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Adam Schenk

podcast | Experience

Podcast Ep. 105: PGA Tour Player Adam Schenk Reflects on Purdue Golf Career, Playing Professionally and His First Invite to the Masters

In this episode of “This Is Purdue,” we’re talking to PGA Tour golfer Adam Schenk. Adam is a Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business alum and former first-team All-Big Ten Purdue men’s golfer, who has spent nearly a decade…
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Jennifer Rumsey

podcast | Education

Podcast Ep. 104: Cummins Chair and CEO Jennifer Rumsey on Her Boilermaker Journey and Leading a 105-Year-Old Company Toward a Greener Future

In this episode of “This Is Purdue,” we’re talking to Jennifer Rumsey, Chair and CEO of Cummins Inc. Jennifer discusses her experience as a Purdue mechanical engineering student and how that led her to four internships with Cummins during her…
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Reed England, a Purdue motorsports engineering student in Indianapolis, working on a project in the Stutz Building motorsports engineering lab.

article | Education

Motorsports engineering student driven by passion for racing

Reed England is accelerating his motorsports engineering career at Purdue in Indianapolis.

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John Waggle is a Purdue mechanical engineering student in Indianapolis.

article | Education

Purdue student in Indianapolis pushes himself beyond what he thought possible

John Waggle’s persistent pursuit took him from a Navy submarine to Purdue’s new urban campus in Indianapolis.

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Roha Gul, a graduate student in the Leading Women Toward Space Careers program.

article | Education

Purdue women’s space program establishes a confident community

Leading Women Toward Space Careers is the only college program of its kind.

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Bea Bourne is standing behind a marble counter and wears a tan leather jacket, smiling and hands on the counter in front of her.

article | Education

Meet Purdue Global professor Bea Bourne: ‘I was an adult student, too!’ 

When this Purdue Global professor realized she wanted to teach, she knew she wanted to teach adults.

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Alejandra Palma sits on a concrete park bench, wearing a navy and white striped jacket, holding an open laptop.

article | Education

Purdue Global student says ‘this comeback is for all of us’ 

Alejandra Palma enrolled at Purdue Global after a brush with death, when her dream became more meaningful.

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article | Athletics

Purdue senior hoopers raised the standard

Zach Edey, Mason Gillis and Ethan Morton steer teammates in the right direction It was a gut-wrenching loss at Indiana for the No. 1-ranked Boilermakers. All losses to the intrastate rival Hoosiers are. When a reporter in the postgame press…
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Black and white photo of Desiré Hunter, wearing a three-tier necklace, wavy hair, and a black scoop-neck shirt

article | Education

‘My online degree from Purdue Global gave me the confidence I needed’

Desiré never saw herself with a degree backed by Purdue. Now she has one.

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podcast | Education

Podcast Ep. 103: March Madness: Carolyn Peck, Stephanie White and Ukari Figgs Reflect on the 25th Anniversary of Purdue Winning the NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship

In this episode of “This Is Purdue,” we’re talking to former head coach Carolyn Peck and co-captains Stephanie White and Ukari Figgs as they reflect on the Purdue women’s basketball team’s 1999 NCAA National Championship. Celebrate the 25th anniversary of…
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Nikhil Anand Dhoka in a classroom in Indianapolis.

article | Education

Setting up for success at the intersection of technology and finance

Nikhil Anand Dhoka is excelling as a Purdue computer science and mathematics student in Indianapolis For Nikhil Anand Dhoka, earning an A-plus is not about the grade. It’s about the ability to build skills and train for a world that’s…
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article | Athletics

Black pioneers who shaped Purdue Athletics

Five Boilermakers reflect on what it was like to be a Black student-athlete at Purdue Pioneers. There have been many in Purdue Athletics history. But perhaps none more important than those among the first Black student-athletes to compete for the…
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