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Barbara Dubczak Deeb, a 1980 department graduate, was awarded a television Emmy award at the 42nd Annual Midwestern Regional Emmy awards held this summer in Belterra, Ind. Dubczak Deeb was honored for her hosting talents on the weekly PBS program "Outlook" with Barbara Deeb. Dubczak Deeb hosts "Outlook," and the monthly magazine show "MainStreet" on WKYU-PBS in Bowling Green, Ky. This year, nearly 600 entries were submitted for consideration from organizations in Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana, and Kentucky, which make up the Ohio Valley Emmy chapter. Only 239 of those entries received nominations.
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Max Armstrong, B.A., 1975, was presented the "Honorary Master Farmer" award by Indiana Prairie Farmer Magazine, the first journalist so honored by the magazine.
Armstrong, an "Old Master" at Purdue, has been on the air in Chicago at WGN, broadcasting business and agri-business reports, for 29 years. |
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Dale E. Gauthreaux, Ph.D., 1993, organizational communication and rhetorical studies, is the new director of the Institute for Leadership Advancement at the University of Georgia's Terry College of Business.
Gauthreaux, a leadership development consultant at Capitol One Services and adjunct faculty member in leadership studies and communication at the University of Richmond, has almost 20 years experience in leadership development and executive coaching. He is a founding partner of Accelerated Growth Resources, a leadership training and organizational effectiveness consulting firm. |
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| Ben Woods, B.A., 1998, signed copies of his new fictional workplace humor book, "The Developers," in the new Lawson Computer Science Building in September. Woods is pictured with Howard Sypher, department head. |
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Bill Wigglesworth, M.A., 1979, has been named International Human Resources Manager for ExxonMobil Corporation.
Wigglesworth joined Exxon in 1979. |
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| Celeste H. Davis, B.A., 1983, has been a labor and employment attorney for 20 years and is currently employed by the U.S. Department of Labor in Chicago. She is also the newest board member for Purdue's College of Liberal Arts. On October 2, 2006, she was in Washington, D.C., where she was sworn in and admitted to practice law before the U.S. Supreme Court. Fewer than 5 percent of the attorneys in the country are licensed to practice before the Supreme Court. |
Lou Anne Jones Nabhan, B.A., 1977, is the 2006 recipient of the Thomas Jefferson Award for Excellence in Public Relations given by the Richmond, Va., chapter of the Public Relations Society of America.
Nabhan is the vice president and director of corporate communications for Media General Inc., a public multimedia company with 25 daily network-affiliated television stations and 75 Web sites that are associated with brand name newspapers and TV stations. |
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| Grove speaks in historic Memorial Hall at Naval Academy |
Justin Grove, B.A., 1997, was stationed at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., while on Navy Reserve duty this summer. As an officer on staff, his responsibility was to assist in the mental, moral, and physical development of the incoming class of midshipmen, otherwise known as "Plebes." Grove joined the Plebes for calisthenics and lunch, and conducted counseling sessions throughout the day.
"Throughout my service at the Naval Academy, I was well served by my Communication background from Purdue. I earned a reputation for producing clearly and well-organized written materials and for speaking effectively and articulately, which is extremely important within a military setting. The officers I served with at the Naval Academy were very familiar with Purdue's excellent reputation, and I was always proud to say that I was a Purdue graduate."
In his civilian career, Grove was recently promoted by the White House to serve as Associate Director of External Affairs at the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), a federal government agency that regulates financial institutions. In this role, he is responsible for representing the White House by managing all strategic communications and outreach to the public.
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