excellence in Teaching Award. The eight recipients of regional awards, two from each of four regions, will receive a stipend of $2,000 to be used for the improvement of teaching at their colleges or universities. Rodney J. Brown, U.S. Department of Agriculture deputy undersecretary, will present the awards on Nov. 16-18 in New Orleans at the 116th annual meeting of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges. – Mark Balschweid, assistant professor of agricultural education, was honored as the Outstanding New Agricultural Educator by the American Association of Agricultural Educators. The award, started in 1984, is given to a teacher-educator with less than seven years in the agricultural education profession at the university level. Balschweid is the first person from Purdue to receive this award. – William E. Field, professor of agricultural and biological engineering, was awarded the Indiana Civil Rights Spirit of Justice Award for rehabilitation technology for farmers with disabilities. Field established the Breaking New Ground Resource Center that has become internationally recognized as the primary source of information on rehabilitation agricultural technology. – Sam Cordes, program leader of Purdue Cooperative Extension Service, was appointed as a member of the Rural Development Administration Fund. He will serve for a term that will expire Dec. 31, 2007. The Rural Development Administration Fund was established for the purpose of enhancing and developing rural communities. Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu
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