Purdue Notebook
October 13, 2006
• Campus activities:
— Minority- and women-owned business owners are invited to visit Purdue University for the Supplier Diversity Seminar on Nov. 15-16 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in Stewart Center, Room 314. Company representatives can meet with buyers from Purdue and Ivy Tech State College, as well as those from companies such as Lilly, State Farm and Tate & Lyle. Information and registration is available online. For more information, contact Jim Schenke, Purdue News Service, (765) 494-6262, jschenke@purdue.edu
— "An Evening with Amy Tan," author of the international bestseller "The Joy Luck Club," will be 8 p.m. Oct. 19 in Elliott Hall of Music. The lecture will be followed by a question and answer session and a book sale and signing. Free tickets are available from Purdue Libraries, Tippecanoe County Public Library, West Lafayette Public Library and Barnes & Noble Booksellers in Lafayette. For more information, contact Rachel Schurz, Libraries marketing associate at rschurz@purdue.edu
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• Faculty and staff honors:
— Karen Iler Kirk, a professor in the Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, was awarded the 2005 Editor's Award for best paper in the hearing section of the Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research. She and paper's co-authors will be honored at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association annual meeting this November in Miami. The paper is titled "Influence of Voice Similarity on Talker Discrimination in Children with Normal Hearing and Children with Cochlear Implants."
— Randy Black, a professor of health and kinesiology, has received the Eta Sigma Gamma W. E. Schaffer Presidential Citation. This is awarded to an individual who has made significant contributions to the profession. Black was honored in St. Louis at the group's annual meeting in October. Black, whose area of expertise is public health and education, also has adjunct faculty appointments in foods and nutrition, health sciences and nursing.
— George Avery, an assistant professor of health and kinesiology, was selected to serve as a member of the Board for the Academy-Health Public Health Services Research Interest Group for the 2006-07 year. This advisory committee will assist in guiding and overseeing the academy's health activities throughout the year.
— Marietta Harrison, associate director of the Purdue Cancer Center and interim director of the Oncological Sciences Center in Discovery Park, will receive the $10,000 Collaborator of the Year Award from the Walther Cancer Institute. Harrison was chosen for her leadership in fostering cancer research collaboration between Indiana University and Purdue University.
— William C. Oakes, Engineering Projects in Community Service director and associate professor of engineering, will receive a national award from Campus Compact, an organization of university presidents and college deans that helps students learn about citizenship through community-service opportunities. Campus Compact will present Oakes with the 2006 Thomas Ehrlich Faculty Award for Service Learning Oct. 17 in Chicago during the organization's 20th anniversary celebration. The $2,000 award recognizes Oakes' work to weave volunteerism into engineering class curricula. The award is named in honor of Thomas Ehrlich, former chair of the Campus Compact board of directors and president emeritus of Indiana University.
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• Student honors:
— The presidents of 764 student organizations were honored during the seventh annual President's Dinner on Oct. 5. The Student Activities and Organizations Area of the Office of the Dean of Students sponsored the event. Purdue President Martin C. Jischke and Homecoming king and queen J.J. Camp and Jillian Hmurovic spoke at the event.
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