New faculty members welcomed, introduced with brief profiles

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New Purdue faculty members Courtney Wittekind and Quetta Carpenter speak with Stephanie Masta, associate professor curriculum studies, at the information fair held Aug. 17. (Purdue University photo/Kelsey Lefever)

Incoming professors at the West Lafayette campus took part Aug. 17 in a New Faculty Orientation hosted by the Office of the Provost at the Purdue Memorial Union North Ballroom.

They received a welcome from President Mung Chiang and Provost Patrick Wolfe, and heard presentations on a variety of subjects such as equity, diversity and inclusion; tenure and promotion; Purdue students; campus climate; research and partnerships; and engagement. They also attended an information fair.

New faculty member Weicang Wang talks to Natasha Nikolaidi, operations associate director at Bindley Bioscience Center, at the information fair held Aug. 17. (Purdue University photo/Kelsey Lefever)

Brief profiles of many of these new faculty members, by way of welcome and introduction, are presented by the Office of the Provost and Purdue Today in a downloadable Microsoft Word document. The Office of the Provost invited incoming faculty members to provide this information. The 87 responses received are arranged by college/school.

President Mung Chiang welcomes Purdue’s new faculty members during a breakfast held Aug. 17 at Purdue Memorial Union.

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