Purdue Today.

September 21, 2020

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Protect Purdue

Faculty and Staff News

Purdue Alert test set for Thursday

Purdue will test its emergency notification system, including sirens, at 10 a.m. Thursday (Sept. 24). The alert system includes campuswide email, text messaging, Twitter, information posted to the Campus Status page, All Hazards Outdoor Siren activation, Alertus beacons, desktop popup alerts on most classroom and lab computers, digital signs, and Boiler TV emergency alert system activation.

Protect Purdue

'Working through COVID-19' website
Reminder: Events guidelines for Fall 2020

Things to Know

Recap of University Senate’s Sept. 14 meeting
This week's 'Thumbs Up' recipients

Things to Do

Healthy Boiler workshop to focus on university-funded retirement plans; register by Sept. 30
Three-day, virtual Road to Retirement conference to begin Wednesday
Active Learning Community of Practice meeting on Wednesday to focus on using discussion boards to connect students
Conference for assistant professors to focus on navigating academia to achieve promotion; registration open

In the Spotlight

Video still with words Boiler Up

Protect Purdue: How we stack up layers of protection

To protect ourselves and others from COVID-19, no single action can work on its own. Check out how Purdue faculty, staff and students can stack up layers of protection in this new video.

Additional News

Deborah Nichols

Q&A with Deborah Nichols, University Senate chair

Deborah Nichols, an associate professor of human development and family studies in Purdue’s College of Health and Human Sciences, led her first meeting as chair of the University Senate on Sept. 14. Here, Nichols answers questions from Purdue Today about her service with the Senate and goals for 2020-21.

Mitch Daniels and Jay Akridge get flu shots

On-campus flu shot events scheduled for September, October

Flu shot events will be held 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Sept. 28, Sept. 30, Oct. 2, Oct. 5 and Oct. 7 at the Córdova Recreational Sports Center. Faculty and staff should bring their PUID; students should bring their PUID and insurance card. In photo: PharmD students Elizabeth Wilks and Sarah Lamon give flu shots to President Mitch Daniels and Provost Jay Akridge.

General

Purdue Northwest opens the David Roberts Center for Innovation and Design

Teaching and Learning

Purdue University Global to develop academic program for Gallup Straight to Business initiative

Campus

Federal TRIO program renews grant for Purdue’s Horizons Student Support Services another five years

People

Interim co-directors named for Integrative Data Science Initiative

Sports

2020 Big Ten football schedule: Dates, matchups

Bringing Our Best

A look inside a HyFlex classroom

Weeks before Purdue made the shift to remote learning last spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic,  Professor Nathan Mentzer started blending both face-to-face and online instruction in his classrooms for 680 students.

Lakshmy Mohandas instructs Tech120 students
* Submit a "Thumbs Up" or send a story idea for "Bringing Our Best" to PurdueToday@purdue.edu to share how Purdue University is a community that is persistent in its pursuit to build a better world together.

Events

This Week's Events
Events information

Other Events

‘Promise of a Just America’ panel to speak Oct. 15

Purdue in the News

Here is a sampling of recent news reports about Purdue from media across the nation and the world.

The Conversation, Bozeman (Mont.) Daily Chronicle, Times of Northwest Indiana: Wildfires can leave toxic drinking water behind – here’s how to protect the public
Fort Smith (Ark.) Times Record: Ask the doctor: Gutoscopy uses smart pill to collect samples
Chicago Tribune/Gary Post-Tribune: Purdue Northwest opens the David Roberts Center for Innovation Design
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