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 […]
While green energy may be a buzzword that gets tossed around the social media and business worlds with alacrity, it is much more than the environmental cause du jour for Pak Lam Brian Chan (LA’11) — green energy is part of his family business. Chan took over as CEO of P.T. Rimba Palma Sejahtera Lestari […]
Lessons on preparation, failure learned on the softball field One week before she graduated in May, Stephanie Ramsey (LA’18) played her last Big Ten softball game. In those waning innings, as she guarded second base, Ramsey surely considered the softball routines that became old hat — batting practice, dugout chatter, road trips. The bittersweet last […]
Name: Cathy Alkire Gig: Horticulture specialist Years on the job: 26 On duty: Plan and design flower beds; grow plants from seed in the greenhouse; install, water, and fertilize 40,000 plants around campus each year; tend to flower beds and landscape features. You’d be surprised: We find a lot of cell phones in the flower […]
Every day, 22 people die waiting for an organ transplant. Darrin Carrico (HHS’90) is trying to change that unacceptable statistic. Carrico graduated with a degree in restaurant, hotel, and institutional management, with an emphasis on business, but realized six months after graduating that his passion lay elsewhere. “I had an entrepreneurial bent, but I wanted […]
How athleticism delivered Donald Winston from a life of poverty, hardship When a teacher asked Donald Winston what the most important thing in his life was, the freshman at Scecina Memorial High School in Indianapolis had a one-word answer: Football. Winston (T’00, MS T’01) was a non-Catholic and an African American in a predominantly white […]
Meghan Fay (HHS’06) has a knack for being in the right place at the right time. What else could explain a career that began with a degree in behavioral neuroscience and has included continent-hopping work in law, wedding planning, and luxury fragrance design? Her personal credo underscores the varied avenues she’s taken: “I have a […]
MMA athlete credits Zen-like philosophy for heavyweight success Matt Mitrione won’t take a punch in the face for free. Certainly not if he can help it. In fact, in five of 18 professional fights, he says he hasn’t even been touched. Having played on some of Purdue’s greatest football teams, Mitrione (LA’04) employs unique training […]
Lori (Barnett) Rice (HHS’02) knows a thing or two about experiential learning. As a student in a nutrition communication course at Purdue, she was given an assignment to style food and take a photo. “I remember thinking, ‘Why are we doing this?’” To Rice, who was more interested in fitness and the science of nourishment, […]
