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Purdue University is calling all Boilermaker fans to join in celebrating those who play a vital role in shaping our future generations — our community educators. The Golden Hammer Educator Appreciation football game will take place Saturday, Aug. 31, which is Purdue’s season opener against Indiana State University.

Signe Kastberg has been named as the Benjamin Meaker Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Bristol, U.K. She will collaborate with Tracy Helliwell to research how mathematics teacher educators design and implement instructional activities and practices.

Jennifer Smith is a founding co-director, along with colleague Jasmine Begeske of the newly approved Center for Research and Equipment for Assistive Technology in Education (CREATE).

A College of Education faculty member has joined a campaign to advocate for student-specific bereavement leave policies at higher education institutions.

The U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board announced that Anne Traynor received a Fulbright Specialist Program award for a project at Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia in Colombia.

The Purdue Center for Rural Research, Education, and Outreach is partnering with Purdue Extension to give Indiana high school seniors early college credit for their 4-H experience.