Say It In 6® winners

Professional Development

2024 Winners

First Place: Raman Shaw, Lyles School of Civil Engineering

Man working with a tool that is throwing gold sparks with the caption, "Turning Rough Edges Into Research Gold"

Second Place: Marco Fratus, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Man wearing white coat and gloves holding a microchip up to the camera with the caption, "Sugar Wars: A New (Wearable) Hope"

Peoples Choice: Roseline Adewuyi, College of Liberal Arts

Woman sitting on the floor in front of a laptop surrounded by books with the caption, "Scripting New Papers From Old Literature"

2023 Winners

First Place: Victoria Smith, Daniels School of Business

Woman teaching beside a dry erase board that states "Boiler Up" in front of a group of kids with the caption, "Planting the Purdue Boilermaker seed early."

Second Place: Katie Beery, College of Liberal Arts

Woman standing on an artistically engineered bridge with the caption that reads "Purdue...the bridge to my future." submitted by Katie Beery.

Second Place: Jenna Schober, College of Agriculture

A chick inside a dark box with students looking in from a small opening in the back of the box with the caption, "Purdue: An Egg-cellent place to learn."

2022 Winners

First Place: Victoria Erdel Garcia, Liberal Arts

Woman with a laptop computer sitting on a rock in front of a river with a bridge in the background. The caption reads, "My Purdue classroom has no walls."

Second Place:  Keturah Kiper, Health & Human Sciences

Woman wearing a white lab coat with blue latex gloves sitting on a chair facing a microscope. Beside the microscope are glass lab dishes. the caption reads, "inclusion and diversity empower scientific breakthroughs."

People’s Choice:  Elina Dawoodani, Health & Human Sciences

Image of woman and small child in a loving embrace in front of the unfinished Purdue P statue with the caption, "Children aren't career obstacles, but catalysts.

2021 Winners

First Place: Zulaida Soto Vargas, Biology

Group of six international students standing in front of a brick building each holding a small sign that states the word "together" in various languages with the caption, "Together we will make giant leaps."

Second Place:  Kristen Walker, Public Health

Woman and her dog looking at each other. The dog is wearing a bandana that matches the womans COVID mask with the caption, "Matching my pup and masking up!"

People’s Choice: Sangho (Sean) Lee,Management

Man in suit holding textbooks while doing the splits (splitting his legs horizontally with his feet resting on a chair to his left and a chair to his right). The caption of this image is "At Purdue, we love new challenges.

2020 Winners

First Place: Mackenzie Breneman, Liberal Arts

Woman standing in front of her shadow with the caption, "whether together or apart, we're boilermakers."

Second Place:  Casie Blair, Health & Human Sciences

Woman wearing graduation cap blowing gold glitter out of her hands with the caption that reads, "All the glitters is Purdue Gold."

People’s Choice: Haroon Mohammad, Veterinary Medicine (Postdoc)

Man nose to nose with his cat with the caption, "even busy scientists need cuddle buddies."

2019 Winners

First Place: Tridib Saha,Engineering

Man throwing his graduation cap in the air with a caption that reads, With Great Degrees Come Great Opportunities!"

Second Place:  Tanisha Watkins, Health & Human Sciences

Mother and son wearing backpacks with the caption, "What we do today shapes tomorrow."

Audience Favorite: TIE: Jeffery Nielsen, Pharmacy

Man in white lab coat holding the hands of his son who is standing on his father's feet with the caption," balancing baby steps and giant leaps."

Audience Favorite: TIE: Hanoosha Nagireddy, Engineering

two images of the same tree, one in winter and one in the fall with the caption, "Give it time, Embrace the change."

2018 Winners

First Place: Tiwaladeoluwa Adekunle, Liberal Arts

Image of a woman in a dress walking on the paved footsteps of Neil Armstong with the caption that reads, He did, so I can too."

Second Place: Kristi Crow, Vet Medicine

Woman on her knees holding two puppies with the caption, "Animals are the healers of life."

Audience Favorite: Utami Irawati, Engineering

Red carnation flower on a white background with the caption, Be the brightest color of yourself.

Contact Information

Professional Development Office

Physical/ Mailing Address:
Earnest C. Young Hall, Room 170
155 S. Grant St.
West Lafayette, IN 47907-21147
Email Address: profdev@purdue.edu
Phone Number: (765) 494-2600

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