Appointments, honors and activities

• Faculty and staff honors:

- Julayne Moser, director of Graduate Studies in Purdue University's School of Mechanical Engineering, was elected to the board of directors of the American Society for Engineering Education. She is among seven officers newly elected to the board and will serve as chair of Professional Interest Council V. The board members will begin their terms at the society's annual conference in June in New Orleans. Moser has a combined 30 years experience with distance learning and graduate studies education at Purdue, and is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Indiana University, where she earned both bachelor's and master's degrees. She has been an ASEE member since 1994, serving as chair-elect, chair and secretary of the society's Continuing Professional Development division, and program chair of its Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration-Continuing Professional Development division.

- Elizabeth Mercier, continuing lecturer in Classics, has been awarded a $12,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The award will support a fellowship at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies in Canada. Mercier will earn a specialized diploma from the institute in mediaeval manuscript studies, offered in conjunction with the American Academy in Rome. The program is offered in two summer sessions, one each in Toronto and Rome. Purdue's Classics program offers courses in Latin, Ancient Greek, and translation, and is housed in the School of Languages and Cultures. More information is available online: https://www.cla.purdue.edu/news/fth/email/Mercier._Liz%202.html

-Ray Hansen, clinical assistant professor of computer and information technology, received the 2016 Distinguished Service Award from the Information and Telecommunications Education and Research Association for his "many contributions to service, education, and research." For more, visit https://polytechnic.purdue.edu/newsroom/hansen-honored-itera

• Notables:

- Ellen Kossek, a faculty member in Purdue University's Krannert School of Management, will present the keynote address Saturday (April 23) at a work/life policy seminar in Seoul, South Korea. The speaking engagement was organized by the South Korean Academy of Management at Chung Ang University. She also moderated a panel that included leadership from South Korea's Ministry of Labor and Employment and executives from Samsung Electronics. Kossek is director of research for the Susan Bulkeley Butler Center for Leadership Excellence.

- Physical Facilities was presented a Tree Campus USA award at the recent Earth Day celebration. This is the seventh consecutive year that Purdue has received the Tree Campus USA designation, which is given to campuses that meet the following five standards outlined by the Arbor Day Foundation: maintaining a tree advisory committee, utilizing a campus tree-care plan, dedicating annual expenditures toward trees, holding an Arbor Day observance and organizing student service-learning projects.  

• Alumni honors:

- Mike Dilts, president and CEO of Shiel Sexton Co., and Rob McKinney, president of Mokulele Airlines, were honored Friday (April 22) as Purdue Polytechnic Institute's distinguished alumni. Outstand Technology Alumni awards were presented to Ryan G. Edgell of Indianapolis, and Phillip Kinnison of Chicago. Early Career Award recipients were Mike Alder of McCordsville, Indiana; Chris Durnil of Indianapolis; Anthony Gregory of Dallas, Texas; and Parker Woods of Indianapolis. For more, visit https://polytechnic.purdue.edu/newsroom/eight-technology-alumni-be-honored-april-22