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Boiler Gold Rush Recap: Learn more about Boiler Gold Rush 2024 highlights including our first BGR Indianapolis, BGRi, and more.
Staff Introductions: Meet our current professional staff, this year’s Student Orientation Committee, and our 2024 student leader award winners.
Alumni Involvement: Share your BGR Love Stories! We want to hear from you and your significant other about how you connected through our program.
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During the month of August, Orientation Programs trained around 700 student leaders, created programs and experiences for 10,000 students, and facilitated orientation across two locations for the first time ever. Hundreds of events were coordinated to welcome this year’s first-year students during Boiler Gold Rush International (BGRi), Boiler Gold Rush (BGR), and BGR in Indianapolis, and none of it would have been possible without the support of departmental, campus and community partners. From BGR Kickoff (where all Indianapolis participants, students, and staff volunteers were shuttled to West Lafayette at the end of their move-in), to reimagined traditions (like Crossing the Tracks, which took place at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for some students), BGR and BGRi’s successfully connected students to their new community across both locations.
To see more visuals of what happened this August, check out our overarching BGR highlight reel and our BGR Indianapolis highlight reel.
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Professional Staff
To learn more about our professional staff team and their areas of expertise, visit our website |
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Back Row, left to right: Craig Johnson, Whitney Johnson, Emma Rohrbacher, Adina Loomis, Abby Roskos
Front Row, left to right: Hannah Keeler, Virginia Johnson, Maggie Smith, Alison Webb, Jacque Rickett
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2025 Student Orientation Committee
Meet our 2025 Student Orientation Committee! To learn more about this year’s committee and their roles, check out our website. |
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Back Row, left to right: Eva Brandt, Carter Lone, Julian Kukor
Middle Row, left to right: Grant Richmond, Kendall DeVault, Kayleigh Fulton
Front Row, left to right: Michael Huang, Amelia DeSanto, Ryan Swiatlowski
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2025 Team Supervisors
The Orientation Team has also been hard at work hiring our 2025 Team Supervisors. This year, we hired a total of 162 Team Supervisors between West Lafayette and Indianapolis. These student leaders will continue their training throughout the Spring semester and will also participate in GS 210: Leadership Development Seminar.
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Student Leader Awards At our 2024 Orientation Programs Banquet in September, we recognized our student leaders who went above and beyond throughout the year. Student Leaders nominated each other for a variety of awards, to see the full list of 2024 winners, visit our website.
The Roger Sharritt Award is awarded to the most outstanding Team Supervisor of BGR who maintained the spirit of FreeZone and served as an exceptional mentor, inclusive leader, positive supporter, and embodiment of Purdue University and Orientation Programs. The Roger Sharritt Award is dedicated to the former manager of Cary Quadrangle who helped create the first CORN Camp at Purdue. This year's winner, featured at the top center of our award compilation photo, is Conor Keough!
The Kasi Jones Memorial Scholarship is awarded to Boiler Gold Rush student leaders who maintained a good attitude and energy while overcoming adversity and hardship during the week of BGR and BGRi. The Kasi Jones Memorial Scholarship is dedicated to the Director of Orientation Programs from 2008 to 2018 who passed away from colon cancer in 2018. Her positivity and optimism throughout her role and during her battle with cancer was infectious and she was loved by all who knew her. This year's winners, featured in the center of our award compilation photo, are Anna Hodge, Billy Frazer, Carter Lone, Chase Aruskevicius, Ilana Plake, Mallory Wagner, Mariana Gurgel, and Olivia Sumner.
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At the Award Ceremony, Director Craig Johnson was tapped as an honorary inductee to the Purdue Mortar Board Class of 2025. He was recognized specifically for the positive impact he has had on Orientation Programs over the past 10 years. Please join us as we celebrate Craig!
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Share your BGR Love Story
We know you love Orientation Programs and Boiler Gold Rush, but for some of you, our program may hold an even greater place in your hearts.
For those of you who met your significant other through one of our programs, we’re sure the connection is even fonder. As we look forward to Valentine’s Day 2025, we want to highlight our very own alumni’s love stories.
- Did you meet during BGR Sendoff after hearing profound advice from the Love Doctor?
- Were you in different Hall Teams trying to show each other up for the Hall Team Challenge?
- Was your first date at Silver Dipper using a free scoop BGR coupon?
- Did you bond over shared crosswalk duty during week of?
- Did you meet during a non-sponsored Boiler Gold Rush event?
- Did you show up to TL training only to find out you had matching beacons?
We want to hear your stories of how you and your significant other found love through our programs.
Fill out this form to share your love story by December 31, 2024, at 11:59pm.
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Remembering Kasi Jones
Orientation Programs is looking to recognize the positive impact Kasi Jones had on our program and those who interacted with her; to do so, we need your help gathering stories and photos. If you have memories or photos of Kasi, we invite you to share them through this form by December 31, 2024, at 11:59pm. |
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Purdue Day of Giving 2025
To help support the Kasi Jones Scholarship and other funds for students, save the date for Purdue's Day of Giving: April 30, 2025 |
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