Purdue Today

News for faculty and staff

September 10, 2007

FEATURED NEWS FOR EMPLOYEES

Engineering ranked among best for Hispanic students

Purdue's College of Engineering placed among the best institutions in the nation for Latino graduate students studying engineering, according to the September issue of Hispanic Business magazine. More

Purdue tells 111 of possible computer security incident

Purdue is informing 111 people who were students in the fall of 2004 that information about them was inadvertently on the Internet. More

Purdue police warn students, staff about deceptive phone calls

Purdue police on Friday (Sept. 7) issued a warning to students and staff about a number of suspicious calls from solicitors. More

TDA meetings offered Sept. 19-20

A representative from Fidelity Investments will be on campus to meet one-on-one with interested Purdue faculty and staff on Sept. 19 and 20. More

PEOPLE

Appointments and promotions

— Mary Patchen will join the corporate relations team as the regional director of development for Indiana, effective today (Sept.10.)
— Mollie Pennock has been promoted to development research services associate in advancement.
— Jeremy Sheiko has joined the advancement team as a development research services associate.
— Mary Jo Bartolacci has been appointed the first director of development for Discovery Park and the Purdue Research Foundation and Park.
— Doris Cronkhite has joined the advancement team as the new corporate relations secretary.
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CALENDAR AND EVENTS

See Coach Tiller Show tonight at Pappy's

The Coach Tiller Radio Show takes place each Monday evening live from "Pappy's" in Purdue Memorial Union. More

This week's John Purdue Room lunch special

This week, the featured specials in the John Purdue Room will be Cream of Tomato Soup and Chicken Fricassee.
To access the menu: click here.

Study Abroad deadline approaches

Purdue faculty and staff should encourage students wishing to go abroad for the spring semester to begin the application process immediately. Applications are due Sept. 15. More

Deadline is Wednesday to register for Latino Scholars Forum

The Latino Scholars Forum, scheduled for Sept. 19, has extended its registration deadline to Sept. 12. More

Sign up for teaching workshops

Space is still available in most of the Fall 2007
College Teaching Workshop sessions. More

Health and Kinesiology Fall 2007 Department Colloquia Series

Wednesday, Sept. 12. 3:30 p.m. Room 108, Lambert. Speaker: Jessica Witte, assistant professor of psychological sciences. "Seeing into the Future: Action-Modulated Perception." See flier here.

GENERAL NEWS

Professor recruiting volunteers 'Ready to Read' to children

A Purdue child development professor is seeking volunteers to read to preschool-aged children for a research project that promotes literacy. More

Fairy tale author to kick off Literary Reading Series

The 2007-08 Purdue Literary Reading Series will begin its season with a fiction reading by author Kate Bernheimer at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 18. More

Scholars to gather at Purdue to discuss Chinese language, culture

Education and business leaders will present research and ideas on how businesses can be successful in China at the second Business Chinese Language and Culture Conference Sept. 21-22 at Purdue . More

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