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April 19, 2013
In the Spotlight
"The Greatest Spectacle in College Racing" began as a dream for a group of Purdue students, who were looking for an event to allow engineering students to showcase their skills and enthusiasm. That dream became a reality on May 17, 1958, with the running of the first Purdue Grand Prix. The first kart race was run on a field and adjacent parking lot near the Recreational Gymnasium. The first karts were built from scratch and featured lawnmower engines. They could barely exceed 30 miles per hour. After 144 laps, James Moneyhun of Gable Courts won the first Grand Prix.
Faculty and staff news
This memo regarding the approval process for the purchase or acquisition of all equipment, software and services related to IT is sent on behalf of President Mitch Daniels.
Faculty and staff can schedule Center for Healthy Living appointments online through the center's portal at https://purdue.opticonsite.com. Employees will sign on using their Purdue career account and password.
The Purdue Alumni Association is seeking nominations for the 2013 Special Boilermaker Award. Nominations are due June 1.
Staff members from the West Lafayette campus who died during 2012 will be honored and remembered at a ceremony on May 7.
General news
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Title IX, Purdue has recognized 40 individuals with the Title IX Distinguished Service Award for their significant contributions to the advancement of gender equity in education. Profiles on the recipients will be presented in Purdue Today each month. This month features Laura Reasoner Jones, Dorothy Leland, Joan Marshall, Robert Ringel and Carolyn Peck.
Professors Shannon McMullen and Fabian Winkler have worked with 17 students from Purdue's Honors College to create the National Security Garden, located on the southeast side of Elliott Hall. The art installation is a 16-by-12-foot planter box filled with rows of edamame soybeans. A solar tower next to the box collects power for the magenta-colored lights, composed of red and blue LEDs, which are sometimes used to stimulate growth in greenhouses.
The project's combination of nature and technology are meant to challenge all who visit the garden to consider just how many contemporary issues are linked to the soybean plant, McMullen says. Soybeans are used to make innovative products, but they are also part of a global discussion about resource use, climate change and worldwide food supplies. A story and photo gallery on the project can be found in the College of Liberal Arts' THiNK magazine.
Purdue's Krannert School of Management has revamped its Weekend MBA program, reducing the length by 40 percent from 35 to 21 months while adding elective courses, greater leadership and career training and participation in an international business trip.
A pair of students from Purdue's Honors College are in St. Petersburg, Russia, at the G20 Youth Forum preceding the G20 meeting of the world's major economic powers.
The Purdue University Police Department is reminding the campus community to be vigilant after several vehicles were vandalized last weekend along Tower Drive.
Purdue University Libraries will extend hours at four of its campus facilities to help students prepare for final exams.
'Boiler Bytes 28' tonight to feature Neil Armstrong
The newest installment (No. 28) of "Boiler Bytes," Purdue's video news magazine on BTN, will air at 6:30 p.m. today (April 19) with segments about Purdue alumnus astronaut Neil Armstrong. Previous "Boiler Bytes" segments are online at www.purdue.edu/boilerbytes and www.youtube.com/purdue.
Purdue sports
For more information on Purdue sports, go to www.purduesports.com.
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