Author: Kerri Elizabeth Richardson

Nancy Clark, LUM Citizenship Classes coordinator; Phillip VanFossen; Anne Murphy-Kline

Providing books to U.S. citizen hopefuls

The director and assistant director of our James F. Ackerman Center for Democratic Citizenship provided books and teacher resource guides for Lafayette Urban Ministry’s (LUM) citizenship classes on the evening of Tuesday, July 11. Phillip VanFossen, Director of the Center...

PhD student a ‘Top 10 Under 40’

Ileana Cortes Santiago, a PhD student in literacy and language, was honored today as one of the Top 10 Under 40 in Greater Lafayette. The award is bestowed by the Tippy Connect Young Professionals organization in connection with Greater Lafayette Commerce. Santiago's contributions...

Marcia Gentry awarded funds from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation

Marcia Gentry, director of GERI and professor of gifted, creative and talented studies, was awarded $50,000 from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation to study census data to determine the under-representation of low-income students from rural areas and elsewhere in gifted...

Communication key to dealing with grief during the holidays

Grief regarding the death of a loved one can be as big a part of the holidays as celebration for some families, according to College of Education professor Heather Servaty-Seib, who specializes in grief. She said the traditional gatherings of...

Old Master Phoebe Bailey shares how educators can impact students

Alumna Phoebe Bailey (MS ‘72 COE; PhD ’79, CLA) visited campus in November as part of Purdue’s Old Masters program, a long-standing Purdue tradition that unites distinguished alumni and inspires students to embody the value of a Boilermaker experience. Bailey...

Students spend Fall Break in Chicago Public Schools

Nearly 20 students from EDCI 205 (Exploring Teaching as a Career) spent Fall Break (October 10-12) in Chicago, where they learned about education in urban environments. Purdue alumni Christina O’Leary (BS ’11) and Chris Vienna (BS ’13), as well as...