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When Purdue University computer science student Niyati Sriram set out to secure an internship for the summer before her senior year, she didn’t put much emphasis on representation. As an Indian American woman, she was used to being one of only a few women among her computer science peers, and one of even fewer women of color.

Purdue offers many study locations and libraries where Boilermakers can achieve their goals. If you’re looking for the perfect place to concentrate, try one of these 10 popular study spaces.

Cambria McClelland says she was working on her housing application when her dad encouraged her to look into a learning community. She was surprised to find not only built-in study partners, but a community that turned out to be foundational to her social life at Purdue.

In three decades leading Purdue’s Minority Engineering Program, Marion Blalock created recruitment, retention and graduation initiatives for underrepresented minority students that were so successful that the MEP became a model for universities across the nation.

What brings a student from the West Coast to a university in the heart of the Midwest? Purdue’s global reputation enables a worldwide demonstration of its community. In fact, it’s Brynne Hunt’s favorite part of being a student at Purdue.