In the spotlight

Purdue Profiles:
Mindy Paulet

Lacing up her running shoes, taking to the trails and unrolling her yoga mat are just a few ways Mindy Paulet keeps her life in a constant balance of work, family and self. As manager of WorkLife Programs, she is committed to bringing the same harmony to the lives of faculty and staff at Purdue. Read more...

Featured News for Employees

New scholarship fund to open; Hall is first honoree

Purdue will announce today (Aug. 30) a new scholarship fund that can be used to honor Purdue faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends. Joyce Hall, retiring executive director of Purdue's Division of Financial Aid, will be the first Heritage Scholarship Fund honoree. Read more...

Tobacco cessation class starting soon

WorkLife Programs is offering a class designed to help people have success quitting smoking. Beginning Sept. 6 and running through Oct. 19, the six-session Quit Smart class will meet at 3:30-5 p.m. at the State Street Office Facility (SSOF), 1601 W. State St. Read more...

Alzheimer's, caregiving to be focus of series hosted by WorkLife

The Alzheimer's Association is bringing an educational series, Living with Alzheimer's, to campus, hosted by WorkLife Programs and designed to provide valuable information to both those who have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers. Read more...

Wellhead protection area notices to be sent to property owners and leaseholders

The water supplied to the Purdue campus community is sourced from high-quality groundwater pumped from a series of wells located on the West Lafayette campus. Read more...

Data Stewards offer Web page with data handling training resources

Faculty and staff who are interested in a quick and easy review of Purdue's data handling guidelines and policies will find several data handling training resources on the Web page of the Data Stewards organization at Purdue. Read more...

General News

Purdue starts team to address high-risk drinking

Purdue has formed a campus team of 18 faculty, staff and students to suggest and spearhead new ways to reduce high-risk drinking. Read more...

Extension to help two regions' economic development

Two multicounty regions in Indiana will create economic development plans under a U.S. Department of Agriculture program that Purdue Extension will support. Read more...

PNC to unveil piece of World Trade Center steel

Purdue North Central has become the permanent home of a section of a steel beam that was recovered from the World Trade Center in New York after its collapse on Sept. 11, 2001. PNC will place the steel in the Library-Student-Faculty Building Cybercafe and unveil it during a morning ceremony Sept. 11. Read more...

Purdue Sports

Burke to chat online tonight

Purdue athletics director Morgan Burke will answer questions via an online chat tonight (Aug. 30), four days before the Boilermaker football team opens the 2011 season. The chat will get under way at 7 p.m. Read more...

For more information on Purdue sports, go to www.purduesports.com.

Events

• This week's events
• Events for the next four weeks

• Town hall set for panel of top science journalists Nov. 10

• Latino Cultural Center assisting local nonprofit in annual dinner to fund local scholarships

• Local youth with disabilities invited to participate in physical activity program