Thanks to discussions over the past months with student leaders and in recognition of market competitiveness, the Action Council on Student Housing and Well-Being approved an increase to $9 per hour to the minimum West Lafayette undergraduate student pay rate. This increase will take effect July 1 and will be followed by an increase to $10 per hour July 1, 2025 – representing a 38% increase overall from the minimum as it stands today.
As planned and announced to Purdue University Veterinary Medicine colleagues two years ago, Dean Willie Reed will step down June 30, after 17 years in his leadership role and 25 total years of service to the university. A celebration of Dean Reed’s legacy will take place later this semester, and a search advisory committee for his successor is set to begin its work.
The William D. and Sherry L. Young Advanced Manufacturing of Pharmaceuticals Institute at Purdue University announced Wednesday (March 6) the appointment of a new advisory council that will provide strategic guidance to support the institute’s efforts to innovate and advance pharmaceutical manufacturing. The advisory council’s five members bring expertise, business acumen, regulatory perspectives and technical skills to the institute’s mission to improve pharmaceutical manufacturing through research and workforce training.
Tickets are now available for Purdue’s Presidential Lecture Series double feature April 25. Kicking off the day is a fireside chat with President Mung Chiang, National Science Foundation director Sethuraman Panchanathan and U.S. Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., at 11 a.m. in Stewart Center’s Fowler Hall. At 6 p.m. in Elliott Hall of Music, Chiang will lead a conversation with Moungi G. Bawendi, 2023 winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry. For tickets to the Panchanathan and Young event, go here. To register for the Bawendi Presidential Lecture, go
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From individual academic consultations to peer-led study sessions, the Helen Bass Williams Academic Success Center offers a comprehensive range of resources tailored to meet the many needs of Purdue’s diverse student body. And behind the success of these resources are the ASC’s dedicated staff members, who tirelessly work to create a supportive and empowering environment for students. Learn more about their work in the latest “Staff Excellence” feature.
In this episode of “This Is Purdue,” former women’s head basketball coach Carolyn Peck and co-captains Stephanie White and Ukari Figgs reflect on Purdue’s 1999 NCAA National Championship win. Celebrate the 25th anniversary of this legendary win and get the real story behind what happened when the team arrived in San Jose for the Final Four.
