Appointments, honors and activities
• Appointments and promotions:
- Langston Bates has been appointed the Black Cultural Center librarian, effective Sept. 19. Bates earned a master's degree in library science at the University of North Texas, a master of music in media writing and production degree at the University of Miami and a bachelor of musical arts degree at the University of Oklahoma. He has previously worked as a public services assistant at the Melvin B. Tolson Black Heritage center at Langston University. He was a participant in the American Library Association Diversity Scholars program sponsored by Purdue.
• Faculty and staff honors:
- Angela Phillips Diaz, the managing director of Purdue's Global Policy Research Institute, will receive the Outstanding Member Award from Women in Aerospace for her commitment to furthering science, technology, engineering and math education across the country, and the organization as its past president and current foundation member. She will be one of seven women honored by Women in Aerospace for contributions to the aerospace industry and to the advancement of women in the field at a reception on Nov. 1 in Arlington, Va.
- Former Purdue Extension Director David Petritz has been inducted into the Ohio State University Farm Science Review Hall of Fame. He was inducted in a Sept. 20 ceremony during the annual farm exposition at London, Ohio, and recognized for his work in building a Farm Science Review partnership between Purdue and OSU. Started in 2004, the partnership enables specialists from both universities to share their expertise in educational programs for participants during the three-day event. Petritz served as director of Purdue Extension from 1999 to 2007. He is now director of Purdue's Beck Agricultural Center.
• Alumni honors:
- Andrew Clemenson, a 2011 graduate from the College of Liberal Arts' industrial design program, has won a golden award in the "Nanjing Innovation Design Competition" for his design of a rescue breather to help anyone who is not trained with CPR. The design would supply the victim with essential oxygen to prevent brain damage and death until emergency services arrive. The competition received 1,438 entries from students, professionals and educators around the world. From the entries 123 were selected for publication and exhibition, and from those 38 received awards of excellence and only three of those were selected for golden awards, the top prize.
This same design also won a bronze award in the Industrial Designers Society of America IDEA competition in June. Clemenson is now working at Mertz Design in Cincinnati.