Author: RM Barton

Purdue’s online themed entertainment design certificate teaches students how to bring themed attractions to life

Every year, hundreds of thousands of visitors travel to Santa Claus, Indiana to experience the holiday-themed attractions of Holiday World. Holiday World, the nation’s first theme park.

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Army vet uses what she learned in Purdue’s online Master of Public Health to improve veterans’ health outcomes

As an army veteran and health and wellness coach in the federal services, Elizabeth Freitas knows that providing healthcare for veterans is about more than offering life-saving services, it’s also about building community. Organizations that specialize in veterans’ healthcare do more than address veterans’ health needs, they also bring veterans together and help them make valuable connections with one another.

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For Many Working Professionals, Master’s Programs Provide a Big Return-On-Investment

If you’re currently looking for a new job, you may have noticed that the job market is sketchy, or at least it seems to be. Despite a growing labor shortage, many professionals report that they’re having trouble finding high-quality jobs. According to Fast Company, this could be because the job market is shifting from a pandemic-era employee market to an employer’s market, meaning employers can afford to be pickier about who they hire.

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Purdue’s online master’s in hospitality and tourism management updates curriculum to prepare service professionals for success in a wide range of industries 

According to The Atlantic, the United States is in the midst of a paradigm shift – our economy, which was once driven by manufacturing, is now dominated by the services sector. This sector, which encompasses a wide range of businesses and industries that provide services to consumers, now accounts for over 70% of the United States’ Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

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The Brian Lamb School’s New Director of Online Programs Brings Decades of Crisis Communication Experience to The Virtual Classroom

In the high-stakes world of crisis communication, trust is key. Few people understand this as well as Matt Charles, the new online graduate program director in Purdue’s Brian Lamb School of Communication. His career as a crisis communicator has spanned decades – and in that time, he’s collected a lot of stories and learned a thing or two about building trust.

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Purdue’s Online Master of Science in Communication Launches New Concentration in Digital Media and Communication Technologies

Technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and data mining have changed today’s technological landscape and the technological landscape of the future – but these technologies are also changing the ways we communicate. According to Forbes, the expansion of digital and information...
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Purdue’s Stackable Online Graduate Certificates Can Help Professionals Get More Return-On-Investment

When it comes to investing in higher education, professionals are focused on maximizing their return-on-investment (ROI). The benefits of earning a graduate degree are well-documented: graduate programs can increase career mobility, increase earning potential, and provide valuable networking opportunities.

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AI workshops for faculty aim to enhance teaching and learning, save instructors time

A series of artificial intelligence workshops for Purdue faculty is designed to help instructors seamlessly integrate new and relevant generative AI technologies into their curriculum, with a strong emphasis on enhancing teaching and learning and saving instructors’ time.

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Water Resources Engineer learned new software skills, advanced her expertise and gained time management skills within the online Master’s in Civil Engineering

Water resource engineer, Mingxi Lin, loves that her job challenges her. Her work is complex, technical, and important – water resource engineers play a critical role in managing one of the world’s most crucial and delicate resources.

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Unmanned Aircraft Pilot Makes Big Career Leap with Purdue’s Online Aviation Management Master’s

For aviation enthusiast Victor Migliore, succeeding in the aviation industry has been an exercise in continually rising to the challenge. His career started in a niche sector of aviation – unmanned aircraft (also known as drones).

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