Student Recognition * Graduate Student Kathryn Smith received the Fran Allen PhD Fellowship award from IBM for her "outstanding technical accomplishments and commitment to mentoring and community-building. * Graduate Student Aniruddha Kelkar will be serving on the Purdue Community Standards Board (CSB) starting this semester, which adjudicates student conduct cases. More details are available on their website http://www.purdue.edu/odos/osrr/csb.php. * Senior Candace Corso is the President for the Professional Practice Ambassadors student organization, which is comprised of students from multiple disciplines at Purdue, including all engineering schools. Miscellaneous * Attached are the updated contact information sheet for faculty and staff and the current members of our email lists. * The 2011-12 Work Environment Satisfaction Surveys will be coming out this week. Please watch for a message from Michelle Jansen, our HR coordinator. Responses are due by November 2, everyone who was in our School during the past academic year is encouraged to respond. New Employees * Karissa Raderstorf, Undergraduate Program Administrator, joined us today, October 15. Her email is kraderstorf@purdue.edu<mailto:kraderstorf@purdue.edu>, her phone is 40756. She is located in FRNY 1057A. * Melissa La Guire, Secretary, began on September 17. Her email is mlaguire@purdue.edu<mailto:mlaguire@purdue.edu> and her phone is 61321. She is located in FRNY 3053. Upcoming Events * October 28 - November 2 - AIChE Annual meeting, our School reception will take place on October 29th at 7.00 pm * November 22, 23 Thanksgiving break Best Regards, Cristina Farmus Administrative Director Chemical Engineering Purdue University 765 494 0027 cfarmus@purdue.edu<mailto:cfarmus@purdue.edu> Cristina Farmus Administrative Director Chemical Engineering Purdue University 765 494 0027 cfarmus@purdue.edu