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March 31, 2014 In the Spotlight
Value Your Health Week starts today: Smart health. Smart money. Smart you.Getting the right health care, paying the right price and managing your health care budget are important, but often overwhelming, tasks. "It takes good health care consumer skills," says Eva Nodine, director of benefits in Human Resources. "Those skills often don't come naturally, but they're skills we can build." Improving health care consumer skills is the goal of Value Your Health Week, a five-day event that begins today. "Taking a few important steps can make a big difference to both your wellness and your wallet," Nodine says. * Today's offerings include Right Price game, cooking demo * Value Your Health Week website Faculty and staff newsFaculty, staff urged to upgrade from Windows XP, Office 2003 by April 8 to dodge cyber hazardsPurdue faculty, staff and students running Microsoft Windows XP or Office 2003 on their personal or University-supported computers are advised to upgrade by April 8, when Microsoft will stop providing security updates for the outdated software. Individuals who continue to use the old software may expose themselves and the University to data security breaches, ITaP warns. New Procurement Vendor Request form updatedProcurement Services announces the New Procurement Vendor Request form has been updated and replaces the New SRM Vendor Request form. The form may be found on the Business Forms website under Procurement Services. An instructions document has also been updated to reflect new fields. Purdue police urge campus community to secure personal belongingsPurdue police are reminding campus workers to secure personal belongings in locked drawers or cabinets after a reported attempted theft Thursday afternoon (March 27) in the Hansen Life Sciences Research Building. Meeting set to begin planning Homecoming 2014Organizers of Homecoming 2014 will have a meeting April 2 to begin planning the weekend's events. This year's Homecoming will be on Sept. 27 in conjunction with the Iowa football game. This week's 'Thumbs Up' recipients"Thumbs Up" gives faculty and staff the chance to recognize others on campus for a job well done. * Purdue Today would like to hear about those people whose hard work and commitment contribute to the success of the University as well as make Purdue a wonderful environment within which to work. To submit an item for "Thumbs Up," click here. General newsRecently published authors on campus to be honoredPurdue authors at the West Lafayette campus who were published in 2013 will be recognized Tuesday (April 1) at an event presented by the Honors College and Purdue University Libraries. College of Agriculture holding fifth annual food driveThe fifth annual Purdue College of Agriculture Food Drive is accepting donations through April 11. PeopleAppointments, honors and activitiesAppointments and promotions, faculty and staff honors, alumni honors, student honors, and rankings. Purdue sportsDias, Cox earn All-America honors on final day of swimming and diving NCAAsHonorable mention All-America recognition for juniors Lyam Dias and Nate Cox in the 200 breaststroke and platform diving, respectively, highlighted the final day of action at the NCAA Championships for men's swimming and diving. Rogers, Bissett earn 3-meter All-America honorsLayne Rogers and Jamie Bissett's All-America honors earned via top 15 overall finishes in 3-meter diving highlighted day two action at the NCAA Championships for men's swimming and diving. Moses to compete in State Farm College 3-Point ChampionshipPurdue women's basketball senior Courtney Moses will participate in the State Farm College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships at 8 p.m. (CT) Thursday at Moody Coliseum on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas. The 26th annual event, which will air live on ESPN, will feature 24 of college basketball's top dunkers and long-range shooters. For more information on Purdue sports, go to www.purduesports.com. |
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Purdue in the News Here is a sampling of recent news reports about Purdue by media across the nation and world. Sites of Interest Purdue Today links
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