Purdue Today

December 10, 2008

24 staffers receive APSAC grants

APSAC has awarded individual professional development grants to 24 administrative and professional staff members.

Grants up to $750 are awarded twice a year. APSAC awarded a total of $17,940 for its fall 2008 grants. APSAC's  Professional Development Subcommittee chose the winners from 33 applicants.

The next application period will be Feb. 1 through March. 1. Information about the process is at www.purdue.edu/apsac/Subcommittees/grantgeneral.htm.

Grant recipients, and the areas in which they work, are:

-- Ginger Batta, Agricultural Economics.

-- Cheryl Westlund, Director of Business Managers.

-- Michelle McBrite, Purdue Memorial Union.

-- Hasan Sharifi, Birck Nanotechnology Center.

-- Stephanie Fiddler, Financial Aid.

-- David Robledo, College of Engineering Administration.

-- Nancy Ann Allrich, VPBS System Support Group.

-- Barbara Brown, Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences.

-- Megan Sheridan, Agricultural Economics.

-- Stephanie Adams, Dean of Students.

-- Carissa Sparks, Basic Medical Sciences.

-- Kathy Evans, Patti and Rusty Rueff Department of Visual and Performing Arts.

-- Nicole Witkowski, Field Extension Educators.

-- Stephen Parks, Tarkington Residence Hall.

-- Mark Straw, Animal Sciences.

-- Ethel Swartzendruber, Liberal Arts Counseling and Student Services.

-- Jacqueline Ziven-LeCount, Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital.

-- Cheryl Anderson, Veterinary Clinical Sciences.

-- Mark Pflug, Radiological and Environmental Management.

-- Lara Luke, Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital.

-- Patricia Keating, Field Extension Educators.

-- Gilberto Corral Jr., Latino Cultural Center.

-- Tamara Lynch, Child Development and Family Studies.

-- James Pairitz, Division of Recreational Sports.