Appointments, honors and activities

• Appointments and promotions:

- Purdue University police officer Nicholas Crosby has been promoted to sergeant of administrative services. In his new role, Crosby will oversee events and traffic management. In addition to his 10 years of service with the Purdue Police Department, Crosby served as student security patrol supervisor before graduating from Purdue.

• Faculty and staff honors:

- Hal Kirkwood, associate professor and business information specialist in the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management and Economics, was elected president of the Special Libraries Association. Kirkwood will serve as president-elect in 2018, president in 2019, and past president in 2020. Kirkwood joined the Special Libraries Association in 1992 and has previously served on the board of directors from 2012-14, president of the Indiana chapter and chair of the Business and Finance Division.