"Florence NightDonGale"

The Board of Trustees of Purdue University has approved a system-wide proposal for a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), the first doctorate degree program ever to be offered at IPFW. "This is a major milestone for IPFW and is in response to community needs in advanced nursing practice," said Chancellor Vicky Carwein. "This program will put more nurses out on the front lines who possess the highest level of clinical education." The first students in the DNP program will be admitted for spring 2015, following an accreditation visit. It is anticipated that the program will enroll 10 students in the first year. Read the story

IPFW Alumni Relations has honored four people with alumni awards for 2013:

• Alumni Top Volunteer Award----Mike Butler, B.S.B. ('79), owner, Diskey Architectural Signage
• Honorary Lifetime Alumni Board Member----Linda Ruffolo, executive director of development, IPFW 
• Outstanding Young Alumni Award----Matthew Blume, B.S.B. ('03), director of operational service group, HighTower Advisors
• Alumni Citation Award----Andre Patterson, A.A.G.S. ('02), B.G.S. ('03), CTE/STEM outreach coordinator, Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, IPFW 

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Purdue is announcing a research collaboration with Gallup, with support from the Lumina Foundation,to work together to measure, for the first time, the overall success at work and in life of America's college graduates, Purdue graduates specifically. Read message from Purdue President Daniels 

Faculty and staff who will be participating in a health savings account (HSA) or flexible spending account (FSA) in 2014 and do not already have a PayFlex debit card should watch for their debit cards to arrive soon in their home mail. Participants who already have a debit card will continue to use the same card in 2014 and will not receive a new one.  

 

Human Resources has provided the following information to help employees know what to expect regarding their debit cards as they transition to 2014. Read more  

Credit card gifts must be received in Development by noon on Tuesday, December 31. Donors have until 11:30 p.m. EST December 31 to make a credit card gift for 2013 via IPFW's online giving site.

 

Donors' gift checks must be postmarked by December 31 in order to count as 2013 business. Please keep all envelopes; the postmarks are critical.

 

Gifts received by IPFW prior to December 31, even though Development may not have them, will be regarded as 2013 gifts as long as the receiving departments document received dates by using a date stamp. Gifts received in departments with no date stamp will be treated as gifts in the year that Development receives them.

 

Stock gifts must be electronically transferred and credited to the Foundation's Ameritrade account before the close of business on December 31. Please encourage your donors to make stock gifts on or before December 20. Stock gifts not received in the Foundation's Ameritrade account on or before December 31 will be 2014 business. There are exceptions for stock certificates postmarked by December 31; please keep all envelopes because the postmarks are critical.

 

If you have questions, please contact the Development office at 481-6962. 

Scheduling the Kettler 101 conference room has undergone a change in procedure. Scheduling will now go through the Admissions staff instead of the Chancellor's staff. Anyone with GroupWise access will be able  to see the KT 101 room calendar, and a link to the reservation form can be found on the Registrar's website.

Inside IPFW will reduce its publishing schedule during semester break. It will be published today (December 18) and will return to its weekly Wednesday schedule January 8.