ag professors and alumni part of inaugural events

Campus will be hopping today with three major events associated with President Cordova's inauguration. You can see details of all the inaugural events here. The College of Agriculture will have faculty participating in two of today's events. This morning, The Diversity in the Classroom program will feature presentations from the 2007-2008 Diversity Fellows projects. Matthew Kirkwood, Assistant Professor of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, will present "New Course LA 101, Introduction to Landscape Architecture," and Mark Russell, Professor of Animal Sciences will present "Revision: ANSC 381, Career Leadership." Congratulations to Dr. Kirkwood and Dr. Russell on their accomplishments as Diversity Fellows!

This afternoon, The Global University Convocation will be held from 2:30 to 4:30 in Loeb Playhouse, moderated by Purdue alum and C-SPAN founder Brian Lamb. Eight distinguished scientists will participate in the panel-- and two of them are College of Agriculture alumni: Maurilio Alves Moreira (A '80), Dean of Research and Graduate Studies, Federal University of Vicosa, Brazil, and Gebisa Ejeta (A '76, '78) who is Distinguished Professor of Plant Breeding and Genetics and International Agriculture in the Purdue Department of Agronomy. During the program, the convocation can be viewed live on the internet at mms://video.dis.purdue.edu/globaluniversity. Shortly after the program, an archived version will be available for viewing; you can access that through the Global Convocation page on the inaugural web site: http://www.purdue.edu/inauguration/convocation.php.