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For Keona Smith, Purdue University College of Health and Human Sciences junior and owner of Kreations by Keona, owning a bakery was inevitable.

From drawing bakery designs and coming up with names as a young girl to selling cookies to her mother’s friends while in high school, Smith’s entrepreneurial spirit ultimately led her to Purdue’s White Lodging-J.W. Marriott, Jr. School of Hospitality and Tourism Management (HTM).

Written By: Rebecca Hoffa, rhoffa@purdue.edu For Keona Smith, Purdue University College of Health and Human Sciences junior and owner of Kreations by Keona, owning a bakery was inevitable. From drawing bakery designs and coming up with names as a young...

When he’s not pinning his opponents, Joey Blaze manages his own clothing line, Blaze Apparel, utilizing lessons from his selling and sales management major within the Purdue White Lodging-J.W. Marriott, Jr. School of Hospitality and Tourism Management. A small operation for now, the student has designed sweatshirts, T-shirts, shorts and hats while maintaining the line’s website and busy social media accounts.

Written by: Tim Brouk, tbrouk@purdue.edu Since he first donned a singlet for Purdue University Wrestling, Joey Blaze has been on fire. Going into his junior year, Blaze’s All-American mat accolades are numerous: Just to name a few, he has an...

From football to basketball to baseball, Molly Spitznogle, a 2023 Purdue University College of Health and Human Sciences alumna, is an avid sports fan. When the opportunity arose to enter a career with Indiana’s NFL team, the Indianapolis Colts, Spitznogle jumped at the chance. In her career in group ticket sales, Spitznogle enjoys putting together a stadium full of people creating lasting memories together.

Written By: Rebecca Hoffa, rhoffa@purdue.edu From football to basketball to baseball, Molly Spitznogle, a 2023 Purdue University College of Health and Human Sciences alumna, is an avid sports fan. When the opportunity arose to enter a career with Indiana’s NFL...

Morgan Lee, a 2006 alumnus from the Purdue University White Lodging-J.W. Marriott, Jr. School of Hospitality and Tourism Management (HTM), is co-owner of  Two Vintners, a Seattle, Washington, area winery he co-founded at age 27. Lee selected the dry red, which became available on April 1, due to its bold blend of grapes grown in Columbia Valley, Washington. The wine — nicknamed “The Mall” after the Purdue Memorial Mall — pays tribute to the birthplace of Lee’s passion for vino.

Written by: Tim Brouk, tbrouk@purdue.edu Morgan Lee’s time in wine came “full-circle” this spring when his 2022 Syrah vintage was selected as the newest Boilermaker bottle for the Purdue for Life Foundation. Lee, a 2006 alumnus from the Purdue University...

The study led by A.J. Schwichtenberg, associate professor in the Purdue Department of Human Development and Family Science; her graduate student Moon West; Yungie Tong, associate professor in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering; and his graduate student Andrew Frels has analyzed MRI and 36-channel electroencephalogram scans of 33 adults ages 30-55 so far as they sleep. The researchers have found cerebrospinal fluid flushes cellular brain waste earlier than originally thought.

Written by: Tim Brouk, tbrouk@purdue.edu New, potentially pioneering research in the Purdue University Sleep and Developmental Studies Laboratory is examining deep sleep’s role in “sloshing” metabolic waste from the brain. The study led by A.J. Schwichtenberg, associate professor in the...

From early spring through late fall, Jennifer Burchett, a 2012 Purdue University School of Nursing alumna and a nurse at IU Health Methodist Hospital, can be found near the track watching professional IndyCar drivers race at extremely high speeds. With these high speeds comes the potential for crashes and significant injuries and health risks, which is where Burchett and the rest of the IndyCar medical team spring into action.  

Written By: Rebecca Hoffa, rhoffa@purdue.edu  From early spring through late fall, Jennifer Burchett, a 2012 Purdue University School of Nursing alumna and a nurse at IU Health Methodist Hospital, can be found near the track watching professional IndyCar drivers race...