While today’s students unintentionally skate across patches of ice exposed by campus snow brooms — or ice polishers, as they’ve been cautiously dubbed — previous generations enjoyed ice skating as a more recreational activity. An outdoor ice rink, located just north of the swimming pools, was a crowd-pleasing feature of the Co-Recreational Gymnasium (now the […]
Redshirt senior Sherridan Atkinson found a home at Holloway After two seasons at Long Beach State, outside hitter Sherridan Atkinson was looking for a new collegiate home. She blanketed Division I coaches with the same generic email, ending each one with a school-specific shoutout — “Fight on Trojans!” or “Go Boilers!” Dave Shondell, Purdue’s head […]
Walk-on guard keeps rising to her ambitions, lifting others along the way Abby Abel has always chased big dreams. After participating in a Purdue youth basketball camp at age 9, she decided she was going to play for the Boilermakers one day. She continued attending camps each summer; by her junior year of high school, […]
Meet the Boilermakers behind some of tabletop gaming’s hottest titles Sir Ragnar had been found. He was alive but badly hurt. The wizard only needed to escort the injured knight back to the staircase where the rest of the rescue party was waiting. Suddenly, an alarm sounded throughout the dungeon. Ulag, the Orc Warlord, and […]
Imagine walking out of a restaurant, store, or your office, hopping on a bicycle a few steps away, riding to your next destination, and securing the bike at any nearby rack or parking area without needing to carry a lock. That’s the dream Candice Xie (M’16) and Edwin Tan (MS ME’17) had in early 2016, […]
Meet the sports turf managers who maintain America’s ballparks You’ve heard of the seventh inning stretch? Joey Stevenson is a big fan of the fourth inning nap. The head groundskeeper for the Indianapolis Indians keeps a pillow under his desk. Following the third inning drag, he checks the radar, and if skies are clear, he […]
Name: Pat Wakenell Gig: Professor of avian diagnostics and avian diagnostic pathologist Years on the job: 10 (40 as avian veterinarian) On duty: Complete 100 farm visits a year with my residents, both commercial and small-flock poultry. Birds of a feather: I’ve been friends with Willie Reed (PhD V’82), dean of the College of Veterinary […]
Relentless drive for perfection fuels linebacker Markus Bailey Markus Bailey was 6 years old when his world came crashing down. The eldest of two sons has nothing but fond memories of those prior early years. His parents, Demarko and Amy Bailey, were still in high school when Markus was born. He recalls a loving home […]
Cary A unit friends celebrate 45th annual reunion Ask any Cary Quad resident circa 1974, “Who was the biggest jerk who walked the halls?” and you were likely to hear the same answer: Chuck Harville (P’76, DP’89). It was a mantle he didn’t mind. It can be fun to be the instigator. In those days, […]
Telescoping prosthesis enables 10-year-old girl to bow violin It’s atypical to see a piano as part of a grade school orchestra ensemble, but that’s exactly what Zayra Vincent encountered when she visited the Burgin Elementary School music room this spring. There, in the back of the Arlignton, Texas, classroom, a smiling 10-year-old girl plucked […]
