Betty Vandenbosch, PhD, Chancellor of Purdue University Global The traditional path through college is to complete a four-year degree following high school and land a full-time job soon after graduation, but that may not garner the career you want. An advanced degree may be necessary to get to the next level. And, women are making […]
Scholarship winner pursues nursing after receiving compassionate care Alyssa Yeoman thought she wanted to be a teacher. Then fate intervened and changed the course of her life. When Yeoman was 14, a pediatric cardiologist at Riley Hospital for Children diagnosed her with sinus tachycardia, a high resting heart rate. Tachycardia is a heart abnormality that […]
Both Katty Kay and Claire Shipman have known incredible success over their careers. As top reporters for BBC America (Kay) and ABC (Shipman), both have had the opportunity to connect with countless women across a multitude of fields. Whether talking with athletes, executives, or researchers, they noticed a common trait all these influential and successful […]
The Purdue Alumni Association is excited to announce the launch of a new job board, designed to connect Purdue Alumni members with job openings posted by partner organizations. “As we evolve our programs and services to meet the needs of twenty-first century alumni, one of the main opportunities we’ve identified is employment and professional development,” […]
An encounter with two members of the North Carolina state legislature put John Turner (HHS’01), a former Army officer and Iraq combat veteran, on track to fulfill the critical needs of 21st century military veterans through a program designed to facilitate community reintegration, counseling, training, and mentoring. During VFW State Legislator Day in May of […]
Holly (Rookstool) Bell (A’85) faced a steep learning curve when she left the private sector to become the director of cannabis for Florida’s Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) in February. She’d spent most of her career working in banking in Nashville, Tennessee, and her new role required her to learn about Florida’s widespread […]
Super Bowl champ counts blessings as his foundation builds schools in Haiti Anyone’s life can change in an instant. A heart attack, a hurricane, a knee to the chin. At just 33 years old, Cliff Avril (HHS’11) speaks with hard-earned authority on each of those examples. His father, Jean Samuel Avril, died from a heart […]
In 2018, the Purdue Alumni Association was pleased to present our inaugural Small Steps, Giant Impact award to Tyler Trent (AS T’18). Trent united the Purdue community with his humility and passion, showing us what a giant impact the small steps of one individual can have on the world. This year, we are also awarding […]
It’s been a winding road, but Winston Crawford (MBA’05) and Sarah (Biegert) Crawford (MBA’05) have finally figured out their version of work-life balance: jobs they’re truly passionate about and lives centered on family. After years in high-powered corporate jobs, Sarah now leads her own wellness-centered business, and Winston works in business operations at Apple’s ad […]
Remembering the architect of the Apollo 11 moon landing You could use many words to describe John F. Kennedy’s promise to put a man on the moon by the end of the 1960s. Daring. Naive. Visionary. Foolhardy. Just a month and a half before Kennedy’s May 25, 1961, address, the Soviet Union had beaten the […]
