September 22, 2008

Reporters' Calendar: Purdue Events for Journalists

JOURNALISTS: Here is a list of upcoming events at Purdue that reporters may want to consider covering.

PURDUE EVENTS

* Sept. 25 - Gifts to benefit Purdue's Access and Success campaign

* Sept. 26 - Purdue trustees to meet at IPFW

* Sept. 26 - Indiana's top health official outlines state's priorities, challenges

* Sept. 26 - Aging symposium focuses on issues for family caregivers

* Sept. 29 - College of Engineering to celebrate completion of Wang Hall fundraising

* Sept. 30 - Jischke Hall of Biomedical Engineering to be formally dedicated

* Sept. 30 - Patty Jischke child care center to be dedicated

* Oct. 1 - Purdue Technology Center of Southeast Indiana to be dedicated

* Oct. 1 - Science Bound successes to be shared at Indianapolis dinner

Gifts to benefit Purdue's Access and Success campaign

Sept. 25. 9 a.m. Purdue will announce several major gifts related to Access and Success, the university's $304 million campaign to expand student aid and programs.

CONTACT: Tanya Brown, Purdue News Service, (765) 494-2079, tanybrown@purdue.edu

Purdue trustees to meet at IPFW

Sept. 26. 9 a.m. Walb Union Ballroom on the Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne campus. A meeting agenda is available online at https://www.purdue.edu/uns/x/2008b/080926BOTAgenda.pdf

CONTACT: Brian Zink, Purdue News Service, (765) 494-2080, bzink@purdue.edu

Indiana's top health official outlines state's priorities, challenges

Sept. 26. 11:30 a.m. Discovery Park's Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship, Room 121. Judith A. Monroe, commissioner for the Indiana State Department of Health, will headline the Pioneer Speaker Series, offered by Discovery Park's Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering. Her talk is titled "Indiana's Public Health Priorities." In early 2007, Monroe joined with Purdue to lead the design and implementation of the Indiana Public Health System Quality Improvement Project, which is designed to strengthen local public health capacity, infrastructure and system performance. More information is available online at https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/rche/

CONTACT: Phillip Fiorini, Purdue News Service, (765) 496-3133, (765) 427-3009 (cell), pfiorini@purdue.edu

Aging symposium focuses on issues for family caregivers

Sept. 26. 1-5 p.m. Stewart Center, Room 206. Stress, chronic illness complications and depression in family caregiving are some of the issues that will be discussed at the Center on Aging and the Life Course symposium Family Relations and Late Life Health. A related news release is available at https://www.purdue.edu/uns/x/2008b/080902FavoriteCALC.html

CONTACT: Amy Patterson Neubert, Purdue News Service, (765) 494-9723, apatterson@purdue.edu

College of Engineering to celebrate completion of Wang Hall fundraising

Sept. 29. 1 p.m. Herrick Laboratories' lawn, near State Street and Russell Drive. Purdue's College of Engineering will celebrate completion of fundraising for a new electrical and computer engineering building. The 39,370-square-foot, $18 million Seng-Liang Wang Hall is named after the father of Purdue alumnus Patrick Wang, chairman and chief executive officer of Johnson Electric in Hong Kong.

CONTACT: Clyde Hughes, Purdue News Service, (765) 494-2073, jchughes@purdue.edu ; Judith Barra Austin, Purdue News Service, (765) 494-2432, jbaustin@purdue.edu

Jischke Hall of Biomedical Engineering to be formally dedicated

Sept. 30. 11 a.m. Martin C. Jischke Hall of Biomedical Engineering in Discovery Park. The Martin C. Jischke Hall of Biomedical Engineering will be formally dedicated with the unveiling of a plaque and a portrait of the former Purdue president. Jischke will participate in the ceremony, which also will mark the 10th anniversary of the biomedical engineering program at Purdue.

CONTACT: Emil Venere, Purdue News Service, (765) 494-4709, venere@purdue.edu

Patty Jischke child care center to be dedicated

Sept. 30. 3 p.m. Patty Jischke Early Care and Education Center, 90 Nimitz Drive. The Patty Jischke Early Care and Education Center will be dedicated in a ceremony that is free and open to the public. The new $3.08 million, 10,917-square-foot center opened Aug. 11 and serves 86 children ranging in age from 6 weeks to 5 years old. The center serves children of Purdue faculty, staff and students.

CONTACT: Greg McClure, Purdue News Service, (765) 494-9394, gmcclure@purdue.edu

Purdue Technology Center of Southeast Indiana to be dedicated

Oct. 1. 10:30 a.m. 3000 Technology Ave., southeast corner of Interstate 265 and Charlestown Road, New Albany. Purdue officials and local dignitaries will celebrate the dedication of the 40,000-square-foot Purdue Technology Center of Southeast Indiana. The center, which opened in August, is one of four Purdue Research Park centers around the state that serve as incubators for startup or expanding companies. It also houses the Purdue College of Technology at New Albany, the county Extension Service office, an economic development office and an office for Purdue's Technical Assistance Program. Interviews, publication-quality photos and video b-roll are available prior to and after the dedication.

CONTACTS: Cynthia Sequin, Purdue Research Park, (765) 494-4192, casequin@prf.org ; Kim Medaris, Purdue News Service, (765) 494-6998, kmedaris@purdue.edu

Science Bound successes to be shared at Indianapolis dinner

Oct. 1. 6-9 p.m. Children's Museum, 3000 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis. Twenty Science Bound students who have successfully completed their freshman year at Purdue University will be honored at the program's annual dinner. The second Science Bound class of 32 students who just began their Purdue studies also will be recognized. Science Bound, a partnership among Purdue, Indianapolis Public Schools and the Indianapolis business community, provides eligible IPS students an opportunity to earn a four-year tuition scholarship to Purdue to study for a science-related career. The program, which started with 60 middle school and high school students, has grown to more than 250 students who participate in after-school activities, field trips and summer camps to enrich their academic experience.

Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu

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