Purdue alumna Carolyn Woo, who served as CEO of Catholic Relief Services from 2012-16, will join Purdue President Mung Chiang in March for a conversation as part of Purdue’s Presidential Lecture Series. The public event, titled “Global Progress for Tomorrow’s Leaders: Overcoming Challenges, Building a Better Future,” is at 5 p.m. March 5 in Stewart Center’s Fowler Hall. Woo and Chiang will discuss nonprofit leadership, business education and global impact.
Graduate school is a big investment, and most graduate students make that investment in the hopes it will lead to career growth. Kyle Richardson, an online MS in communication student, sheds light on how his education at the Brian Lamb School of Communication has helped bolster his professional life in Washington, D.C., at a busy consulting firm.
Purdue President Mung Chiang and Executive Vice President for Research Karen Plaut on Wednesday (Feb. 21) hosted U.S. Sen. Todd Young of Indiana, industry leaders and several members of the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology (NSCEB) at the Convergence Center in Discovery Park District at Purdue for a robust conversation about how emerging biotech research at Purdue and Indiana’s industry can help shape our future.
The Building Services department works 24 hours a day, seven days a week to ensure each campus building is well maintained and prepared to help play an integral part in everyday routines. Learn more about their work in the latest “Staff Excellence” feature.
In the latest episode of “This Is Purdue,” Matt Folk, president and CEO of the Purdue for Life Foundation joins podcast host Kate Young at 8Eleven Modern Bistro for the debut of the podcast’s new Boilermaker Bites series. Folk shares stories from his time as a Boilermaker studying electrical engineering and how his Purdue degree prepared him to own his own company and now lead Purdue for Life.
Purdue has extended the admission deposit deadline for first-year undergraduates to give students and families more flexibility as they review their admission and financial aid offers. Newly admitted Boilermakers will now have until at least May 15 to accept their offer from the university.
