This week’s ‘Thumbs Up’ recipients

Cory Brenner

Cory Brenner (Food Science): Thank you, Cory, for all you do in ensuring the success of the Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Lunch and Learn program in observing Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month. The program is instrumental in opening up further partnerships, so thank you for being willing to assist! — Asian American and Asian Resource and Cultural Center

Volunteers for the Spring Undergraduate Research Conference

Volunteers for the Spring Undergraduate Research Conference: With over 650 student presentations from April 9-16, we had a wonderful turnout of 298 volunteer judges, who provided important feedback to student presenters while supporting academic units choose their top awards. With consistent support from the Purdue community, we can continue growing this event without losing the individualization of the evaluation process. Additionally, we had 16 day-of volunteers who helped with the conference’s operations. Thank you! — Purdue Office of Undergraduate Research

Tableau Day presenters

Tableau Day presenters: Huge shoutout to Sebi Gomez (Purdue IT), Prakash Shukla (Computer Graphics Technology), Cole Wetzel, Rhianna Setsma, Darshan Bhansali, Brittany Pierson (all Institutional Data Analytics + Assessment), Lisa Farr, Tony Ott (both Human Resources), Michelle Lewis (Financial Planning and Analysis) and Amanda Carlson (Administrative Services) for presenting during the April 25 virtual Tableau Day, hosted by the Purdue Business Intelligence Competency Center. We had more than 100 users attend over the course of the day. It was great to see all of the amazing work our distributed analytics community is doing here at Purdue! — Zach Yater (Business Intelligence Competency Center)

Plumbing Shop and Water Works employees

Plumbing Shop and Water Works employees: I would like to thank Brian Ingle, Tim Wright, Bill Pitts (all Plumbing Shop), Jason Blankenship, David Taylor and John Cummings (all Water Works) for installing a backflow preventer and storm sewer inlet protection at the Utility Plant Office Facility on short notice. This allowed us to continue the relocation and cleaning of the temporary cooling towers for the Wade Power Plant. — Dave Musi (Energy and Utilities)

Purdue Testing Services and Disability Resource Center teams

Purdue Testing Services and Disability Resource Center teams: I deeply appreciate the exceptional work of the Purdue Testing Services and Disability Resource Center teams under the leadership of Kelsey Jordan and Mandie Greiwe, respectively. Their very hard work and commitment to serving Purdue students resulted in more than 2,600 individual final exams — a new record — being administered to Purdue students with test accommodations based on disabilities. These students were able to take their final exams in an environment that met their needs and supported their success. On behalf and in support of Purdue instructors, PTS and DRC teams served Purdue well. — Dan Carpenter (Student Success) 

Student Success Programs

Student Success Programs: I continue to be tremendously proud of the SSP team. Every finals week, their colleagues in Purdue Testing Services ask them to volunteer to help administer final exams to students with testing accommodations based on disabilities. Without fail, the members of this team reflexively step up. I deeply appreciate their focus on mutual support and collaborative spirit. — Dan Carpenter (Student Success)

Stephanie Schmidt

Stephanie Schmidt (Technology Leadership and Innovation): Stephanie Schmidt, lead administrative assistant for the Technology Leadership and Innovation department, worked tirelessly during our recent ATMAE accreditation visit. She created a detailed site visit agenda, scheduling meals, meetings and housing accommodations. Additionally, she organized program files necessary for the campus site visit and ensured that the panel’s needs were met while on campus. These are tasks that were critical for a successful accreditation visit, and the entire Technology Leadership and Innovation department are grateful for her hard work and dedication. Thank you. — Todd Kelley (Technology Leadership and Innovation) 

College of Pharmacy Staff Advisory Council

College of Pharmacy Staff Advisory Council: Huge thank-you to the Staff Advisory Council for doing random acts of kindness. I know it brought a lot of joy to people! Thank you for hosting fun events throughout the year. — Katie May (College of Pharmacy)

Pam Ringor and Jane Krause

Pam Ringor (Pharmacy Administration) and Jane Krause (Pharmacy Practice): Pam and Jane go above and beyond to host fun and educational activities for the pharmacy learning community! Thank you for all that you do to promote connectedness and belonging amongst the students. — Katie May (College of Pharmacy)

Office of Summer and Winter Sessions

Office of Summer and Winter Sessions: Thank you for providing treats for the finals week event! — Katie May (College of Pharmacy)

Food Science custodial staff

Food Science custodial staff: We wanted to take a moment to express our heartfelt gratitude for all that you do. Your hard work and dedication make our building not just clean but welcoming and vibrant. Every day, you go above and beyond, ensuring our work environment is top notch. Your commitment doesn’t go unnoticed, and we truly appreciate you. Thank you for making our workplace shine! — Cory Brenner (Food Science)

Gillian Anderson

Gillian Anderson (Finance): Gillian has been excellent in supporting us with early stages of receipt submission changes and other reporting! Gillian has generously answered our questions and walked an extra mile with us to make sure that our center’s business work will run smoothly. Thank you, Gillian, for your kindness and amazing professionalism! — Asian American and Asian Resource and Cultural Center