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Did You Know?:
Campus Safety
Task Force

The Campus Safety Task Force allows students, faculty and staff to participate in the conversation about campus safety. Established in 1989, CSTF researches and analyzes proposed campus safety initiatives using feedback from the Purdue community. Read more...

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Featured News for Employees

Candidates for Purdue Extended Campus dean position to speak at seminars

The Purdue Extended Campus Search Committee is hosting public seminars for four candidates for the PEC dean position in February and March. Read more...

Faculty's first set of how-to workshops on Blackboard Learn to begin Monday

ITaP Academic Technologies will offer workshops that introduce faculty to the new Blackboard Learn 9.1 student-centered course management system. The sessions scheduled for Feb. 20-23 cover the system's essentials and grade book, as well as tools and methods for moving course content from Blackboard Vista to Blackboard Learn. Read more...

CIE core curriculum workshop postponed

A Center for Instructional Excellence workshop focusing on Purdue's core curriculum initiative has been postponed. Read more...

General News

Mild winter likely to increase insect, weed pressures

Crop pests may be more abundant in Indiana farm fields this spring because of what continues to be a mild winter. Read more...

Purdue Sports

Baseball, softball set for five Big Ten Network appearances

Boilermaker fans nationwide will have the opportunity to watch the Purdue baseball and softball teams live on the Big Ten Network five times in 2012. Baseball will make three appearances on the network and softball will be on the small screen twice. Read more...

Single-session tickets on sale for Big Ten Wrestling Championships

Single-session tickets for the 2012 Big Ten Wrestling Championships, set for March 3 and 4 at Mackey Arena, are on sale in the Purdue Athletic Ticket Office. Read more...

Softball's Garst named as a Lowe's Senior CLASS Award candidate

Senior shortstop Molly Garst has been selected as one of just 30 candidates nationally for the 2012 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award for softball. Read more...

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

Events

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• Boiler Culinary Throwdown to host Food Network judge on Saturday

• College, high school teams ready for Rube Goldberg showdown

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