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News for faculty and staff

April 13, 2009

FEATURED NEWS FOR EMPLOYEES

President's Forum to be held today

Faculty and staff are invited to attend a President's Forum from 1 to 2 p.m. today (April 13) in the South Ballroom, Purdue Memorial Union. President France A. Córdova will open the forum's presentations and will offer an update on fiscal matters. Leah Jamieson, the John A. Edwardson Dean of Engineering, and Willie Reed, dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine, will provide overviews of their respective organizational strategic plans.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Trustees approve professorship, chair, Purdue Calumet vice chancellor

**Ahmed Hassanein**

The Purdue Board of Trustees on Friday (April 10) ratified three appointments for a named professorship, an endowed chair and the vice chancellor for information services at the Calumet campus. Trustees also approved a new representative to the Indiana Board of Animal Health as well as new master's degree programs in computer and information technology and industrial technology. More

Trustees OK construction, renovation contracts

The Board of Trustees on Friday (April 10) approved construction contracts for the Roger B. Gatewood Wing of the Mechanical Engineering Building and the renovation of Shealy Hall in the Windsor Residence Halls complex. More

Trustees approve men's b-ball ticket increase; other sports, student tickets unchanged

In recognition of the current economic challenges for Purdue fans, the University's Board of Trustees on Friday (April 10) voted to hold the line on athletic ticket prices with the exception of an increase of about $2 for men's basketball. More

GENERAL NEWS

New Purdue scholarship designed to aid middle-income Hoosiers

A new Purdue scholarship would aid those students who benefit least from most scholarship programs -- the sons and daughters of middle-class Indiana families. More

Study finds big shifts in Indiana immigrant trends since 1990

Today's Indiana immigrant likely is Mexican or Asian, under age 40, a blue-collar laborer and not as proficient in English as foreign-born people who came to the United States even 20 years ago, according to a Purdue study. More

PEOPLE

Appointments, honors and activities

Here is a list of recent honors and appointments for faculty and staff. More

CALENDAR AND EVENTS

Events this week

Here is a list of events happening April 13-19 at the West Lafayette campus. More

Greek Week Team to hold breakfast for faculty and staff

Purdue's Greek Week Team is sponsoring a Faculty & Staff Appreciation Brunch from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday (April 14) in the Purdue Armory. The event will offer an all-you-can-eat meal of pancakes, sausage links, orange juice and coffee catered by Chris Cakes, which was recently featured on the Food Network. The brunch is free and open to the first 500 faculty and staff members to arrive.

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