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Bold and creative outreach addresses college and career readiness

Purdue Polytechnic HS provides pathway to Purdue for underrepresented minority students As Gary Bertoline was transforming Purdue University’s former College of Technology into Purdue Polytechnic Institute, two ideas struck him in a goal to include more high-impact educational practices for preparing…

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Purdue Student Shares How College COVID Testing Stops Infections

Regular college COVID testing helps uncover infections so quarantining can stop the spread of Covid-19. Surveillance testing helps Protect Purdue. Learn more here http://purdue.university/3rKu1pl Joseph Robinson, a Junior studying Atmospheric Science at Purdue University, shares his real life experience with…

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Protect Purdue Makes Campus Learning Possible

Learn more about Purdue’s Surveillance testing: http://purdue.university/3bFdoFV Our most vulnerable students deserve our best protection. Berkeley Lile, a Junior studying Neurobiology and Physiology is just one of our COVID at risk students. Let her share how surveillance testing helps protect…

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Podcast Ep. 28: Purdue Polytechnic High School | Building a Pathway to Purdue

In this episode we will learn more about Purdue Polytechnic High School (PPHS) and how it is providing a pathway to Purdue for underrepresented students. Gary Bertoline, Dean of the Purdue Polytechnic Institute and Scott Bess, Head of Purdue Polytechnic…

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Write on!

PPHS Schweitzer Center students write, publish their own poetry When Becky Nowling was observing students at Purdue Polytechnic High School Schweitzer Center at Englewood (PPHS), she heard two of them carrying on a conversation that brought a smile to her…

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Get Vaccinated to Protect Purdue

#ProtectPurdue Health Center chief medical officer Dr. Esteban Ramirez encourages all Boilermakers to get the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as they are eligible as part of their commitment to the Protect Purdue Pledge.

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Getting to help kids sooner, and with less debt — that’s my giant leap.

When Maya Steinhart started her college search, she knew she wanted to study Special Education. But it was going to be an expensive endeavor. Tuition rates across the country — and especially in California, where she lived — were higher…

article | Experience

Why you should choose University Residences over off-campus housing

For Navneet Rangarajan, living in University Residences has been a significant factor in how his college experience has played out. “I’ve lived in three different halls over a span of three years, and those experiences have included some of the best highlights…

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Boilermakers Keep Going

#Boilermakers are showing the world what is possible. We keep going again and again and again. #TheNextGiantLeap #PurdueUniversity

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This is why most Purdue students choose to live on campus

Esther Kayonga says her college experience would have been incomplete if she hadn’t chosen to live in University Residences. Here are three of the reasons she encourages new students to live on campus. It’s safe. “I feel very safe in my residence…

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Business success and a national voice

Herman Cain, successful business leader and national voice, was a testament to the Purdue spirit. Cain, who earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Morehouse College in 1967, earned his master’s degree in computer science from Purdue University in 1971…

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A world-class education that costs less than my brother’s did years ago. That’s my giant leap.

Having tuition frozen for 10 years is a giant story in the world of higher education, but for Korbin Zvokel, it’s personal.  “Frozen tuition has had a huge impact on my family and me,” he says. “I’m the youngest of…

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