August 15, 2008

Statewide Technology News

• College of Technology at Anderson/Muncie

— Barbara J. Alder has been selected as the new director of the Purdue University College of Technology at Anderson/Muncie.

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She will oversee operations for the College of Technology locations in Anderson, located at the Anderson University Flagship Center off Interstate 69, exit 22, and in Muncie, on the campus of Ball State.

Alder worked in admissions and financial aid at Hanover College before beginning a 26-year career in the telecommunications industry, first at GTE and then at Verizon, from where she retired in 2006.

Alder received a bachelor's degree from Hanover College and a master's degree from Indiana University, both in business administration.

The College of Technology's Anderson location offers bachelor's degrees in industrial technology and organizational leadership and supervision, associate degrees in computer and information technology, and organizational leadership and supervision, and courses in electrical engineering technology. The Muncie location offers an associate degree in mechanical engineering technology.

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