Our college welcomes two very special groups to the West Lafayette campus in July.

We are pleased to have customer service leaders from across the country with us July 9-12 for the 14th annual Call Center Campus, hosted by the Center for Customer Driven Quality. There are nearly 60,000 call centers in the United States, and they are strategic tools in delivering exceptional customer service. Through more than 40 workshops and seminars, the conference will provide call center professionals with best practices in call center management and the latest in technology and trends.

Our 10th Camp Calcium also is currently underway — this year, about 50 girls ages 12 to 14 are participating in the camp, which will measure the effects of vitamin D on calcium absorption. By learning more about how young people of all races process calcium differently, we have a better chance to promote bone health and reduce osteoporosis in later life. Results from previous camps have been used to formulate the dairy recommendations for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s food pyramid.

Hail Purdue!
Dennis Savaiano
Dean

Purdue is coming to the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago on Saturday, July 14, and you’re invited to join us! Enjoy a day of fun at the zoo while learning about the latest happenings at Purdue. An ice cream social caps off the afternoon’s activities. For more information or to register, visit the Purdue Day in Chicago site.

CFS and Purdue University will host Governor Mitch Daniels’ INShape Indiana 2007 Health Summit: Live Healthy, Work Healthy in West Lafayette on October 15. The college’s annual Eva Goble Lecture Series will be held in conjunction with the summit. Watch for event details later this summer on the CFS Web site.

Purdue’s Homecoming is October 26–27, and we hope you are making plans to attend. Beginning immediately, you can purchase football tickets online in the CFS block through Purdue Sports. Tickets are $35 each (a $10 discount) and will be available through October 5 or until they are sold out.

Visit Purdue Sports to order your tickets. You will need to enter promotion code: CFS. Then click on the Northwestern game to place your order.

Hospitality and Tourism Management
Liping Cai, professor, has been appointed to serve as interim associate dean for diversity and international programs. He is director of the Purdue Tourism and Hospitality Research Center.

August 15: Purdue Day at Indiana State Fair

September 15: Family Day
September 21: Center on Aging and the Life Course Symposium

September 24–25: HTM Career Day

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