Name: Charlie Huelsenbeck (A’15) Gig: Assistant Manager, Beef Unit, Animal Sciences Research and Education Center (ASREC) Years on the job: Three On duty: Part of team that manages a herd of 400 to 800 head of cattle between two Purdue-owned farms, including breeding and calving. We assist with feedlot and genetic research projects. Home on […]
Junior Kylie Hase persevered on the pitch, even when she wasn’t accepted Kylie Hase doesn’t know how to take it down a notch. Growing up in Orland Park, Illinois, she started playing soccer at 3 years old in a church league. Her mother tells Hase she fielded concerns from other moms because Hase was very […]
How Roger Follmer built a champion tennis program at WashU Coaching at a division iii school puts the focus on the student part of student-athlete. Washington University in St. Louis doesn’t have scholarship money available to recruit top-tier athletes. Coaching tennis adds another layer of complication. It’s mainly an individual sport, and it’s not uncommon […]
As Purdue University marks its sesquicentennial on May 6, 2019, we share the history of the University — stories both historic and modern — as told through 150 objects. How did we get here? More than once over the past few months, I’ve exclaimed to any colleagues within earshot at the alumni association office: “This […]
Modeled after Manhattan’s renowned Stork Club, the Penthouse was a student nightclub operated in the Purdue Memorial Union during the late 1940s and early ’50s. Briefly situated in the Union’s faculty lounges, the club relocated to the South Tower in 1950. Tuxedoed hosts welcomed patrons and escorted them to candlelit tables while adult chaperones ensured […]
Everyone has a story. There just needs to be people in this world willing to listen. Every story matters. TYLER TRENTSeptember 7, 1998 — January 1, 2019 The first time I met Tyler Trent (as T’18), I scheduled a half-hour interview. We ended up talking for almost three hours. Tyler had a way about him […]
Ryan Cline’s resiliency, patience pay off in his senior year A lot of people might have given up. They might have transferred. They might have allowed their frustrations to get the best of them. They might have lost their patience. Not Ryan Cline. He knew his time would come. As a senior at Carmel High […]
Megan Stevens Montanti (LA’07) — known professionally as Megan Sara — has always felt a connection to the natural world. Interested in biology, she enrolled at Purdue in the College of Science; however, she soon realized her heart wasn’t in it. Montanti’s education prior to college had been very focused on the arts, and she […]
Names: Tim Miller (ECE’79) & Kenny Schwartz Gig: Research Engineers Years on the job: Tim: 40, Kenny: 14 On duty: We both work in Birck Nanotechnology Center. We’re two of five left who helped design the facility and its systems. Tim makes the purest water in the world. We go through a few thousand gallons […]
Name: Peter Alexis Limon Gig: Lighting technician Years on the job: 21 On duty: Maintain light fixtures in Zone 3 on the north end of campus, including athletic facilities, many engineering buildings, and the Northwestern parking garage. What’s in a name: My parents named me Merribelle but nicknamed me Pete from birth. When I was […]
