Heard this morning during my short drive to work...

The announcer was reading local news stories, and I know it was one of the station workers here at WBAA, the following words were mispronounced.

stipend - read as stip-end with a short I
    the story was in relation to a summer program at Purdue where the faculty are receiving a stipend
paredI ( Read more... )

You know you've been at work too much lately, when normal words take on different meanings ( Read more... )

Well, I did a bit of looking around and found this news story:
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/06/28/hebron.ART_ART_06-28-08_A1_PAAK18I.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=101It goes a long way to explaining why all westbound traffic on I-70 came to a screeching halt about 20 miles East of the 270 beltway around Columbus. It took ( Read more... )

Well, this weekend was quite productive in the yard. I got a bunch of weeding done, including tackling the thistle plants trying to take over one of my planters ( Read more... )

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Communications Announcement
Purdue University - Physical Facilities

FR: Purdue University Police Department
DA: Wednesday, May 21, 2008
RE: Reminder to Obey Traffic Signals on Harrison Street The Purdue University Police Department reminds you to please be cautious and obey all stop signs and traffic control devices on campus, particularly along ( Read more... )

I learned this morning that I was accepted into the Engineering Education PhD program.

Now to figure out all the paperwork etc that needs to happen for me to enroll in classes this fall.

Well, I just took the plunge and submitted my application to the PhD program in Engineering Education.

Now we wait and see if I'm admitted. :-)

Thought some of you would find this announcement interesting. I may have posted about it when I first heard it in November, but it's now been made official.

RPI to offer engineering study-abroad program.
Inside Higher Education (4/4, Guess) reports that studying abroad is often seen "as a liberal arts program," while "science and engineering ( Read more... )

Well, I just had a new experience. I was teaching an EndNote class, when another librarian stepped into the class room and let us all know that the building was being evacuated ( Read more... )