Purdue Today.

August 17, 2022

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Persistent Pursuit

Faculty and Staff News

Future of Work follow-up survey finds continued interest in measuring productivity, additional training

In May 2022, faculty, staff and graduate students had the opportunity to share comments, concerns and ideas by completing a workplace experience survey as part of the Future of Work project. More than 3,800 staff, faculty and graduate students completed the survey — a 26.4% response rate total.

Things to Know

Today: Purdue to activate the all-hazards outdoor sirens, conduct evacuation drills during BGR
Looking for a way to help reduce stress, anxiety? Journaling might be worth a try

Things to Do

Systemwide forum planning committee seeks proposals for breakout sessions
Healthy Boiler workshop to focus on stress-relieving hobbies; registration due today

In the Spotlight

Purdue For Life Impact Report

Talk about a giant leap: Purdue for Life Foundation’s annual impact report

The Purdue for Life Foundation, created in 2020 by uniting the Purdue Alumni Association and the University Development Office, recently published its first-ever annual impact report. Together, 82,927 alumni, friends and fans — including faculty, staff, retirees, students and parents and families — gave a record-shattering $542.1 million to Purdue during the fiscal year that ended June 30.

Additional News

Nigel Taylor

National Pan-Hellenic Council: Community in brotherhood

Nigel Taylor, a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. (Gamma Rho chapter), says his experience in a historically Black fraternity has given him an incomparable community at Purdue. Watch his story and see how Nigel found his fit in a National Pan-Hellenic Council organization.

Purdue Memorial Union

One-take drone video gives a bird’s-eye view of PMU updates

When the fall semester starts, faculty, staff and students will have the opportunity to enjoy the new restaurants, outdoor terraces and study spaces that were part of Purdue Memorial Union’s ground-floor renovations. Before you go, check out this one-take drone video for a look at the updates.

General

Photo gallery: Purdue Agriculture hosts summer camps for students, teachers

Campus

Purdue to host Weeks of Welcome
Verbal De-escalation training available online

Events

Purdue University Events Calendar
Boot camp to focus on causal machine learning

Bringing Our Best

Summer Session sets record, shows demand for Purdue education

More students than ever are graduating early, participating in study abroad and earning extra credentials through enrollment in Summer Session classes at Purdue. Purdue’s total enrollment of graduate, professional and undergraduate students across all Summer Session programs this year is more than 22,000, which is an increase of almost 15% from Summer Session 2021.

Summer Start

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Purdue in the News

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

Indianapolis Monthly: What comes next for Mitch Daniels?
AiThority: AiThority interview with David Umulis, head of biomedical engineering at Purdue University
WISH-TV: Local teachers compete in reality show
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