Purdue University College of Education

Bill Watson and doctoral student Alexander Bowman helped a Mechanical Engineering team use the video game Minecraft to create a pedagogy for teaching solid mechanics to undergraduates.

Purdue’s interdisciplinary approach is overseen by Jenna Rickus, vice provost for teaching and learning, and the grant is co-led by Christy Wessel Powell, associate professor of literacy education and the director of the Center for Literacy and Language Education and Research, and Catherine (Cammie) McBride, professor of human development and family science and HHS associate dean for research.

A Purdue Education professor and his father are using a multidisciplinary approach to equip students in their community to succeed educationally and financially.

Trish Morita-Mullaney is one of four 2024 recipients of Purdue University’s Martin Luther King Jr. Dreamer Award.

In 2013, Amanda Case was reading Hour Detroit magazine and first learned about the Downtown Boxing Gym – a place where students were being educated outside of a traditional classroom.

Purdue University faculty member Yan Ping Xin was one of 44 international faculty members invited by China’s Southwest University to be a visiting professor for its 2023 Summer Global Immersion Program.