Purdue Notebook

October 16, 1998 Faculty and staff honors -- Joyce Hall, director of the Division of Financial Aid, has been elected president of the Midwest Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators for 1999-2000. The association represents 1,600 financial aid professionals from a nine-state Midwest region. As president, Hall will chair the executive council and represent the regional association on the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators board of directors. Campus activities -- A teleconference about how to reach your financial goals will be rebroadcast from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, in Greater Lafayette and on the West Lafayette campus on The Purdue Channel (Insight Communications Channel 5; University Residences Television Antenna System Channel 15; and Purdue Cable Network Channel 4). The panel discussion is sponsored by TIAA-CREFF and features Jane Bryant Quinn, syndicated columnist; Martin Leibowitz, chief investment officer for TIAA-CREFF; Elissa Buie, president-elect of the Institute of Certified Financial Planners; and economist Peter L. Bernstein. They will outline basic principles that can help anyone decide how to balance multiple financial challenges such as saving for retirement, home, college and other personal goals. -- Selected homecoming events on Saturday (10/24) when the Boilermakers play the Fighting Illini at 1 p.m.: Black Cultural Center and Purdue Black Alumni Organization Tailgate, starting at 10 a.m. in the BCC parking lot. Cost is $5 for students, $7 for the public. Alumni Cafe at Stadium Avenue and Intramural Drive, with food service provided by the Purdue Memorial Union beginning at 10 a.m., plus prize giveaways and live radio broadcast. Pregame concert by the "All-American" Marching Band at 11:30 a.m. at Slayter Center of Performing Arts. Purdue Alumni Association Oktoberfest Banquet and Homecoming Celebration at 5:30 p.m. in the North and South Ballrooms of the Purdue Memorial Union. Tickets are $25 per person, and reservations are required. Compiled by J. Michael Willis, (765) 494-0371; e-mail, mike_willis@purdue.edu Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; e-mail, purduenews@purdue.edu To the Purdue News and Photos Page