Purdue Alumni Association // President’s Council // John Purdue Club

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The Transformation sculpture

‘Transformation’

Quite literally transforming campus, the 40-foot bronze Transformation sculpture was installed on the south portion of campus in 2002 to serve as more than an art form. Transformation was given to the University as a gift from the class of 1952. The class raised over $860,000 for a scholarship fund and the commissioned piece that […]

Amber Johnson

Making Her Own Space

Amber Johnson Purdue’s first black woman to earn computer science PhD When Amber Johnson (PhD S’19) walked across the stage at Elliott Hall of Music, she knew she was making history as the first black woman to earn a doctorate in computer science at Purdue University. “It’s cool that my graduation coincides with the 150th […]

Ashwin Kutty

Throughout his career, Ashwin Kutty (MBA’04) has worked in a number of fields, from health care to technology to academia. So it was only natural that he’d end up in an industry that spans almost every sector imaginable. Kutty is the president and CEO of WeUsThem, an advertising agency and global consulting think tank based […]

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