Friday, October 23rd, 2009 - 1:39 pm
Record enrollment of 10,133 this fall…continued
“Surpassing 10,000 students is an important milestone for Purdue Calumet,” Purdue Calumet Chancellor Howard Cohen said. “We are committed to providing a high quality education for students who, for a variety of reasons, must remain in Northwest Indiana to pursue their education. Our growth in graduate enrollments and international students are strong indicators that our quality is appreciated beyond our regional boundaries.”
Among other enrollment data:
- Students of color total 3,349, up 310 from last year.
- There are 8,516 in-state students, compared to 7,875 last year.
- Full time students, comprising 61 percent of total enrollment, total 6,151, up 415.
- There are 1,298 students enrolled at Purdue Calumet’s Academic Learning Center in Merrillville, up 229 from a year ago. Some Indiana University Northwest students also take classes there.
Additionally, Purdue Calumet’s University Village I and II apartment complex is at nearly 80 percent capacity with 590 residential students.
Undergraduate academic programs reporting the largest enrollment increases are engineering, electrical engineering technology, accounting, nursing, mechanical engineering technology, construction management & engineering technologies, and biology-pre-medicine.
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2nd student housing facility opens on campus…continued
Similar to its predecessor, University Village 2 provides apartment suite accommodations that include private bedrooms, semi-private bathrooms, kitchen/dinette and living room.
“Last fall, there were 125 students on a waiting list to live in University Village,” Purdue Calumet Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Melinda Dalgarn said, “so, clearly, the opening of University Village 2 satisfies an important need on our campus.”
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‘Smoke-Free’ campus policy implemented…continued
“As an institute of higher learning, we can’t ignore the seriousness of the health risks posed by smoking,” Purdue Calumet Student Health Services Director Maureen Panares said. “By introducing this new policy, we, as a university, are doing what we should.”
The university-wide policy change gained support over the past year, aided by the work of several Purdue Calumet nursing students. Christine Langfield, Anna-Michelle Visak and Paula Seth began researching the idea of a smoke-free campus last fall for a Senior Nursing Capstone course project. Under the direction of Panares and Associate Professor of Nursing Ellen Moore, the students surveyed Purdue Calumet faculty and other students and discovered that a majority favored a smoke-free campus.
Last spring, nursing students Natalie Martinez-Santana, Darnell Rather and Joy Steele continued work on the project and successfully gained endorsements from each campus governance organization.
“This type of project is exactly what experiential learning should be about—students learning by actually doing something practical and pragmatic in their field,” Panares said.
Student Government President David Ober said the policy change is a step in the right direction.
“It is extremely important for the university to promote a healthy environment for the administrators, educators and students,” he said. “Put simply, students who make good decisions regarding their health are better positioned to be successful—and, more importantly, happy.”
The decision to make Purdue Calumet smoke-free was unanimously supported by the university’s Faculty Senate, Administrative and Professional Advisory Committee (APSAC), Clerical and Service Staff Advisory Committee (CSSAC), Student Government Association, and Housing and Residential Education Staff.
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South Korean technical college graduates coming to campus…continued
The first class of Yeungjin management/business students will enroll at Purdue Calumet in the summer of 2012. Engineering students will follow a year later.
Purdue Calumet now has agreements with a dozen international post-secondary institutions and high schools. Those agreements have contributed to growing cooperative study abroad opportunities that have helped Purdue Calumet increase international student enrollment.
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6 applying $120,000 grant to improve recycling efforts…continued
“They’re doing waste sorts at each site,” Abramowitz said about his students’ experiential learning project. “They’re taking 20 samples of 200 to 300 pounds of solid waste and separating the content into 50 categories. The students then determine a composition average for each landfill.
“Learning the composition is the key to increasing the state recycling rate,” Abramowitz said.
Wearing breathing masks and attired in jumpsuits and rubber gloves, the Purdue Calumet students conduct their study by ripping apart bags of waste to categorize the content. If getting down and dirty is a problem, no one seems to be complaining, says Abramowitz, who lauds his students’ willingness to integrate their learning in such an unorthodox manner.
The student project team has included biology major Deana Miskimins and pre-medical biology major Anna Stariha, as well as five international students: Mark Arciaga of Saudi Arabia and graduate engineering students Zhao Weizhua, Yu Sun, Huasheng Zhou and Dayin Zhang, all of China.
“Minimally, the students are gaining a better sense of solid waste issues, including what is being thrown away,” Abramowitz said. “Hopefully, through this experience, they will become advocates for better recycling programs.”
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3 receive Outstanding Faculty Awards…continued
Outstanding Teacher recipient David Kozel
As a 20-year, Purdue Calumet electrical engineering faculty member, Professor Kozel has taught more than 20 different courses while continuing to pursue understanding of emerging topics. He has been described as professional, kind, respectful, a role model and mentor who sets high expectations and leads by example. Students have complimented his ability to present challenging subject material in a stimulating, organized and passionate manner.
Additionally, students have expressed their appreciation of his open door policy of availability that extends to weekends and his home. Various students and alumni also have remarked of the help and encouragement he has demonstrated to them regarding careers and doctoral study pursuit.
“I am both honored and humbled to receive this award,” Kozel said. “Purdue Calumet has many excellent teachers. It is a great place to learn and grow.”
Outstanding Faculty Scholar recipient Charles Tseng
Professor Tseng is respected for his work in basic genetic research, pathogen-host interactions and bacterial DNA typing. His contributions to scientific and scholarly research during his 34 years at Purdue Calumet include: development of DNA vaccines for infectious diseases and cancer, development of new DNA technologies for microbial source tracking for assessing ecological threats to the Great Lakes ecosystem, and analysis of the effects of radiofrequency fields on living human cells. Over the past five years, he has attracted to campus more than $3 million in major research grants while serving as Principal Investigator.
Under his supervision, numerous undergraduate and graduate students have used opportunities to conduct research in molecular biology and genetics as a springboard to work in clinical and research laboratories nationwide.
“It is a great honor to receive this award,” Tseng said. “I am grateful to so many administrators, faculty members and students who have supported me throughout these years.”
Outstanding Faculty Service recipient Harvey Abramowitz
Throughout his 22-year career at Purdue Calumet, Professor Abramowitz has attracted many of the engineering students he has taught at Purdue Calumet, while generating resources and support to help them succeed. Three National Science Foundation grants he has obtained, valued at more than $1 million, have produced scholarships for 83 students from underrepresented populations in science, engineering, mathematics and technology.
Active in local and national professional societies, he produced nearly $150,000 in support of Purdue Calumet student activities as the Iron and Steel Society’s Ferrous Metallurgy Grant Program Professor (2002-05). In 2008, he introduced a camp for pre-college teachers to learn more about engineering. He also has been active in environmental issues, serving as a member of the Indiana Recycling Market Development Board and involving students in solid waste research.
“One of my goals has been to assist students by offering them programs and opportunities to reach their full academic potentials,” he said. “It is both rewarding and especially gratifying when the success of these efforts is recognized through the achievements of the students, the acknowledgment of others in my professional areas of specialization, and by this award from my peers at Purdue Calumet, whose commitment, knowledge and expertise I greatly value.”
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Chinese university honors Chancellor Cohen…continued
Before addressing faculty and students at Central South University, a 51,000-student, national institution in Hunan Province, on the topic, “Leadership at the Intersection of Expediency and Stewardship,” Cohen was awarded an honorary professorship.
“I am extremely flattered to have been honored with such a gesture of distinction by colleagues and students at Central South University,” Cohen said. “Purdue Calumet enjoys warm, rich relationships with peer universities in China; those relationships have nurtured vital learning opportunities, cultural exchanges and other experiences that have proven to be mutually beneficial.”
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25-year fundraising professional appointed VC of Advancement…continued
“Dan brings an outstanding track record of fundraising performance,” Purdue Calumet Chancellor Howard Cohen said. “He offers great rapport and fresh, creative ideas about how to build support. I am excited that he has agreed to join our Purdue Calumet team.”
Hendricks’ accomplishments during the past four years at Western Illinois included increasing gift and pledge funding by 70 percent in three years, developing a vertical marketing principles initiative to effectively cultivate prospective major donors and redesigning an entertainment program that tripled major donor and alumni participation.
Hendricks’ background also includes positions as Vice President and Chief Development Officer of the Louisiana State University Foundation, Director and Chief Operations Officer of The Campaign for the University of Kentucky and Director of Planned Giving at Hanover College.
Additionally, he is a former Presbyterian minister, university faculty instructor, and has served on the Boards of Directors of various not-for-profit organizations. He also has published several fundraising articles and training manuals
“I am impressed with all that Purdue Calumet has to offer,” he said. “This position affords me a chance to come back home to Indiana and apply my background in exhilarating ways.”
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Friday, October 23rd, 2009 - 1:04 pm
Record enrollment of 10,133 this fall
A record number of students is attending Purdue University Calumet this fall.
Enrollment of 10,133 tops the previous high mark of 9,607 students in 2007. This year’s total also represents a 9 percent increase over last year’s count of 9,325.
Purdue Calumet’s enrollment includes substantial increases among graduate students (1,128 total, up 16 percent/156 students) and international students (557 total, up 22 percent/100 students). Also included in the total are 315 dual credit, Crown Point High School students, who are enrolled in specific Purdue Calumet classes for high school and university credit.
Due to limited course availability within traditional, new student class sections, Purdue Calumet officials, for the first time in university history, closed admission prior to the start of the fall semester.
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2nd student housing facility opens on campus
Purdue Calumet’s recently-opened, second student housing facility, University Village 2, provides apartment suite accommodations for 369 students.
Nearly four years after becoming a residential campus, Purdue University Calumet opened its second student housing facility this fall. A dedication took place Aug. 12.
The $16 million, four-story, University Village 2 offers living space for 369 students. The structure is located immediately east of the original University Village. The latter accommodates 376 students. The fall semester opened with collective occupancy of 79 percent in both facilities.
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‘The Campaign for Students’ in support of scholarships begins
The economy is attempting to recover, but students desiring a college education continue to be in need. So Purdue University Calumet has introduced The Campaign for Students.
This end-of-the-year drive is focusing on increased private support for student scholarships at a time when the need is especially pronounced.
“Many Purdue Calumet students burn the candle at both ends, working an extraordinary number of hours at jobs to support their education,” Purdue Calumet Chancellor Howard Cohen said. “Research shows that a vibrant scholarship program that reduces work hours improves academic performance.”
Vice Chancellor for Advancement Daniel Hendricks said, “Many individuals direct end of the year gifts to philanthropic causes. Through this campaign, we want to draw attention to the fact that there are numerous Purdue Calumet students who need a little help to realize their dreams.”
A gift of $1,000 or more, according to Hendricks, will purchase a student’s semester textbooks, fund four credit hours of coursework and help pay for car travel to and from campus. Such a gift also affords donors the opportunity to name the scholarship.
“Even modest gifts will help our students, who are attending Purdue Calumet in record numbers, make important progress toward their goal of earning a Purdue degree,” Cohen said.
Gifts can be made on line at www.calumet.purdue.edu/thecampaignforstudents or mailed to Purdue Calumet’s Office of Advancement at 2200 169th St., Hammond, IN 46323-2094. Other information can be obtained by phoning 219/989-2323 or 800/HI-PURDUE, ext. 2323.
Purdue Calumet playing key role in development of Hammond charter school
Through its Center for Science and Technology Education, Purdue Calumet is developing curriculum and assuming responsibility for faculty and staff development of Hammond’s pending charter school, the Hammond Academy for Science and Technology. The public school, which will be available to Indiana residents, is expected to open next fall for 320 sixth through ninth grade students
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Grants and contracts revenue increases 80%
Support for grants and contracts awarded to Purdue Calumet during the 2008-09 fiscal year increased 80 percent over the previous year and 111 percent over the 2006-07 amount, the university’s Office of Research and Professional Development announced.
Purdue Calumet generated $10,911,241 last fiscal year from federal, state, private industrial and private foundation sources, compared to $6,047,271 in 2007-08. Most of the support awarded during 2008-09 came in the form of federal grants. In fact, those dollars—
$8,308,425—represent a 205 percent increase over federal grant support received during 2007-08.
“Through faculty expertise and student involvement, this revenue provides opportunities to support applied research that benefits our region,” Chancellor Howard Cohen said. “In times of tight budgets, such external funding has become an important source of revenue.”
About 10 percent of Purdue Calumet’s operating budget comes from externally-funded grants and contracts. The Office of Research and Professional Development is responsible for securing, administering and managing external funding for faculty research, scholarship and professional development.
‘Smoke-Free’ campus policy implemented
Purdue Calumet implemented a smoke-free campus policy this fall semester.
Previously, smoking was prohibited in all Purdue Calumet buildings, but permitted in designated outdoor areas near university buildings. The new policy prohibits smoking in all outdoor areas on campus, university vehicles, and other off-campus property owned or operated by Purdue Calumet, including the Academic Learning Center in Merrillville.
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South Korean technical college graduates coming to campus
Purdue Calumet has established agreements to provide instruction in business/management and engineering to students of a South Korean technical college.
According to one agreement, graduates of Yeungjin College, a two-year, private technical institution located in the city of Daegu, can enroll in Purdue Calumet’s School of Management and complete the remaining two years of a baccalaureate degree while majoring in accounting, finance, business economics, marketing, human resources, entrepreneurship, retailing or equine management.
Another agreement provides an opportunity for Yeungjin graduates to complete a baccalaureate degree in mechanical or electrical engineering at Purdue Calumet. Students who record grades of “B” or higher will be eligible to enroll in Purdue Calumet’s engineering master’s degree program.
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Students . . .
700+ degrees awarded to spring, summer graduates
Purdue Calumet graduates earned 602 degrees last spring and 114 during the summer.
According to figures released by the university’s Office of the Registrar, spring graduates claimed 121 master’s degrees, 401 baccalaureate degrees and 80 associate degrees. Summer graduates achieved 58 master’s degrees, 47 bachelor’s degrees and nine associate degrees.
More than 41,700 degrees have been awarded at Purdue Calumet.
Pre-pharmacy students excelling
While Purdue University’s highly competitive and internationally respected School of Pharmacy attracted more than 1,100 applicants for just 160 openings last year, Purdue Calumet is pleased that 58 percent of students from its pre-pharmacy program earned acceptance into the School. The acceptance rate is the highest Purdue Calumet pre-pharmacy students have experienced.
“It reflects the strength of our pre-pharmacy curriculum and the highly talented students who are part of our program,” Pre-Pharmacy Academic Advisor and Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences Radmila Sarac said.
There are 60 students enrolled in Purdue Calumet’s pre-pharmacy program. Within its Dept. of Biological Sciences, Purdue Calumet also offers pre-professional programs in pre-dentistry, pre-medicine, pre-occupational therapy, pre-optometry, pre-physical therapy, and pre-veterinary science and medicine.
Mechatronics students place 1st in competition
A team of Purdue Calumet mechatronics engineering technology students placed first in a national packaging contest, Oct. 6, held during the PACK Expo in Las Vegas.
After a Purdue Calumet student mechatronics team, co-advised by Rickerson (from left) and comprised of Agarwal, Dalka and Beckett, placed first in a national packaging competition Oct. 6 during PACK Expo in Las Vegas…
…Northwest Indiana Congressman Pete Visclosky (middle) came to campus Oct. 12 to learn more about the university’s mechatronics engineering technology program.
PMMI U, the educational arm of PACK Expo organizer Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute introduced the first-ever competition, which required college student teams to address a unique, real-world packaging challenge. The challenge? Developing a palletizing system that maximizes speed and minimizes expense to produce and maintain.
The student teams took into account environmental impact, energy consumption, ease of use and cost considerations. Five teams competed.
In placing first, the Purdue Calumet student team of Gautam Agarwal, Kenneth Beckett and George Dalka will share a $4,000 scholarship. Faculty advisors are Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Masoud Fathizadeh and Mechanical & Manufacturing Laboratory Specialist Rick Rickerson.
Mechatronics engineering technology is a relatively new baccalaureate degree program at Purdue Calumet that integrates mechanical engineering technology, electrical engineering technology, computers and controls relative to designing, installing, maintaining and troubleshooting the complex equipment within the packaging industry.
6 applying $120,000 grant to improve recycling efforts
While one person’s trash may be another’s treasure, six Purdue Calumet students have been busy trying to make a lot of persons’ trash the basis for improved recycling programs.
The students are applying their knowledge of biology, chemistry, engineering and mathematics in response to a $120,000 grant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Harvey Abramowitz received from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management to study the characterization of municipal solid waste.
By sorting through literally tons of solid waste at various Indiana landfill sites, the students, under Abramowitz’ direction, plan to generate a report by year’s end that they hope will help increase Indiana’s recycling rate.
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Faculty/Staff . . .
3 receive Outstanding Faculty Awards
Receiving Purdue Calumet’s Outstanding Faculty Awards for the 2008-09 academic year were: Professor of Electrical Engineering David Kozel (Outstanding Teacher), Professor of Biological Sciences Charles Tseng (Outstanding Faculty Scholar) and Professor of Mechanical Engineering Harvey Abramowitz of Chicago.
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Chinese university honors Chancellor Cohen
Chancellor Howard Cohen returned from a 12-day, late spring trip to China that generated several partnerships with international universities and an honorary professorship.
Cohen; his wife, Patricia; and Purdue Calumet Professor/Mechanical Engineering Department Head Chen Zhou, a native of Changsha City, Hunan Province, visited four universities: Central South University, Sichuan University, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, and North China Electric Power University.
The trip served to establish faculty research and student exchange opportunities between Purdue Calumet and the Chinese universities, as well as advance Purdue Calumet’s “English Training in Engineering” program. The program attracts to the Hammond campus Chinese engineering students in their final year of undergraduate study who desire to strengthen their English literacy skills as they complete their engineering course work.
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25-year fundraising professional appointed VC of Advancement
An accomplished, 25-year fundraising professional and administrator in higher education and other not-for-profit settings has been appointed Vice Chancellor for Advancement at Purdue University Calumet.
Evansville native Daniel L. Hendricks joined the Purdue Calumet senior leadership team Aug. 3. Previously Vice President for Advancement and Public Services at Western Illinois University (WIU) and Executive Officer of the WIU Foundation, he oversees Purdue Calumet’s development, alumni, and marketing/university relations units.
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OBITS
Professor Emeritus, Computing Educator John Maniotes
John Maniotes, a retired, 38-year faculty member; Purdue Calumet’s first department head in computing technology; author of numerous textbooks; and long time Information Technology consultant, died May 13 following an illness. He was 73. After joining the Purdue Calumet faculty in 1963, Maniotes became the university’s first head of what was then called the Computing Technology Department, serving in that capacity until 1975. His era and expertise spanned from that of punch cards and IBM 1620 computers to the present. Donations in his name may be made to the Sam and John Maniotes Scholarship at Purdue Calumet through the Office of Advancement and its Giving to Purdue Calumet link. http://www.calumet.purdue.edu/giving/. For more information, phone 219/989-2323 or 800/HI-PURDUE, ext. 2323.
Professor Emeritus, Information Systems & Computer Programming James Quasney
James (Jim) Quasney, a 26-year faculty member (1970-96) and department head, died Aug. 23. Also an Information Technology consultant and prolific writer, he authored/co-authored more than 50 textbooks. After retiring from Purdue Calumet, he worked as a series editor for the Shelly Cashman textbook series
Professor Emeritus, Chemistry Richard Fryer
Richard (Dick) Fryer, who made a midlife career change to teach chemistry at Purdue Calumet (1960-88) after a successful career in industry as a chemist and metallurgist, died Aug. 29. He was 92. A committed environmentalist and longtime member of the Sierra Club, he also wrote poetry and several books on various topics.
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Thursday, April 16th, 2009 - 12:30 pm
To enrich Hammond middle school learning
To enhance science and mathematics learning among Hammond middle school students, Fifth Third Bank is partnering with Purdue University Calumet to implement the university’s submarine simulation program.
The program, “Exploration Earth: Mission Ocean,” combines curriculum, classroom experiments and simulation exercises to engage students in advanced science and math concepts. Purdue Calumet’s School of Education, headed by Robert Rivers, dean, developed the program from a U.S. Department of Navy grant.
“Research has indicated that an interest in math and science really takes root in a child’s imagination in early middle school,”
Fifth Third Bank Indiana Market President Craig Pratt said.
Purdue Calumet Chancellor Howard Cohen added, “We are appreciative of Fifth Third Bank’s desire and commitment to partner in a program that delivers a challenging, hands-on learning experience through which Hammond students can develop skill levels and learn to work as a team with a common goal.”
Students will use a submarine simulator and NavyOps software to learn experientially in a manner that encourages greater understanding of science and technological concepts.
Spring term students enroll in record number of credit hours
Purdue Calumet’s 8,944 spring semester students have enrolled in a University record-setting 94,282 credit hours of course work. The credit hour total surpasses by 4.6 percent (4,141 hours) last year’s previous pace-setting spring credit hour sum of 90,141 hours. This year’s total continues a trend of Purdue Calumet students enrolling in more courses and, thereby, making greater progress in a more timely manner toward their Purdue degree, a Purdue Calumet strategic objective.
Undergraduate students this spring are enrolled in an average course load of 11.1 hours, up from 10.6 last spring and 10.4 in spring 2007.
“We are especially pleased that some 80 percent of our students last fall who were eligible to return this spring to continue their education have done so,” Registrar and Assistant Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Services Anne Agosto-Severa said. “That is believed to be the highest return rate in our campus history.”
The current spring term enrollment total follows a fall count of 9,325. The graduation of several hundred students each December contributes to reduced spring enrollment.
35 spend spring break doing community service
From Hammond to Fort Wayne to Houston, Tex., 28 Purdue Calumet students and seven faculty/staff members spent their March spring break participating in community service initiatives.
Three students and two faculty/staff members volunteered at Haven House domestic violence shelter in Hammond. Fifteen students accompanied by three faculty/staffers joined in a cleaning and restoration project of historic buildings, artifacts and displays at Forks of the Wabash in Fort Wayne. Ten other students plus three faculty and staff members volunteered their clean-up efforts in a storm-stricken area of Houston through the non-profit organization, Generation One. Purdue Calumet’s Office of Student Affairs coordinated the effort.
National Science Foundation grant advances mechatronics program
Purdue Calumet’s School of Technology has received a nearly $150,000 National Science Foundation grant in support of the School’s new mechatronics engineering technology program (See Adapting Academically). The award, officially valued at $149,372, will sustain continued research and development of courses and facilities within the program.
Mechatronics engineering technology combines mechanical design, manufacturing and electrical control within a foundational context of packaging machinery. The program prepares students for such jobs as machine designers, packaging engineers, automation specialists and service technicians in the growing field of high speed packaging.
Honors and distinctions
Nursing dean receives national honor
Peggy S. Gerard, dean of Purdue Calumet’s School of Nursing, has received the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) Brenda Lyon Leadership Award. The award honors an individual who has attained national recognition as a clinical nurse specialist leader, has helped improve health care delivery and has helped mentor others to become successful leaders.
Fulbright Fellowship to education professor
An interest in helping teach teachers how to teach better motivated Associate Professor of Education Lynn Zimmerman to submit a proposal to the Fulbright Scholar program, resulting in her receipt of the prestigious fellowship. She is lecturing this spring at the University of Wroclaw in Poland on the “Cultural and Social Foundations of Education.” Her interest in diversity and social issues in education inspired the topic.
Research award for engineering professor
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of Purdue University Calumet’s Water Institute George Nnanna has received Purdue Calumet’s Outstanding Sponsored Research Award. His research activity has attracted more than $2 million in funding from the National Science Foundation; U.S. Department of Energy; British Petroleum (BP); and American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning.
Physics professor is part of international discovery team
Associate Professor of Physics NeetiParashar is part of the international high energy physics team of scientists that recently discovered “single top quark.” The discovery, announced from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory near Chicago, confirms parameters of particle physics that are important in advancing understanding of the nature of matter.
8 students named to ‘Who’s Who…’
Eight Purdue Calumet students have been named to the 2009 edition of Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. Selected were undergraduates Amy L. Chapleau of Chicago Heights, Ill., Dianca Chase of Hammond, Tinisha A. Greenwell of Hammond, Ryan Natzke of Lansing, Ill., Raquel A. Perez of Highland and Amanda Tuel of Highland. Graduate students chosen were Bara El-Khouri of Tinley Park, Ill. And Tyranna L. McCann of Lansing, Ill.
More Purdue Calumet people…
Vice Chancellor for Information Systems appointed
To advance the changing, emerging needs of information technology and library resources, H. Frank Cervone has been appointed Vice Chancellor for Information Systems. He began his appointment April 6 after having served as Director of Library, Information and Media Studies at Chicago State University. Previously, he was Assistant University Librarian/Chief Technology Officer for the Northwestern (Ill.) University Library System and University Press. His appointment, according to Chancellor Howard Cohen, signals a new, progressive direction for Purdue Calumet in its quest to connect technology and knowledge by combining the university’s computing infrastructure and library resources.
For 89-year-old, it’s never too late to learn
Edgar Spikes had a broken computer at his East Chicago home that he knew neither how to operate, nor repair. So he decided to take a class at Purdue Calumet to learn how to fix it. Nearly two years later, Spikes, who turns 89 this April, is still enrolling in computing classes at Purdue Calumet through the Dept. of Electrical & Computing Engineering Technology. NBC Channel 5 Chicago, for a March 24 newscast, featured Spikes, who regularly exercises on his home treadmill and rowing machine before coming to class. View the Channel 5 news clip here.
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