Fall is a wonderful time to return to campus — many opportunities to connect with classmates and professors, beautiful fall foliage, and great college football. One of our annual fall events is the dinner for members of the CFS Dean’s Club to show appreciation for their gifts to the college. This year, however, we’ve decided to expand the event to include a weekend full of activities.

Dean’s Club Weekend will be held October 3–4 and kicks off with a round of golf at Ackerman Hills Golf Course. Friday evening will include dinner in the John Purdue Room and a Purdue Convocations’ performance by jazz great Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. The next day, we have Purdue football as the Boilermakers take on Penn State. Afterward, Dean’s Club members are invited to a reception at my home.

If you’re a Dean’s Club member, you can expect to see your invitation in the mail toward the end of August. I’m very excited about what we have planned for this special group of alumni and friends who generously support the college.

Hail Purdue!
Dennis Savaiano
Dean

Visit the CFS Web site for information on the CFS Dean’s Club Weekend.

When the Indiana State Fair begins August 6, a new exhibit in the Pioneer Our Land Pavilion will help illustrate the importance of calcium to fair visitors. Working with the Department of Foods and Nutrition, the Purdue Agriculture Exhibit Design Center (pictured) created the Bone Zone exhibit, which will feature nine informative, interactive displays that show people of all ages how diet and exercise keep bones healthy and how to develop lifelong healthy habits. Following the fair, the award-winning exhibit will be available to museums and science centers across the country. Read more about the Bone Zone and other Purdue exhibits at the Indiana State Fair.

The managers of one of China’s most luxurious hotels are spending a month at Purdue learning about the latest hotel management practices. Begun in 2000, the exchange program between the Jinling Hotel and the Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management provides management training each summer for hotel executives and internship opportunities for students in the fall. Read more about the program.

Purdue Homecoming 2008 is just around the corner. Show your pride for CFS by wearing apparel created especially for CFS alumni and friends. CFS apparel will make you look good and feel good because proceeds from all sales support the CFS Student Council and CFS student activities. Visit our online store and start shopping! Thanks for your support.

August 15: Purdue Day at the Indiana State Fair
August 23: Purdue Day in Chicago
September 20: Family Day
September 21: CFS Scholarship Reception
September 23: HTM Career Day
October 3–4: CFS Dean’s Club Appreciation Weekend
October 10: Consumers and Technology Symposium
October 22: Center for Families Advisory Council Meeting
October 24: CFS Alumni Board Meeting
October 24–25: CFS Festive Friday and Homecoming
October 24–25: President’s Council Annual Weekend

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