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News for faculty and staffOctober 14, 2009IN THE SPOTLIGHT'Purdue's Place in Space: From the Midwest to the Moon' goes onlineAn exhibit featuring mementos, artifacts and personal papers from Neil Armstrong, Eugene Cernan and other Purdue astronaut alumni has gone digital. Purdue Libraries' Archives and Special Collections, with help from Lockheed Martin, has placed digital images and information online at www.lib.purdue.edu/moon from its entire 136-item exhibit of "Purdue's Place in Space: From the Midwest to the Moon." The display, in the new Virginia Kelly Karnes Archives & Special Collections Research Center on the fourth floor of the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Education Library in Stewart Center, is open through Oct. 30. More FEATURED NEWS FOR EMPLOYEESNew sessions available for Weight Watchers at WorkWorkLife Programs is offering two new sessions of Weight Watchers at Work, beginning Thursday (Oct. 15) and Oct. 20, respectively. More Money Smart Week: Tip of the dayToday's tip goes along with the Money Smart Week presentation "How to Save and Get Out of Debt," taking place from 12:10 to 12:50 p.m. in Room 318, Stewart Center. The tip: Credit card companies send checks in the mail as often as once a week and encourage customers to use them to pay bills or to treat yourself to something nice. However, only in the fine print do they mention that these checks are considered a cash advance and will start accruing interest the minute you take the money. More GENERAL NEWSNew program at Purdue aims to build computer science skills of future high school teachersPurdue is contributing to a national effort to train prospective secondary education teachers in computer science. MoreGreenville firm wins Purdue TAP services through Indiana Companies to Watch initiativeIndiana technology development firm Techshot Inc. has won 80 hours of business services valued at $10,000 from Purdue's Technical Assistance Program in conjunction with the Indiana Companies to Watch initiative. MoreCALENDAR AND EVENTSToday's eventsHere is a list of events happening Wednesday, Oct. 14, at the West Lafayette campus. More Events this weekHere is a list of events happening Oct. 12-18 at the West Lafayette campus. More Session to address fundamentals of service learningThe 2009 Community of Service-Learning Faculty Fellows will present a session introducing the fundamentals of service learning on Monday (Oct. 19). More How to submit items to Purdue Today Sign up for Purdue Today: https://lists.purdue.edu/mailman/listinfo/ptnews Problems? Purdue Today: (765) 494-9573; purduetoday@purdue.edu |
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