PCC Weekly Email - Week of Aug 26

WEEK OF AUGUST 26, 2024

August PCC Meeting
Thank you for joining us for the August meeting of the Purdue Communicators Council. You can download the meeting presentation by clicking on the button below or view the meeting recording here.

September PCC Meeting
Mark your calendar for the next Purdue Communicators Council meeting. This meeting will be held in person at the Convergence Innovation Center or on Microsoft Teams.

Date: September 24
Time: 1:30-2:30 p.m.
In-person location: Convergence Innovation Center
Meeting link: Microsoft Teams Meeting

Purdue in the News
CNBC: U.S. tech companies are recognizing that operating in China isn’t good for business: Michelle Giuda
Inside INdiana Business: Purdue names leader overseeing alumni groups
WTHR: Meet Purdue's own Caitlin Clark

Purdue Research Series | A Look into Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences Innovations with Preeti Sivasankar
In this episode of “This Is Purdue,” we’re talking to Preeti Sivasankar, Purdue University’s vice president for research innovation and professor in the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences.

Societal transformation begins with research, and no one knows this better than Preeti. Since joining Purdue’s faculty 19 years ago, she has contributed to making the department a leader in the field. Purdue is now home to the No. 2 speech-language pathology graduate program and No. 8 audiology graduate program in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report. And as the newly appointed vice president for research innovation, she helps lead other Boilermaker researchers as their work continues to impact the world.

In this second episode of our 2024 Purdue Research Series, you will:

Learn more about Preeti’s research in voice disorders, what causes them and how we can prevent vocal strain.
Explore how Purdue’s Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, part of the College of Health and Human Sciences, provides students and faculty with unique research opportunities and experiences.
Discover how, as vice president of research innovation, Preeti’s approach to interdisciplinary research at Purdue will take our students’ and faculty’s work to the next level.
Find out about the mentorship that’s shaping the next generation of researchers and making a significant impact in speech, language and hearing sciences.
Hear her debunk common myths about saving our voices and describe what we can do to protect them.

You don’t want to miss this special episode with this persistent and boundary-pushing Boilermaker!

Fall Admissions Distribution
As future Boilermakers work on their college applications, don’t forget to remind them that Purdue has a program for every interest! Check out some new social posts you can use on your channels to encourage prospective students to explore all the majors we have to offer.

Purdue alumna, U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee executive Julie Dussliere named president and chief executive officer of Purdue for Life Foundation
Julie Dussliere, a Purdue alumna and longtime executive with the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee, has been named president and CEO of the Purdue for Life Foundation. Dussliere, who will begin Oct. 1, succeeds Matt Folk, who served as president and CEO since 2019 and now will become ambassador for Purdue University in Indianapolis.

Babak Anasori drives hands-on learning in nanomaterials labs
The culture in Babak Anasori’s labs is one of discovery. Everyone is encouraged to be involved and has the opportunity to discover. Learn how this mindset is inspiring students in Indianapolis and West Lafayette to design novel nanomaterials known as MXenes (pronounced "maxines"), which can be used in energy storage and generation, biomedicine, and more.

Bullets in your writing
There’s the common way to handle bullets in your copy — and there’s the correct way. First, proper style calls for capitalizing the first word following the dash or bullet. Use periods at the end of each sentence in a bulleted list. Punctuation at the end of a single word or single phrase in a list is not needed. The biggest, most common mistake writers make is not using parallel construction for each item in a list.

Some tips to assist:

Start with the same part of speech for each item (in this example, a verb).
Use the same voice (active or passive) for each item.
Use the same verb tense for each item.
Use the same sentence type (statement, question, exclamation) for each item.
Use just a phrase for each item, if desired.

Examples of phrases with no punctuation at the end:

Cat videos
Home improvement shows
Word puzzles

Introduce the list with a short phrase or sentence:
Our partners: or These are our partners: or Our partners are:

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