Nathalie Duval-Couetil, director of the Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program and associate professor of technology leadership and innovation, has been elected to the board of the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship as vice president for research. USASBE offers programs for entrepreneurship education and encourages research that has practical application.
Saudi Arabia experience includes study abroad, internship
Students and faculty from Purdue's Department of Building Construction Management visited Saudi Arabia for a second straight year last spring.
WITty Sisters mentoring program receives seed fund grant
The College of Technology’s Women in Technology (WIT) student organization got a little bit of help in their efforts to recruit and retain the next generation of female leaders in technology, thanks to a $750 grant from the National Center for Women & Information Technology.
WIT was awarded the 2013 Student Seed Fund grant, sponsored through a partnership between NCWIT Academic Alliance and Symantec, for their WITty Sisters mentoring program.
CoT students create play area for local Boys and Girls Club
Area youth who take advantage of programs at the Lyn Treece Boys and Girls Club have a new playground area thanks to students at Purdue’s College of Technology (CoT) at Lafayette. As part of CoT’s OLS 46700 Service Learning course, the college students transformed an empty lot into a safe and fun place for kids to play.
The project was partially funded by the Community Service Student Grant Program, facilitated by Purdue’s Office of Engagement. Additional support came from Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Wabash National, Oerlikon Fairfield and Kohl’s.
South Bend’s student ambassadors find time to volunteer
Originally organized as campus diplomats, the student ambassadors for Purdue’s College of Technology at South Bend have expanded their activities to include outreach and community service. The Fall 2012 semester has been a busy one for the ambassadors, who have taken on three separate projects around the South Bend community.
Class of 2012: What now for Suruchi Shah?
As the College of Technology’s December 2012 graduates complete their time at Purdue, we are profiling a few and finding out their future plans and how they arrived at this point in their lives. Commencement was December 16, 2012.
Suruchi Shah, Gujarat, India
Software developer for Bank of America in Chicago, Ill.
Class of 2012: What now for Benjamin Cox?
As the College of Technology’s December 2012 graduates complete their time at Purdue, we are profiling a few and finding out their future plans and how they arrived at this point in their lives. Commencement was December 16, 2012.
Benjamin R. Cox, West Lafayette, Ind.
In Process Control Professional Staff for Subaru of Indiana Automotive in Lafayette, Ind.
New graduate-level course to tackle Open Compute Challenge
The College of Technology has created a graduate-level course that will tackle a design challenge posed by engineers at Facebook.
Class of 2012: What now for Sam Schreiber?
As the College of Technology’s December 2012 graduates complete their time at Purdue, we are profiling a few and finding out their future plans and how they arrived at this point in their lives. Commencement is December 16, 2012.
Sam Schreiber, Fort Wayne, Ind.
Technical illustrator for Tesla Motors in Fremont, Calif.
Taylor featured as one of five 'fun makers'
All work and no play? No way. Boilermakers know how to have fun. They have spirit. Attitude. A zest for making the most out of life.
Lloyd Taylor, a sophomore industrial technology major from Gary, Ind., is being featured as one of 5 Students who are Fun Makers during December 2012.
Read the full story about Taylor and the other campus fun makers.