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Purdue University to offer Google Career Certificates for learning in-demand tech skills
Purdue University is offering the Google Career Certificate program, making it possible for Purdue students — undergraduate or graduate and on campus or online — as well as the public to earn Google Career Certificates in the fields of cybersecurity, data analytics, digital marketing and e-commerce, IT support, and project management.
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- Purdue’s online programs become available through international corporate upskilling company SkillsWave
Purdue will make its industry-leading online degree programs available through the SkillsWave catalog, including a Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence (AI), an AI microcredentials program, highly ranked engineering programs including industrial and nuclear, and business programs featuring economics, human resource management and global supply chain management. - 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). - AI workshops to assist faculty with using the technology to save time, enhance learning continue this fall
Purdue Teaching and Learning Technologies has launched AI Bytes, a new initiative aimed at empowering instructors with the latest generative AI technologies and how it can help save them time in their instruction. - Systems engineering master’s concentration with dual MBA fits the big thinking career graduate has in mind
Mia Reed traces her path to a career in engineering to the time her grandmother needed heart surgery and was offered a mechanical artery as an option, something a younger Reed had never heard of and that prompted her to go research the technology. - Project brings a little Hollywood to teaching teachers a different way to teach Algebra
Gaining Early Access and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (Indiana GEAR UP), a program spearheaded by Purdue’s College of Education, works with school and community partners around the state to address this issue in a variety of ways. One way is STEM-oriented teacher professional development. - 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. - Hotseat will be decommissioned for instructional use after the fall 2024 semester
As the upcoming semester approaches, Purdue University is showcasing tools designed to assist instructors in enhancing classroom engagement, including iClicker Cloud, which is replacing Hotseat and offers seamless browser and app access for - 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 - Pilot plots his future with Purdue’s online master’s in Aviation and Aerospace Management
A pilot and potentially a future airline executive, Ian Welsch Bisso already has experience running his own airline, among other things provisioning it with airliners, operating and maintaining the fleet, and eventually retiring and replacing those planes. - How Prof. Santokh Badesha is revolutionizing patent education at Purdue
Innovation is the lifeblood of progress, and fostering an inventive mindset among students is paramount. Santokh Badesha, Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is leading a groundbreaking course at Purdue University to instill this mindset.