June 17, 2016

Appointments, honors and activities

Faculty and staff honors:

- Beth M. Holloway, director of Purdue University's Women in Engineering Program and assistant dean of undergraduate education, has received the 2016 WEPAN Founders Award from the Women in Engineering ProActive Network. WEPAN is a nonprofit educational organization working to enhance the success of women in engineering professions. The Founders Award honors a WEPAN member who exemplifies the spirit of the WEPAN founders through extraordinary long-term service to the organization. Holloway has been director of the Women in Engineering Program since 2001. As assistant dean, she is responsible for the College of Engineering's scholarship strategy, retention of undergraduate students and undergraduate student data.

Rankings:

- ShanghaiRankings' Global Rankings of Academic Subjects, released June 15, lists the Lyles School of Civil Engineering first on the list of the best civil engineering institutions in the world. Three other U.S. institutions and four Chinese schools also made the list. Schools earned the global rankings based on a number of areas ranging from research productivity and high-quality research to average global research impact and extent of international collaboration. For more, visit http://www.shanghairanking.com/ShanghaiRanking-Global-Ranking-of-Academic-Subjects-2016-Press-Release.html

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