9/3/08

Libraries, Information Technology at Purdue to assist in online fact-finding contest

A contest in which competitors look up hard-to-find information in obscure places in an Internet scavenger hunt is scheduled for Sept. 10 at Purdue University.

 The third Digital Literacy Contest will be 6-8 p.m. in campus computer laboratories. Purdue Libraries will provide food, and the Office of Information Technology at Purdue will provide facilities. It is free and open to the public to participate as contestants.

9/3/08

Speaker to discuss Internet-based support network for volunteers

A Purdue University visiting professor will give a presentation Monday (Sept. 8) about her project to develop an Internet-based support system for volunteers in developing countries.

Lori Foster Thompson, a visiting professor in the Department of Organizational Leadership and Supervision, will give a presentation from 4:30-5:30 p.m. at Beering Hall, Room 1268, on the project titled SmartAid: Consultants Without Costs. There will be a one-hour reception after the presentation where Thompson will be available to talk with audience members. The talk is free and open to the public.

9/2/08

Director named at the Kokomo Location

Christy Bozic has been selected as the new director of the Purdue College of Technology at Kokomo.

She will oversee operations for the College of Technology location in Kokomo, which is on the campus of Indiana University Kokomo at 2300 S. Washington St.

Bozic most recently was manager of business innovation for the Purdue Technical Assistance Program, where she managed a more than $2.5 million WIRED innovation grant.

She previously was business development manager at Kimball Electronics Group in Jasper, Ind., the Delphi account manager at TDK Corp. of America in Indianapolis and account manager at Federal-Mogul in Southfield, Mich. She also held sales positions at Taylor Newcomb Engineering and Neff Engineering, both in Indianapolis.

Bozic received a bachelor's degree in industrial technology and industrial distribution from Purdue and an MBA from Butler University.