November 5, 2014

Faculty and Staff News

Innovations in motivating students featured in Teaching Academy video series

Strategies for motivating students are among the topics discussed by Christopher Lukasik and Suzanne Nielsen, two recent Teaching Academy honorees, in a new video series.

Today's benefit enrollment events

These benefits open enrollment events will be held today (Nov. 5):

Walk-in lab -- 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Freehafer Hall, Room 104.

Walk-in lab for Spanish, Chinese and Vietnamese speakers -- 2-4 p.m. Tarkington Hall, Room C203.

In the Spotlight

Opportunities for experiential learning abound for
HHS students

The majority of students in the College of Health and Human Sciences will graduate having had some sort of hands-on learning such as internships, undergraduate research, clinical experiences, student teaching or service learning. Thirty percent of majors in the college require an experiential learning component as a degree requirement. Read about how HHS students gain hands-on experience in the fall 2014 issue of the college's Life 360 magazine.

Additional News

Purdue in the News

Here is a sampling of recent news reports about Purdue from media across the nation and the world.

Washington Post: Why we are looking at the 'value' of college
all wrong

In the Washington Post's Answer Sheet blog, St. John's College President Christopher B. Nelson argues that "education and economics are essentially incompatible" and that the economic lens is the wrong way to judge education. Nelson supports assessments that focus on the maturation process and mentions measuring factors like those noted in the Gallup-Purdue Index.

Architect Magazine: Purdue University researchers develop a highly conductive plastic

Chicago Tribune: Political ads are over -- for now. Let's listen to the sounds of nature (Subscription required for viewing)

HPC Wire: Team of Purdue and EAFIT students to compete in student cluster competition

WISH-TV: Coffee Coals turns old coffee grounds into fuel