June 2022 - Provost's Web Letter

Lundstrom named interim dean for the College of Engineering

Jay Akridge, Purdue University’s provost and executive vice president for academic affairs and diversity, has announced the appointment of Mark Lundstrom as interim dean of the College of Engineering, effective July 1. Lundstrom will step in for Dean Mung Chiang, who has been named the 13th president of Purdue.

Faculty members honored with distinguished and named appointments

In their meeting earlier this month, the Board of Trustees ratified four faculty appointments.

Inaugural Sandra K. Monroe Award winner announced

The Office of the Provost has announced that Kaletra Dispennett, senior career services consultant with the Purdue University Center for Career Opportunities (CCO), is the inaugural winner of the Sandra K. Monroe Excellence in Student Services Award.

Purdue in top 25 colleges for LGBTQ students

Purdue University is once again among the top 25 Best Colleges for LGBTQ+ Students and number one in the state of Indiana, according to BestColleges and Campus Pride.

Purdue Student Government: Meet the new leaders

Newly elected PSG President Andrew Jensen and Vice President Izzy Weber are spending the summer preparing to take the reins of leadership in August.

Agriculture’s Chapple elected to National Academy of Sciences

Clint Chapple, distinguished professor in Purdue University College of Agriculture’s Department of Biochemistry, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

Societal Impact Fellows address youth substance abuse

Three Purdue faculty involved in the Societal Impact Fellows program have been selected to receive the Shah Family Global Innovation Lab’s 2022 Seed Grant Award for their work in the Congo.