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Purdue Polytechnic has extraordinary students, faculty, staff and alumni. Many have stories to tell that go beyond their plans of study, their jobs or their research. Read their stories — and see yourself here.
Greg Strimel of Purdue Polytechnic Institute's Department of Technology Leadership and Innovation is a 2023 winner of the Murphy Award. (Purdue University/The Persistent Pursuit)
Greg Strimel fused teaching and research to win Murphy Award for instruction
The Persistent Pursuit, Purdue University’s publication highlighting the community’s outstanding stories, recently spoke with Purdue Polytechnic’s Greg Strimel. This...
Date May 11, 2023     Written by Nick Pompella Nick Pompella
2023 Murphy Award winner Bryan Hubbard has been at Purdue for 20 years, much of it within the School of Construction Management Technology.
Bryan Hubbard dives deeper into Murphy Award win
In a new interview with The Persistent Pursuit, Charles B. Murphy Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award winner Bryan Hubbard gave some revealing insights into his background and teaching...
Date May 11, 2023     Written by Nick Pompella Nick Pompella
Gryphon Mawhorter, a rising senior in audio engineering technology, works on the first fret of his latest guitar in the "guitar lab" on Lambertus Hall's fourth floor.
Guitar lab student forges his own path with Polytechnic curriculum
Gryphon Mawhorter has been making guitars for as long as he’s known how to use power tools. A junior in audio engineering technology (AUET), it was clear to Mawhorter long before he...
Date May 09, 2023     Written by Nick Pompella Nick Pompella
Julie LaGrange holds up a We Fight Together care package (Purdue University photo/Alison Manges)
Cancer survivor launches non-profit “We Fight Together”
In July 2020, Julie LaGrange received some of the worst news one can receive: a diagnosis of stage two breast cancer. After battling for a year and a half and coming out cancer-free, LaGrange...
Date April 06, 2023     Written by Alison Manges Alison Manges
Mark French, professor of mechanical engineering technology, with a student in the popular "guitar lab" course (Purdue University photo/John Underwood)
Students use hands-on skills, teamwork to build guitars in popular Engineering Technology course
One of the most popular courses in campus is MET 34900 (Stringed Instrument Design and Manufacture). Given that students get to design and build their own guitars in the course, it’s no...
Date February 21, 2023     Written by John O'Malley John O'Malley
Angel Price
Disney connections: Purdue alum keeps “Pandora – The World of Avatar” flying
  It’s 5:45 a.m. on a Monday morning, and Angel Price (BS mechanical engineering technology ’07) is already on the move. She walks fast, passing industrial-size...
Date February 13, 2023     Written by Jared Pike Jared Pike
Hudson Tsang
Unmanned aerial systems student discovers a love for flight outside of the cockpit
There’s more than one way to fly. When a childhood medical issue with his eyesight delayed his plan to become an airplane pilot, Hudson Tsang took his father’s advice and checked...
Date January 31, 2023     Written by John O'Malley John O'Malley
Nah’Shon Williams (Purdue University photo/Charles Jischke)
Scholarship enables student to pursue construction management degree
A new partnership with a national college outreach and youth leadership development organization gave 11 first-year students a chance to become Boilermakers. Purdue partnered with the Posse...
Date December 20, 2022     Written by John O'Malley John O'Malley
Matt Folk honored John Cox and Antonia Munguia as recipients of the 2022 Special Boilermaker Award during the Purdue vs. Nebraska game on Oct. 15. (Purdue Athletics)
Munguia receives Special Boilermaker Award
Toni Munguia, Purdue Polytechnic’s director of recruitment, retention and diversity, was named a recipient of the 2022 Special Boilermaker Award for her dedication to Purdue....
Date December 12, 2022     Written by John O'Malley John O'Malley
Markell Jones
Alumnus makes giant leap from Mr. Football to Piedmont Airlines first officer
Markell Jones (BS professional flight ’19) was always fascinated with flying. He has his father, a pilot, to thank for that. “My Dad would share stories with us, and I could tell...
Date November 28, 2022     Written by John O'Malley John O'Malley
Tatiana Ringenberg
Ringenberg completes giant leap from Purdue student to professor
What’s one way to become a true-blue Boilermaker? Do what Tatiana Ringenberg did: Earn all of your degrees at Purdue. Ringenberg, assistant professor of cybersecurity in Purdue Polytechnic...
Date November 21, 2022     Written by John O'Malley John O'Malley
Mike Reckowsky on Techies Today, the Purdue Polytechnic Podcast
Techies Today Episode 017: Mike Reckowsky & Tech Expo, a Showcase of Student Solutions
Mike Reckowsky, director of industry relations in Purdue Polytechnic, says companies that sponsor students’ senior capstone projects receive working prototypes that address real-world...
Date October 10, 2022     Written by John O'Malley John O'Malley