Purdue Notebook

June 13, 2005

Appointments and promotions

– LuAnn Keyton, information systems manager in industrial engineering, has been appointed director of information technology in the College of Liberal Arts. Keyton has worked at Purdue since 1996 in the areas of electrical and computer engineering and computing in student services. Her new appointment begins today (Monday, June 13), and she will be responsible for the development, utilization and management of computer resources in the College of Liberal Arts.

– MaryEllen Gillespie has been named director of development for the schools of Nursing and Health Sciences. Gillespie was previously employed by the North American Interfraternity Conference and is a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Alpha Phi Fraternity.

– Daniel Folta has been appointed director of development for the College of Industrial Engineering. Folta was previously director of development for the Kiwanis International Foundation.

– Mangala Subramaniam, an assistant professor of sociology and women's studies and faculty member of Asian studies in the College of Liberal Arts, received one of five grants from the American Sociological Association's Fund for the Advancement of Discipline. This is a competitive small grants program funded by matching grants from the association and the National Science Foundation. Using advanced statistical techniques, Subramaniam is analyzing how poor women in rural India are mobilizing and organizing to seek self-respect as well as to improve their working and living conditions.

– Bruce A. Harding, a professor of mechanical engineering technology, has been re-elected as chair of the International Organization of Standardization Technical Committee 10. His term runs from 2006-09. Based in Sweden, the committee is composed of delegations representing 59 countries that develop international standardization and coordination of technical product documentation. Harding also is a member of several American National Standards Institute technical standards committees.

– Steven R. Dietrich, deputy chief of the Purdue Police Department, recently completed the 13-week administrative officer's course at the University of Louisville's Southern Police Institute. The college-level managerial development course provides instruction in law enforcement issues, diagnostic problem solving and administrative law. Dietrich, a West Lafayette native, has been with the Purdue Police Department for 22 years and previously served three years in the Tippecanoe County Sheriff's Department. He graduated from West Lafayette High School in 1973 before going on to earn his bachelor's degree from Purdue in criminal justice. The Southern Police Institute was founded at the University of Louisville in 1951.

– Rick Paul, professor and chair of the Art & Design Division in the Patti and Rusty Rueff Department of Visual and Performing Arts, is one of six artists selected for an exhibition at the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art. Paul's sculpture, "BigG," was generated with 3D StudioMax software and constructed from quarter-inch plywood. It will be on display through June 30 at the gallery, 506 Main Street, New Harmony, Ind. The gallery's founding director John Begley selected Paul for this exhibit, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary. For more information about the gallery, contact (812) 682-3156 or go online.

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