Purdue Notebook
October 20, 2006
Appointments and promotions
— Sarah L. Gentry, a 2005 Purdue alumnus, has been named director of development for class gifts. She was previously an operations and recruiting intern for the Purdue football team. While a student at Purdue, she was Miss Purdue in 2005, a Boiler Gold Ambassador, a member of Mortar Board and Purduette of the Year in 2004.
Campus activities
— The Jay Severson Memorial Walk/Run will be held at 10 a.m. Oct. 29. Wiley Hall. The 5K run/1.5K walk honors the resident assistant who was murdered 10 years ago by a student who abused drugs. Entry forms are available at all residence halls. The $10 entry fee will help fund substance abuse education. For more information, contact Denton Cederquist, Tarkington Hall general manager, (765) 494-2312, sederquist@purdue.edu.
Faculty and staff honors
— Yue-Kong Pao Hall of Visual and Performing Arts will be one of 17 facilities featured at the United States Institute for Theatre Technology Inc. at the Prague Quadrennial 2007 Architecture & Technology exhibition in the Czech Republic. The theme of the June exhibit is art facilities for theater education. Pao Hall is home to the Nancy T. Hansen Theatre and the Carole and Gordon Mallett Theatre. The Patti and Rusty Rueff Department of Visual and Performing Arts is located in this building, which celebrated its dedication September 2005. Scholer Corp. served as the architect for the facility.— Anne Fliotsos, associate professor of theater in the Patti and Rusty Rueff Department of Visual and Performing Arts, has been selected by the editorial board at the Studies in Popular Culture journal as the annual Whatley Award winner for the best essay. Fliotsos was selected for her article "Cultural Specificity and the American Musical: Rodgers and Hammerstein Revivals."
— Eugene Spafford, executive director of CERIAS, will receive the Association for Computing Machines' first CIGSAC Outstanding Contribution Award. The Special Interest Group on Security, Audit and Control gives the award for significant contribution to the field of computer and communication security through fostering research and development activities, educating students and providing professional services such as the running of professional societies and conferences. Spafford received a $1,000 cash prize.
—Allan Goecker, associate director of the office of academic programs in agriculture, was recently inducted into the Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service Hall of Fame for his contributions in furthering the agency's mission of advancing knowledge for agriculture, the environment, human health and well-being and communities. Goecker played a key role in persuading the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1980 to initiate the first national study on the availability and demand for baccalaureate, master's and doctoral degree graduates in food and agricultural sciences. As a result of the project's success, he has served as the senior researcher and author of an ongoing series of "Employment Opportunities" studies and reports. He was honored on Oct. 12 at the annual CSREES awards ceremony.
Alumni honors
— Pete Tunnicliffe has been promoted to vice president of manufacturing practice at Shainin LLC, a global quality consulting and training firm based in Livonia, Mich. He previously was senior manager with Ernst & Young in Chicago. He earned a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering in 1981 and a master's degree in management in 1997, both from Purdue.— James A. Tompkins will be the keynote speaker at the Quality and Lean Conference 2006, Oct. 30-31 in Atlanta. He will present "Seven Habits of Highly Successful Supply Chains," which is based on his book. The event is sponsored by the Institute of Industrial Engineering. Tompkins earned his bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees from Purdue in 1969, 1970 and 1972, respectively. In 1999, he received the Purdue Distinguished Engineering Alumni award.
— Darla Y. Williams, who received a bachelor's degree from Purdue in organizational leadership and supervision in 2000, recently received the Governor's Award for Achievement in Business and Entrepreneurship. The award is given to those who have achieved excellence in the field of business. Williams is an attorney in Indianapolis.
Student honors
— Charlotte Kalish, Anthony Dykiel, Austin Raush, Marcus Banning and Gary Odenwaldof were all named Ford Dining Court student employees of the month for August. Each receives a $10 gift certificate for campus dining.
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