{"id":3181,"date":"2019-01-11T08:00:37","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T13:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qa.vet.purdue.edu\/news\/?p=3181"},"modified":"2025-04-09T11:36:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T15:36:03","slug":"retirement-reception-honors-longtime-cpb-department-staff-member-barbara-white","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/retirement-reception-honors-longtime-cpb-department-staff-member-barbara-white.php","title":{"rendered":"Retirement Reception Honors Longtime CPB Department Staff Member Barbara White"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"662\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3184 img-responsive img-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/White_retirement_IMG_5894_copy_sm-1024x662.jpg\" alt=\"Barbara White pictured with Sanjeev Narayanan and Willie Reed\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/White_retirement_IMG_5894_copy_sm-1024x662.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/White_retirement_IMG_5894_copy_sm-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/White_retirement_IMG_5894_copy_sm-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/White_retirement_IMG_5894_copy_sm-363x235.jpg 363w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/White_retirement_IMG_5894_copy_sm.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n<p>Colleagues, friends, and family gathered in the Continuum Caf\u00e9 December 19 to recognize Barbara White, graduate program coordinator and administrative assistant in the Department of Comparative Pathobiology, on her retirement.\u00a0 Dean Willie Reed and Comparative Pathobiology Department Head Sanjeev Narayanan congratulated Barbara, who received a glass etching of the Continuum sculpture to commemorate the occasion.<\/p>\n<p>Barbara earned her bachelor\u2019s degree in liberal arts at Purdue in 1975, and worked briefly on the clerical staff in Electrical Engineering at Purdue before taking a clerical position with Sears.\u00a0 She then returned to her Electrical Engineering position and continued working there until enrolling in a master\u2019s program in education.\u00a0 While back in school, she also worked in the residence halls, first as a counselor and then as a staff resident.\u00a0 After earning her master&#8217;s in 1981, she accepted a position as a Purdue University residence hall administrator in August of that year.\u00a0 In December 1988, Barbara left the residence halls and transferred to what was then called the Department of Veterinary Pathobiology in the College of Veterinary Medicine.<\/p>\n<p>For Barbara, 2018 marked major milestones as she celebrated working 30 years in the same department, and 40 years at Purdue.\u00a0 \u201cI never had a desire to work anywhere else,\u201d Barbara said.\u00a0 \u201cI do indeed bleed black and gold.\u00a0 The Purdue Hymn is my favorite lullaby.\u201d\u00a0 And she says you likely will be able to find her come spring at a Purdue baseball game.\u00a0 Congratulations Barbara!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colleagues, friends, and family gathered in the Continuum Caf\u00e9 December 19 to recognize Barbara White, graduate program coordinator and administrative assistant in the Department of Comparative Pathobiology, on her 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