Purdue Statistics faculty celebrate anniversaries at Purdue
12-11-2024
Purdue University honored over 300 faculty members for their years of service during a celebratory luncheon Dec. 3. Faculty members were celebrated for service anniversaries ranging from 10 years to a remarkable 55.
These faculty members of the Department of Statistics were honored at the event:
- Tim Keaton, assistant professor of practice, celebrating 10 years of service
- Vinayak Rao, associate professor and courtesy with Computer Science, celebrating 10 years of service
- Qifan Song, associate professor, celebrating 10 years of service
- Xiao Wang, department head and J.O. Berger and M.E. Bock Professor of Statistics, celebrating 15 years of service
- Lingsong Zhang, associate professor, celebrating 15 years of service
- William Cleveland, Shanti S. Gupta Distinguished Professor of Statistics and courtesy professor of Computer Science, celebrating 20 years of service
- Bowei Xi, associate professor, celebrating 20 years of service
“Congratulations to the faculty for their years of service to Purdue University,” says Xiao Wang, department head and J.O. Berger and M.E. Bock Professor of Statistics with the College of Science. “The number of students you have guided and research you have conducted have helped build our department and the university to where it is today.”
The luncheon also commemorated the 60th anniversary of the University Senate. The senate serves in an advisory capacity to help achieve the educational objectives of the university. It features elected members of the Purdue faculty as well as the presidents of Purdue Student Government and Purdue Graduate Student Government.