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Purdue Global Graduation | October 2025 Recap

This unforgettable weekend showcased the comeback of thousands of students, each with their own unique stories, life experiences and reasons to celebrate this milestone. The October 2025 ceremony honored graduates of every kind — military veterans, working parents, first-generation college…

article | Experience

Purdue tailgate legends: Mark Rudicel and Adam Sheller’s ambulance

This 1996 Ford E-350 ambulance has been converted to carry everything for game days.

podcast | Education

Podcast Ep. 137: Workplace Well-Being: Burnout Signs You May Be Avoiding

In this episode of “This Is Purdue,” we’re talking to Allie Gabriel, the Thomas J. Howatt Chair in Management in Purdue University’s Mitch Daniels School of Business and faculty director of the Center for Working Well.   As an award-winning advocate…
Robert Cohen standing under theater lights.

article | Experience

Meet a Purdue alum touring as lead audio engineer for a Broadway show

Robert Cohen earned his degree and immediately achieved his career goals.

podcast | Education

Podcast Ep. 136: College Majors That Didn’t Exist 10 Years Ago: How To Stay Future-Ready 

In this episode of “This Is Purdue,” we’re talking to Dimitri Peroulis, senior vice president for partnerships and online at Purdue and the Reilly Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering.   As an executive leader, he guides the university’s online programs…

article | Athletics

Purdue volleyball rises to the occasion

Purdue volleyball coach Dave Shondell didn’t have a moment to waste. In the brave new world of college athletics, student-athletes are more mobile than they have ever been. And immediately following the 2024 season and another NCAA Regional appearance, Shondell…
Elizabeth Saunders in front of the Engineering Fountain.

article | Experience

Purdue engineering student meets family while researching abroad in Kenya

Halfway around the world, Elizabeth Saunders felt at home with family she had just met.

video | Experience

Get a drone tour of Purdue’s Pete Dye Clubhouse

The Pete Dye Clubhouse offers access to two top-ranked courses and a five-star steakhouse.

podcast | Experience

Podcast Ep. 135: Breaking News Producer on the Evolution of the Media Industry

In this episode of “This Is Purdue,” we’re talking to Sutton Tyson, producer for CBS News.   As a proud Purdue College of Liberal Arts alumna, Sutton is a rising talent in the broadcast journalism field. She’s currently the booking producer…

article | Athletics

Building a winning culture: Purdue soccer’s summer stars

Renovating a program takes setting high standards for everyone involved. Second-year Purdue soccer coach Richard Moodie wants the women who comprise his program to aim for the stars and to love the sport enough to make a career out of…
Purdue alumna Jeremi London smiling.

article | Experience

Purdue alumna contributes to new PBS KIDS show ‘Weather Hunters’

Jeremi London has earned her degrees from Purdue — again and again and again.

podcast | Education

Podcast Ep. 134: Is College Still Worth It? (And How It’s Rapidly Changing)

In this episode of “This Is Purdue,” we’re talking to Matt Butler, the senior associate commissioner and chief academic officer for the Indiana Commission for Higher Education, and Brent Yeagy, president and CEO of Wabash National Corp.  Matt is a…