Dear Faculty and Staff: We are pleased to announce the creation of a new position in our School: Operations Coordinator. This position will provide direct support to the Executive Officer (X.O., aka Associate Head), helping to manage various support operations of the main office. In addition, this position includes the supervision of three clerical staff. I am also pleased to announce that Joshua Gonzalez has accepted the role of Operations Coordinator, with today being his first day in this new position. For now, many procedures will remain as is, though additional changes may be arising in the future. But starting today, any requests for office space for postdocs, visitors, etc. should be sent via email to Joshua (and cc'ed to the X.O. as well). This new position also allows us to expand Betty Guerrero's range of responsibilities. Betty will continue in her role as School's chief administrative officer (Academic Administrator) working closely with the Head and X.O., with additional and new responsibilities for managing the school's portfolio of deliberate innovation projects in the formative stages. In the spirit of the partnership principles as discussed at the faculty retreat, Betty will continue to proactively manage the time and efforts of the Head to insure that the Davidson School of Chemical Engineering achieves the desired outcomes for faculty success. Regards, Sang and Dave -- David S. Corti Professor and Executive Officer Davidson School of Chemical Engineering Purdue University Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette, IN 47907-2100 Phone: (765) 496-6064 Fax: (765) 494-0805