Purdue Notebook
June 9, 2006
Faculty and staff honors
— William L. Rowe, professor emeritus of philosophy, received an Indiana Humanities Award on June 7 in Indianapolis. The awards are given by the Indiana Humanities Council to honor five humanities scholars in Indiana, as well as a distinguished national leader in the humanities. This is the first year the award has been given. Rowe, a philosopher of metaphysics and religion, is the author of five books including "Can God Be Free?"— Eugene Spafford, executive director of the Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security, has received the Wasserman Award from the Information Systems Audit and Control Association, New York Metropolitan chapter. Spafford was cited for his overall body of work and contributions to the information security profession.
— Raphael "Ray" Kavanaugh, professor and head of the consumer sciences and retailing department in the College of Consumer Sciences and Retailing, has been named chairman of the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation for the 2006-07 term. The appointment was announced at the 87th Annual National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show in Chicago in May.
Kavanaugh advanced to chairman of the foundation after serving as vice chairman for the 2005-06 term. He has been a trustee of the organization since 1997 and most recently served four years as chairman of its Certification Governing Board. Kavanaugh, who is the author of more than 80 academic research publications, has worked both in the United States and abroad to implement educational programs, having served as a hospitality consultant to the Belize Tourism Industry Association and a visiting scholar at the Inter University Center of Food and Nutrition, Institute Pertanian Bogor, Indonesia.
— Taggart Smith, a professor of organizational leadership and supervision in the College of Technology, and Linda Naimi, an assistant professor in the department, participated in "Teaching Research Ethics" at Indiana University's Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions on May 10-13. Topics covered at the seminar included ethical theory, research ethics, authorship issues, conflicts of interest, integrity in research, international research and responsible data management. Naimi and Smith are faculty fellows in an interdisciplinary program called the Land Grant University Curriculum in Research Ethics. The focus of the program is on how to help doctoral students at land-grant universities understand policies regulating research and the moral principles on which those policies are based.
— Bob Mindrum, director of Purdue Memorial Union, recently began his term as president of the Association of College Unions International. Founded in 1914, ACUI is a nonprofit educational organization that brings together college union and student activities professionals from hundreds of colleges and universities in seven countries.
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