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News for faculty and staff

November 29, 2007

FEATURED NEWS FOR EMPLOYEES

Notice: Negotiations may affect UnitedHealthcare participants

Contract negotiations between UnitedHealthcare and St. Elizabeth Regional Health may affect Purdue employees who selected the UnitedHealthcare plan for 2008.

Purdue and many other local employers were recently informed of the negotiations, which center on price increases for the coming year. The outcome of these talks could affect which local medical facilities are in-network under the UHC plan in 2008. More

All-campus meeting to address master planning process

Purdue's master planning consultants will provide an update on the status of the West Lafayette campus master planning process during a meeting at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 4 in Room 310, Stewart Center. More

Reminder: Outdoor warning siren to be tested today

An outdoor warning siren system will be tested around 3:30 p.m. today (Nov. 29) from the Purdue Police Department. Purdue emergency planning representatives will be on hand to review Federal Signal's CampusAlert system, which has a warning siren and the capability to send voice messages. More

CAMPUS NEWS

Purdue to begin collection to kick off 2008 MLK celebration

Purdue will begin collecting non-food items at campus drop-off points on Dec. 3 for the annual Gifts-in-Kind drive as part of the 2008 Martin Luther King Jr. celebration "Affirming the Dream XIII: Walk the Talk." More

GENERAL NEWS

Córdova keynote for NIH address on women in science

Purdue President France A. Córdova on Tuesday (Nov. 27) gave the keynote address at a National Institutes of Health conference in Bethesda, Md., on mentoring women for careers in biomedicine. More

Financial aid presentations to offer information for students, parents

High school students and their parents can learn more about college financial aid during two upcoming presentations by financial aid representatives of Purdue and Ivy Tech Community College in Lafayette. More

Funding available to send Purdue graduate students abroad

Purdue graduate students majoring in technical areas will have a special opportunity to study abroad this summer. More

CALENDAR AND EVENTS

Events today at Purdue

This list includes events happening Nov. 29 at the West Lafayette campus. More

Events this week

Here is a list of events Nov. 26-Dec. 2 at the West Lafayette campus. More

Krannert to help children from Lafayette Head Start have merrier holiday

Nearly 45 children between the ages of 3 and 5 from the Lafayette Head Start/Early Head Start Center will visit Purdue's Krannert School of Management for a holiday party Dec. 5. More

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