PURDUE NEWS SUMMARY FOR WEEK OF NOV. 6-10
This digest contains summaries of the following stories from Purdue News
Service and Agricultural Communication Service. All these stories, and more,
are available on the World Wide Web at
http://news.uns.purdue.edu/html3month/3month.html
(Instructions for retrieving stories and photographs via the Internet are at
the end of this document.)
1. Board of Trustees agenda
2. Purdue celebrates inaugural International Education Week
3. Purdue leads public universities in international enrollment
4. Thanksgiving food prices higher despite lower farm prices
5. Purdue turf experts maintain home field advantage
6. Purdue fills need for school furniture in developing countries
7. Temporary grain storage not a long-term solution
8. Jischke announces new advancement organization
9. Purdue North Central names vice chancellor for development
10. Purdue names assistant VP to streamline enrollment management
11. Purdue North Central chancellor receives honor
12. Purdue bands drum up a free Mardi Gras celebration
13. Travel from Texas to Paris with free Purdue bands concert
14. Tickets on sale for PMO Christmas Show
15. Purdue students organize rally for football clash with IU
16. Purdue vet school seeks dogs with spinal injuries
17. Purdue calendar
18. Best Bets for Journalists
19. News tips sent the week of Nov. 6-10
20. Inside Purdue and Perspective
1. BOARD OF TRUSTEES AGENDA
The board will meet at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 17, in Room 304 (Anniversary
Drawing Room), Purdue Memorial Union. The agenda will be available on the
News Service Web site on Monday, Nov. 13.
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GENERAL INTEREST NEWS
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2. PURDUE CELEBRATES INAUGURAL INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK
Already a leader in international student enrollment, Purdue is expanding
its efforts to encourage more of its U.S. students to study abroad, the
university announced Friday (11/10), in conjunction with the nation's first
International Education Week. Michael Stohl, Purdue's dean of international
programs, said his area has launched a grant competition to encourage
individual schools and departments on the West Lafayette campus to integrate
study abroad opportunities and the university's global studies program into
their curriculums. The competition will award up to six grants of $25,000
each during the 2000-2001 academic year.
3. PURDUE LEADS PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN INTERNATIONAL ENROLLMENT
Purdue leads the nation's public institutions in international student
enrollment for the second consecutive year and trails only the University of
Southern California among all colleges and universities. There are 4,458
students from 130 countries enrolled at the West Lafayette campus, up 7.9
percent from last fall, said Michael Brzezinski, director of International
Students and Scholars. Purdue set records with undergraduate enrollment,
1,934 students, and graduate enrollment, 2,524 students. ''Purdue has become
the institution of choice for some of the world's best and brightest
students and scholars,'' Brzezinski said.
4. THANKSGIVING FOOD PRICES HIGHER DESPITE LOWER FARM PRICES
Families may pay a little more for their Thanksgiving dinners this year, but
careful shoppers can still gobble up some savings, according to a Purdue
University agricultural economist. Even though food supplies are adequate
and farm prices are low, retail food prices are slightly higher. According
to Professor Joe Uhl, rising energy and transportation costs are driving up
food prices. Due to competitive pricing by grocers, higher wholesale turkey
prices may not translate into higher prices at the checkout counter. ''Even
though the retail price of the traditional turkey will be higher this year,
customers that buy during frequent sales and specials, won't see them,'' Uhl
said.
5. PURDUE TURF EXPERTS MAINTAIN HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE
Purdue football players and coaches weren't the only ones happy about the
open week in the Big 10 schedule Nov. 4. So was Ron Clites, Purdue's sports
turf manager. Clites used the off week to breathe life back into the
Ross-Ade Stadium turf. With two October home game victories over Michigan
and Ohio State - and the celebrations that followed - the field suffered
what may be the world's largest case of bed head. ''It was pretty trampled
down after both games,'' says Clites, ''especially in the north end zone,
under the goal posts.''
6. PURDUE FILLS NEED FOR SCHOOL FURNITURE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
By combining high-tech computer design and elements of traditional Shaker
furniture, Purdue wood scientists are filling a need for economical,
functional school furniture in developing countries. ''Communities in
developing countries have limited budgets for education,'' says Eva
Haviarova, a graduate student working with Purdue wood scientist Carl
Eckelman. ''Once they provide a school building - if they have enough money
for that - they feel they've done enough.'' Since schools don't have money
to buy furniture, Eckelman and Haviarova designed chairs and desks that can
be made with low-tech equipment using local materials.
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AGRICULTURAL NEWS
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7. TEMPORARY GRAIN STORAGE NOT A LONG-TERM SOLUTION
Tons of excess corn and soybeans are stuffed in empty barns, machinery
sheds, livestock buildings and the like in Indiana. Now that farmers have
found a place for their grain, the real work of preserving the crop begins,
says a Purdue grain storage expert. Keeping grain in buildings other than
ventilated bins requires regular inspections for moisture, mold, pests and
structural weaknesses, says Dirk Maier, Purdue Cooperative Extension Service
agricultural engineer. Often, grain stored in makeshift facilities must be
sent to market earlier, he says.
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NEWS ABOUT PURDUE PEOPLE
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8. JISCHKE ANNOUNCES NEW ADVANCEMENT ORGANIZATION
Purdue President Martin C. Jischke on Nov. 2 announced a reorganization of
the university's fund-raising, marketing and communication activities under
a new Office of University Advancement, to be headed by a senior vice
president. The new administrative unit will include the University
Development Office, the Office of University Relations and Purdue's radio
stations, WBAA AM and FM. Charles B. Wise, vice president for development
since 1985, has requested reassignment. Jischke said Wise has been appointed
a vice president of the Purdue Research Foundation where he will focus on
specific fund-raising projects. Carolyn S. Gery, executive director of the
President's Council, has been named interim vice president for development
and will serve while a national search for a senior vice president is
conducted.
9. PURDUE NORTH CENTRAL NAMES VICE CHANCELLOR FOR DEVELOPMENT
Joseph K. Goepfrich, who began duties Monday (11/6) as Purdue North
Central's new vice chancellor for development, brings extensive experience
in educational development and fund-raising, both as a professional and as a
volunteer. He has been associated with Holy Cross College in South Bend
since 1983, first as vice president for business affairs and, since 1989, as
vice president for institutional advancement. The newly created position's
immediate responsibilities include revival of the Annual Fund campaign,
working with major gift prospects, and strengthening the alumni
organization, said Chancellor James Dworkin. (A publication-quality
photograph is available at ftp//ftp.purdue.edu/pub/uns/. Photo ID:
Goepfrich.jpeg).
10. PURDUE NAMES ASSISTANT VP TO STREAMLINE ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT
Douglas L. Christiansen, Purdue director of admissions, has been promoted to
assistant vice president for enrollment services and director of admissions
and records, as part of an effort to continue to streamline and improve
enrollment management. In making the announcement, Thomas B. Robinson, vice
president for student services, said Christiansen will supervise the
Registrars Office as well as the Office of Admissions as part of the
reorganization effort.
11. PURDUE NORTH CENTRAL CHANCELLOR RECEIVES HONOR
Purdue North Central Chancellor James B. Dworkin was elected to membership
in the National Academy of Arbitrators (NAA), a non-profit professional and
honorary organization of arbitrators, at its fall conference, Oct. 27-29.
Dworkin, who became PNC Chancellor in January, has served for several years
as an arbitrator, mediator and fact-finder in a variety of labor-management
disputes in both the public and private sectors. While a faculty member at
Purdue's Krannert School of Management, he taught courses on negotiation and
dispute resolution, collective bargaining and labor relations. At Purdue
North Central, he is teaching an undergraduate course in labor-management
relations.
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ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT ITEMS
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12. PURDUE BANDS DRUM UP A FREE MARDI GRAS CELEBRATION
Masked ushers, street musicians, free Mardi Gras beads and upbeat jazz will
fill the Purdue Jazz and Lab bands' New Orleans Night on Saturday, Nov. 18.
The concert at 8 p.m. in Loeb Playhouse, Purdue Stewart Center, celebrates
the conclusion of the Big Ten football season. No reservations are required
for the free concert. ''When you think of New Orleans music, you think of
the traditional elements of Dixieland, straight-ahead swing and good-time
music,'' said M.T. ''Mo'' Trout, band director and assistant professor of
University Bands. ''There's a party atmosphere to the music.''
13. TRAVEL FROM TEXAS TO PARIS WITH FREE PURDUE BANDS CONCERT
Take a Sunday sojourn from Texas to Appalachia to Europe with the Purdue
Fall Concert and Symphonic bands at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 19. The event is
at the Long Center, 111 N. Sixth St., Lafayette. No reservations are
required for the free concert. The concert will conclude with John Phillip
Sousa's ''Free Lance March'' subtitled ''Ode to Victory.'' The piece is
being played in honor of the Boilermakers upcoming football bowl journey.
14. TICKETS ON SALE FOR PMO CHRISTMAS SHOW
Tickets are now on sale at Purdue box offices for Purdue Music
Organizations' 67th annual Christmas Show. Tickets are $23 for adults and
$16 for students, and can be purchased by phone or in person from the Purdue
Box Office at (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-7469. Shows will be Dec. 8-10.
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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
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15. PURDUE STUDENTS ORGANIZE RALLY FOR FOOTBALL CLASH WITH IU
Boilermaker students and fans will celebrate the season and fire up for the
Old Oaken Bucket game at a pep rally starting at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 16 in
Slayter Center. Seven student groups are sponsoring the rally and a sheet
decorating contest, with the winner to be announced at the event, said
Brenda Shea, Purdue Student Government chief of staff. Purdue Pete, Rowdy,
cheerleaders, the Boilermaker Special and other celebrities will join the
Purdue ''All-American'' Marching Band's pep band for the event. Purdue takes
on the Indiana University Hoosiers Saturday, Nov. 18, in Ross-Ade Stadium.
Kickoff will be at 12:10 p.m.
16. PURDUE VET SCHOOL SEEKS DOGS WITH SPINAL INJURIES
Purdue researchers are seeking dogs that have recently received a spinal
cord injury to test a novel treatment approach. The Purdue Center for
Paralysis Research is interested in dogs that are severely paraplegic due to
intervertebral disc herniation, and have been injured for two days or less,
says Richard B. Borgens, professor of developmental anatomy at Purdue and
project director. The center will pay the costs of veterinary care for
qualified dogs.
17. PURDUE CALENDAR
This calendar lists entertainment events, lectures and meetings involving
Purdue people during the next month. An online calendar of Purdue events is
at http://www.purdue.edu/calendar/
18. BEST BETS FOR JOURNALISTS
1. Purdue archeologists dig up lost city
2. Getting fired up!
3. ''The Real World'' meets the 'real world'
4. The business of baseball
5. Purdue events celebrate inaugural International Education Week
19. NEWS TIPS SENT THE WEEK OF NOV. 6-10
1. Students from across the country participate in Historically Black
Institution Visitation Program
2. Purdue political science, history and communications experts are
available to help add perspective to stories on issues surrounding the 2000
presidential election.
20. INSIDE PURDUE AND PERSPECTIVE
Check the online versions of Inside Purdue, the faculty/staff newspaper, and
Perspective, a quarterly publication for alumni, parents of students,
faculty and staff, for other news about Purdue, at
http://www.purdue.edu/PER/Periodicals.html.
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