Front Office Changes

       Linda Yankovich has accepted the position as Assistant to the ADDL Director.  She continues to oversee the reception area and the front office of the ADDL.  Her replacement at the front desk is Shellie Rodarmel who will work with Barb Ward, Mary Fran Nelson and Karen Vankley to answer the phone, accession cases, and direct email inquiries to the appropriate diagnosticians.                                  

SIPAC Lab Changes Name

       The Southern Indiana Purdue Agricultural Center (SIPAC) on East Purdue Farm Road in Dubois County was officially renamed the Purdue University Dennis H. Heeke Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory at a ceremony held in early September.

       Mr. Heeke was a poultry farmer in  Southern Indiana and was involved in  southern indiana politics as a state  lawmaker for 34 years.  A strong advocate  of Purdue and Indiana agriculture, he was  instrumental in recognizing the need for a  facility in southern Indiana and helped secure funding to establish the lab which  opened in 1969.