Three Purdue faculty members were recently appointed Showalter Faculty Scholars, bringing the number of funded Showalter scholars to 13 on the West Lafayette campus. The Showalter Trust also provided 12 early career faculty members with 2023 research grants.
William (Bill) Oakes, Purdue’s assistant dean for experiential education and director of EPICS, was recently elected president of Engineering Without Borders USA. He will begin his three-year term on the EWB-USA Executive Committee as president-elect Jan. 1.
Human Resources – Benefits is reminding employees to participate in a brief, two-part survey on open enrollment. Purdue employees can access their survey here. Purdue Global employees can access their survey here. Responses are requested by Dec. 15.
The Disability Resource Center welcomed Mandie Greiwe as its new director in November. With her wealth of experience and commitment to fostering an inclusive environment, Greiwe seeks to transform Purdue into a beacon of accessibility.
Eric Hassenplug (Science IT) and his web and database team have been instrumental in getting us up and going with a new DB front end for our team in Computer Science. This system is used for research, facility and equipment documentation and has made our day-to-day operations much more pleasant and productive. Eric has been incredibly patient with our feature requests and receptive to helping us build a custom query filter interface tailored to our specific needs. Thank you so much, Eric and team! — Joey Pietrzak (Computer Science)
