April 1, 2014

In the Spotlight

Purdue Profile: Dorothy Hughes

Dorothy Hughes has a lot in common with the nontraditional students she helps: She used to be one of them. Hughes, assistant dean of students and director of Span Plan, attended college while also balancing a family and a job.

Now she works with nontraditional students to make sure they have a successful university experience. To that end, she oversees numerous forms of support including scholarships, tutoring, orientation and outreach.

Faculty and staff news

Value Your Health Information Fair today and Wednesday

The Value Your Health Information Fair will run from noon to 4 p.m. today (April 1) and from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday (April 2) in Stewart Center, Room 214 CD.

Register by Monday for tobacco cessation program at Center for Healthy Living

Benefits-eligible faculty and staff who have recently stopped smoking or are ready to quit can benefit from the Center for Healthy Living's tobacco cessation program. Spouses and same-sex domestic partners who are covered on a Purdue medical plan are also eligible to participate. Registration is due Monday (April 7).

University policy update

The Executive Policy Review Group has approved revisions to the policy on Formulation and Issuance of Policies (V.C.1). The changes, effective today (April 1), incorporate a new hierarchy for University policies and supporting documents, which will allow for increased flexibility in reviewing, approving and updating these documents. The revisions also include principles to ensure that University policies are consistent, reasonable and core to the mission.

Purdue Today special issue

A special Board of Trustees issue of Purdue Today will be sent Friday (April 4) at the conclusion of the board's scheduled meeting. The agenda for the meeting, which is scheduled for 9 a.m. in Stewart Center, Room 326, is available on the Board of Trustees website.

* 2015 Board of Trustees schedule

People

8 Purdue researchers won NSF early-career awards in 2013

Eight Purdue faculty members won 2013 Faculty Early Career Development awards from the National Science Foundation, one of the most prestigious NSF honors for outstanding young researchers.

General news

Engineering Education open house to celebrate 10 years

An activity-filled open house April 9 will highlight the year's 10th anniversary celebration by the School of Engineering Education.

TAP helps Lafayette police improve records efficiency

A recent Purdue Technical Assistance Program project has helped the Lafayette Police Department significantly reduce a backlog of police reports. This was a pilot study of TAP's new high-performance government initiative and served as a first step toward an LPD operational improvement initiative.

Daniels takes laps to highlight adult drowning statistics, prevention

President Mitch Daniels (left) talks to Brian York during an event to kick off "April is Adult Learn-to-Swim Month" at the Boilermaker Aquatic Center. Daniels has teamed up with the Swimming Saves Lives Foundation and U.S. Masters Swimming to bring awareness to reduce the number of accidental adult drownings. According to the Centers for Disease Control, 37 percent of American adults cannot swim the length of a 25-yard pool, putting them at risk for becoming one of the 10 people who drown every day in the United States. York, who works at Purdue, participates in iSWIM Masters, a local U.S. Masters Swimming club.

STEM-driven NanoDays slated for April 10-11 at nanotech center

The amazing world of small will be incredibly big throughout Purdue's Discovery Park on April 10-11 for the 2014 edition of NanoDays centered at Birck Nanotechnology Center.

High school students to vie for Global Youth Institute

Forty-five Indiana high school students studying to help end world hunger will compete April 10-11 at Purdue for the opportunity to attend the World Food Prize Foundation's annual Global Youth Institute.

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