October 21, 2016

Appointments, honors and activities

• Campus activities:

- The 3D Printing Club will hold an open house for the opening of its new space at the Prototyping Studio in the Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering. The event is 3-5 p.m. Thursday (Oct. 27). An informal information session will be held for students, faculty, staff and individuals from the industry as part of the event.

• Faculty and staff honors:

- The University Professional Continuing Education Association - Central Region honored Purdue with two awards at its conference on Oct. 18 in Indianapolis. The 2016 Celebration of Excellence in Teaching Award was given to Ellen Gundlach, continuing lecturer in the Department of Statistics, for successfully demonstrating her exemplary service to the profession and institution with her online course in statistics (STAT 113). The Mature Program Award - Non-credit was given to Purdue University Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Programs and instructor Gary Bennett, professor of entomology. This is a series of nine integrated pest management courses that has been running via correspondence and now online since the mid-1970s.

Alumni honors:

- Mike Moses, a 1995 graduate with degrees from the College of Science and College of Engineering, has been named president of Virgin Galactic. Moses, who joined Virgin Galactic in 2011 as vice president of operations, will now oversee Virgin Galactic's human spaceflight program.

Student honors:

- A student team from Purdue Polytechnic Institute finished second in the Conexus Indiana Logistics Case Competition. The contest challenged students to develop a solution to a real-world logistics business case that replicated issues industry leaders face in high-tech logistics environments. Sixty-five Indiana students from 17 colleges and universities participated. As part of the finish, the Polytechnic Institute team of Michael Schramm, Cole Mason, Matt Schnell and Erika Horton received $2,000.

Rankings:

- The Art and Design Department has been ranked in the nation's top 40 programs by the Community for Accredited Online Schools. "Art and design programs at Purdue University give students access to four computer laboratories, numerous libraries with art and design books and journals, and an on-campus art gallery," the website said. "Students also have an opportunity to gain relevant experience in the arts through on-campus employment as gallery assistants, photography lab monitors and slide library or shop assistants." The department is part of the Patti and Rusty Rueff School of Visual and Performing Arts, which is housed in the College of Liberal Arts.

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