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The Voice

It’s minutes before kickoff and the crowd at Ross-Ade Stadium has fallen to a whisper. Thousands of fans are on their feet with their heads angled upward, hearts swelling with pride, tears pooling in the corners of their eyes. A rich baritone voice fills the air, the solemnity of the words echoing out across campus. […]

Life on Fake Mars

My eight-month mission in simulated space exploration It was around 1:00 a.m., and we were huddled in a circle just outside our rooms. The cold nights were nothing new. We’ve been awakened by the ruckus of strong winds flapping our habitat’s vinyl covering against its metal frame. The winds of this storm were the strongest we […]

Mardi Johnson Moore

When Mardi Johnson Moore (M’82) was a teenager, she started coming to Purdue to visit her older sister, Virginia Johnson Pillman (HHS’76). It was then that her sister introduced her to Original Frozen Custard in Lafayette. At the time, it was just a tasty treat, not an epiphany. But it’s funny how things work out […]

Alumni Pay it Forward

For more than 100 years, Purdue Alumni Clubs have been promoting Purdue pride in communities around the nation, and they are currently expanding around the world. These clubs reunite Boilermakers to network, socialize, and relive their Purdue memories even though the location may be many miles from campus. Often alumni gather for a game watch, […]

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All for One

As one of the largest Greek communities in the nation, Purdue is home to 12 cooperative houses and more than 80 fraternities and sororities, many of which have a long history on campus. Now, in the face of challenging headlines nationally, a group of alumni, students, and administrators is coming together to make sure the […]

Orlando Ashford

Orlando Ashford (T’91, MS T’93) had never been on a cruise when he took over as president of the Holland America line on December 1, 2014. He embarked on his first one four days later. “There are some fun perks to the job,” he says. A rising star in the corporate world, Ashford was working […]

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Cary Risk Table

Generations of Cary Quad men will recognize the hand-drawn Risk table that has anchored student gathering spaces since the 1970s. It currently resides in the fourth-floor lounge of Cary Southwest. The strategy game released by Parker Brothers in 1959 is one of the best-selling board games of all time. But the identities of the students […]

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