Purdue News
Purdue NewsJanuary 31, 1996
Marlesa A. Roney, registrar, said 493 more undergraduate students are enrolled at West Lafayette compared to last spring. There are 26,342 undergraduates, of whom 6,794 are freshman, compared with 6,516 first-year students enrolled last spring.
The Graduate School enrollment decreased by two from a year ago to 5,844 students. The number of students seeking advanced degrees in pharmacy and pharmacal science increased by 117 students this year to 175, mostly because many students previously classified as undergraduates now are classified as advanced-degree students. Enrollment in the veterinary medicine professional program is up five students from 246 last year.
Systemwide enrollment for spring is estimated at 59,764 students, up 405 from spring 1996. Final enrollment figures from regional Purdue campuses are expected in February. Systemwide figures include students at West Lafayette, Purdue Calumet, Purdue North Central, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Statewide Technology and West Lafayette Extension.
Fall enrollment at the West Lafayette campus was up 471 student from the previous year, and systemwide enrollment was up 328 students from the fall of 1995.
CONTACT: Roney, (765) 494-6133.
The voluntary, year-long program pairs senior professors, recognized for their strong teaching backgrounds, with up to four assistant or associate professors. The faculty will work in teams to share classroom success stories and teaching techniques. The program also will focus on such matters as adjusting teaching modes to class size, student readiness, learning styles and cultural diversity.
Faculty members chosen for the program receive professional development stipends.
The Teaching for Tomorrow Awards are given through the office of Robert L. Ringel, executive vice president for academic affairs, and are to be funded by a $350,000 endowment that is being established by the Purdue Classes of 1944 and 1945 through their 50th reunion gift campaign.
George Van Scoyoc, associate executive vice president for academic affairs, helped to create and coordinate the awards. Linda Young, director of class gift programs, coordinated the 50th reunion gift campaign.
"We hope the program provides creative teaching tools for all of the faculty members involved and ultimately benefits students in the classroom," Van Scoyoc said.
The Purdue alumni funding the award share the same goal. Charles Boonstra of St. Joseph, Mich., president of the Class of 1944 and vice president of the Purdue Alumni Association, chairs the endowment campaign for his class. His wife, Esther, chairs the campaign on behalf of the Class of 1945, of which she is president.
"We wanted to do something to benefit the students educationally," Boonstra said. "Monuments and gifts of campus structures are nice and are important to the university, but our purpose is to improve the already excellent learning experience for Purdue students."
Senior faculty award recipients for 1997 are:
CONTACT: Van Scoyoc (765) 494-0608.
Compiled by J. Michael Willis, (765) 494-0371; e-mail, mike_willis@purdue.edu
