Advancing a strategy several years in the making, Purdue University trustees endorsed the launch of the One Health initiative Friday (June 7). One Health adds to and synergizes with the university's initiatives in Indianapolis, the Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business and Purdue Computes.
With a continuing commitment to the vision of higher education at the highest proven value, faculty and staff compensation increases, and strategic investments, Purdue University trustees adopted the university’s operating budget for the 2025 fiscal year, with revenues modestly exceeding expenditures. Tuition will remain frozen at Purdue’s West Lafayette campus for the 12th consecutive year, and faculty and staff merit compensation at Purdue West Lafayette will be set at 3%.
The Purdue University Board of Trustees ratified two faculty appointments and approved five new degree programs and resolutions of appreciation. Trustees also awarded posthumous degrees and approved compensation terms for head men’s basketball coach Matt Painter and head women’s basketball coach Katie Gearlds.
To honor Willie Reed’s loyalty and service to Purdue University, the veterinary medicine profession and the state of Indiana, the Purdue University Board of Trustees approved renaming the Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory as the Willie M. Reed Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory. Reed — who has served as dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine since 2007, among 25 total years of service to Purdue — is stepping down June 30. He will be granted dean emeritus status.
Purdue University trustees gave approval Friday (June 7) to plan, finance, construct and award construction contracts for an approximately 248,000-square-foot Academic Success Building on the Purdue University in Indianapolis campus. The Academic Success Building will be located near the intersection of West Street and Michigan Avenue. The mixed-use facility will provide several new classrooms and laboratories for academic programming, nearly 500 beds for residential use and a dining area to accommodate almost 400 people.
The Purdue University Board of Trustees reaffirmed the university’s commitment to institutional neutrality and delegated additional authority and responsibilities required for compliance with Senate Enrolled Act 202, set to become Indiana law July 1.
Purdue Global Board of Trustees members received progress updates Friday (June 7) on nationwide partnerships that benefit Purdue Global’s working adult learner population. Purdue Global Chancellor Frank Dooley reported on various upcoming activities in Indianapolis and Minneapolis in connection to strategic partnership initiatives. Dooley shared recent graduation statistics with the trustees. Purdue Global is on track to award 12,000 degrees and credentials to its students during the 2024 fiscal year.
In his report to the Board of Trustees, President Mung Chiang provided details of Purdue’s latest initiative — One Health — designed to advance the university’s strengths in human, animal, plant and environmental health. He also recognized faculty who received significant sponsored research awards from January through May and thanked friends of the university for their recent generous contributions.
Purdue Administrative Operations Senior Vice President Michael B. Cline presented an update on the progress made toward the 13 goals outlined in the 2020 Physical Facilities Sustainability Master Plan and key strategic sustainability activities. Ten goals have been met, including but not limited to goals on water use reduction, construction waste recycling, e-waste recycling, tree plantings, bicycle infrastructure expansion and green building construction.
In his presentation to the Purdue Board of Trustees, David J. Love, the Nick Trbovich Professor in the Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, provided an overview of his research on 6G wireless and its applications in precision agriculture. Building upon Purdue’s established history in communications and signal processing, Love and his co-researchers are developing new ways to leverage 6G’s capabilities for advanced sensing, autonomous farming, robotics and data analytics to increase agriculture yields with less environmental impact.
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