PURDUE NEWS SUMMARY FOR WEEK OF MAY 21-25 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 1. Information Age dilemma: can corporate security, privacy coexist? 2. Home and Family Conference slated for June 12-15 3. Nuclear engineering graduates see bright future 4. Host families sought for foreign exchange students 5. Armyworms marching, eating their way through Indiana 6. Purdue Forage Day takes root in southern Indiana 7. Purdue taps Wisconsin administrator as Calumet chancellor 8. Department of History honors 107 students 9. Black Cultural Center honors students 10. PMO gears up for homemaker extension concert June 12 11. Purdue boiler accidentally lets off steam, wakes WL 12. Purdue calendar 13. Agriculture calendar 14. Best Bets for Journalists 15. Inside Purdue and Perspective ------------------------------------- RESEARCH NEWS AND SPECIAL REPORTS ------------------------------------- 1. INFORMATION AGE DILEMMA: CAN CORPORATE SECURITY, PRIVACY COEXIST? The question of whether corporations should monitor employees' Internet usage has been replaced by how they should monitor it, says a Purdue human resources expert. "Seventy-eight percent of 1,000 large companies in the American Management Association's 2001 survey monitored their employees' online behavior," says Bradley J. Alge, a Krannert School of Management assistant professor. Despite the prevalence of corporate Internet usage policies, Alge says most employees don't know what the policies are at their companies. http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html4ever/010522.Alge.security.html ------------------------ GENERAL INTEREST NEWS ------------------------ 2. HOME AND FAMILY CONFERENCE SLATED FOR JUNE 12-15 The 88th annual Home and Family Conference, sponsored by Purdue's Consumer and Family Sciences Cooperative Extension, will be on the West Lafayette campus June 12-15. "Our mission is to strengthen homes and families through continuing education and leadership development," said conference chair Betty Krejci, an assistant program leader with Purdue Extension. "We've put together a conference program that has something for anyone interested in making the most of their family time." http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010525.Krejci.homeconf.html 3. NUCLEAR ENGINEERING GRADUATES SEE BRIGHT FUTURE National energy concerns, job stability and new technology applications are generating renewed interest in nuclear engineering careers. "Students are looking at nuclear engineering in a much broader context," said Arden Bement Jr., a distinguished professor and head of nuclear engineering at Purdue. "Today there are more opportunities for nuclear engineering graduates as well as new interest in nuclear power generation." http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html4ever/010524.Bement.nukeng.html 4. HOST FAMILIES SOUGHT FOR FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENTS Two teenagers from the former Soviet Union will come to Indiana this summer to try to improve international relations through personal experience. The students will live in the United States as part of the Future Leaders EXchange program (FLEX). Two Indiana host families are being sought for their year-long stays, which are sponsored by Purdue Extension. http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010524.Cook.Leitz.flex.html -------------------- AGRICULTURAL NEWS -------------------- 5. ARMYWORMS MARCHING, EATING THEIR WAY THROUGH INDIANA An agricultural pest with a voracious appetite is gobbling up Indiana pastures and crops in a feeding frenzy some farmers haven't seen in a generation. Armyworms, so named because they appear to move in unison across fields, are chewing up farmland in counties from southwest to west central Indiana. The worms also have been spotted in portions of northern and northeastern Indiana. http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010525.Obermeyer.armyworms.html 6. PURDUE FORAGE DAY TAKES ROOT IN SOUTHERN INDIANA Purdue University Forage Day will be in southern Indiana on Thursday, June 21, at the Gil-Mar Farm, located just north of Lynnville, Ind., along the Gibson-Warrick county line. "Each year Forage Day is held in a different part of the state because farmers are not able to travel extreme distances for such an event," said Keith Johnson, Extension forage specialist. "We now bring the event to them." http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010524.Johnson.forage.html --------------------------- NEWS ABOUT PURDUE PEOPLE --------------------------- 7. PURDUE TAPS WISCONSIN ADMINISTRATOR AS CALUMET CHANCELLOR Howard Cohen, the provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, on Tuesday (5/22) was named chancellor of Purdue University Calumet. Cohen will succeed James W. Yackel, who will retire in July after serving 11 years as chancellor of the campus, which is located in Hammond, Ind. Cohen's appointment, effective July 1, is subject to confirmation by the Purdue Board of Trustees. http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010522.Cohen.calumet.html.html 8. DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY HONORS 107 STUDENTS The Department of History in Purdue's School of Liberal Arts honored 107 students at its recent annual awards banquet. Among those cited were certificate of achievement winners. The department also gave special citations to students from Salina, Kan., and the Indiana communities of Plymouth and Griffith. http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010522.Mork.History.2001.html 9. BLACK CULTURAL CENTER HONORS STUDENTS Purdue's Black Cultural Center recently sponsored its 28th annual awards banquet to honor students in the BCC performing ensembles, program participants and employees. Students from Indianapolis and Round Rock, Texas, received two special citations. http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010522.Hall.BCCawards.2001.html ------------------------------- ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT ITEMS ------------------------------- 10. PMO GEARS UP FOR HOMEMAKER EXTENSION CONCERT JUNE 12 Purdue Musical Organizations is traveling around the state, helping Purdue homemaker extension choruses prepare for their annual combined concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 12, in Loeb Playhouse. Tickets to the concert, which is part of the 2001 Home and Family Conference sponsored by the School of Consumer and Family Science, are $5 and can be purchased at the door. "This is the largest extension homemaker concert in the country," said Julie Ricciardi, chorus member and director of PMO development. "There are 40 extension choruses throughout the state, some of which are more than 60 years old. This year we are expecting hundreds of chorus members." http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010525.Ricciardi.extension.html ---------------------- MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS ---------------------- 11. PURDUE BOILER ACCIDENTALLY LETS OFF STEAM, WAKES WL New computer equipment at the Purdue power plant erroneously activated safety valves that released steam several times shortly after midnight Thursday (5/24), waking people as far as four miles away. Police departments at Purdue and in West Lafayette were swamped with calls for 90 minutes. The Tippecanoe County Sheriff's Department logged more than 70 calls to 911, said Joseph D. Mikesell, director of utilities. http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010524.Mikesell.steam.html 12. PURDUE CALENDAR http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010525.Calendar.html 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/ 13. AGRICULTURE CALENDAR This calendar lists Purdue Agriculture events during the next four weeks. http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010525.Ag.cal.html 14. BEST BETS FOR JOURNALISTS http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010525.Best.bets.html -- University building plans to be discussed -- Open forums set for dean candidates 15. 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. NOTE TO JOURNALISTS: The Purdue News Service also distributes full-text of news releases to the media. 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