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Everyday Wellness promotes preventive care and partnership

Offering employees quick tips for better living plus insights into ways Purdue can help them achieve an improved quality of life, the Everyday Wellness campaign rolls out today. The new campaign, from Human Resources, aims to help employees understand how their day-to-day choices can have a positive impact on their well-being and the well-being of those who are close to them. Read more...

Everyday Wellness: Overcome the lure of the sofa

When it comes to winter, remember that some exercise is better than none, more is better than some, and getting too much is not
a worry for most of us. Regular exercise reduces risk for disease, helps with weight loss, and improves cholesterol and blood pressure, so resist the pull of the sofa. Purdue offers campus facilities and discounts at community fitness centers to help. Read more...

Featured News for Employees

Manager development team soliciting input about campus lighting

The Blue Team in the Council for Manager Development Class of 2009-11 has undertaken a project on sustainable lighting for safety at Purdue. As part of its information-gathering effort, the team is seeking feedback from faculty, staff and students about outdoor areas of campus where additional lighting may be needed to enhance security. Read more...

Payroll updates biweekly timecard

Payroll has revised the biweekly timecard -- in both the electronic and paper formats -- with a new verification statement and an updated list of attendance codes. Because of the changes, departments should use only the updated timecards beginning March 1. Read more...

Blackboard users group to meet Feb. 22

The cross-campus Blackboard Users Group (BUG) will meet from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday (Feb. 22) in Stewart Center, Room 214C. This meeting will focus on the new Blackboard course archival process. Read more...

Callout under way for Purdue Staff Golf League

Golfers looking for an opportunity to play and meet other staff and faculty at Purdue are invited to participate in the Purdue Staff Golf League. Read more...

CIE to offer two-part workshop on Calibrated Peer Review

The Center for Instructional Excellence will offer a two-part workshop on Calibrated Peer Review on Feb. 24 and March 3. Read more...

Nominations sought for 2011 Old Masters Program

Faculty and staff are being asked to nominate candidates to participate in the 2011 Old Masters Program. The Old Masters Program brings distinguished professionals to Purdue to share their professional and personal experiences with students each fall. Nominations are due by noon Saturday. More details and a nomination form are available as a PDF file.

General News

Aluminum company to build plant in Lafayette

A division of the Nanshan Group, based in the People's Republic of China, is building and equipping a $100 million, 435,000-square-foot aluminum extrusion manufacturing facility and office in Lafayette. It is slated to open in early 2012 and will employ 150 within two years. The Lafayette plant, the company's first manufacturing site in the United States, will be known as Nanshan America Advanced Aluminum Technologies and located on 50 acres in Park 350, a 330-acre industrial park near Veterans Memorial Parkway and U.S. 52. Governor Mitch Daniels, who made the announcement, said Indiana had an "incredible, unfair advantage" in attracting the company: Purdue University. Read more...

Research News & Special Reports

Researchers in various studies looking for participants

Here is a list of research studies that currently are looking for participants. Read more...

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