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WEEK OF OCTOBER 7, 2024
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October PCC Meeting
Mark your calendar for the next Purdue Communicators Council meeting. This meeting will be held virtually on Microsoft Teams.
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Purdue in the News
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Get To Know George Karlaftis — Former Purdue Football Star and Two-Time Super Bowl Champion With the Kansas City Chiefs
In this episode of “This Is Purdue,” we’re talking to George Karlaftis (BS selling and sales management ’21), Purdue football alum, current defensive end for the Kansas City Chiefs and two-time Super Bowl champion.
In this episode you will:
- Follow George’s journey from playing water polo in Athens, Greece, to football at West Lafayette High School in Indiana.
- Learn what drew George to Purdue football and how he balanced being an All-Big Ten first team athlete with earning a degree in selling and sales management.
- Discover George’s favorite Purdue moments, including staying close to family and the memorable upset against Michigan State in 2021.
- Hear about George’s rapid NFL success — from being drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs to winning two Super Bowls in his first two seasons.
- Get behind-the-scenes insights into his NFL career, including his biggest mentors on the Chiefs and the toughest quarterback he’s faced.
Whether you’re a Purdue or NFL fan, you don’t want to miss this incredible episode with an alum whose Boilermaker persistence has helped shape him into the two-time Super Bowl champ he is today.
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Record number of Purdue Global graduates celebrate their accomplishments at October commencement
Purdue Global celebrated the accomplishments of more than 2,200 graduates among three in-person and two virtual commencement ceremonies on Oct. 5. More than 10,000 guests, faculty and staff attended the in-person commencements at Elliott Hall of Music. The graduates represented 26 countries and 49 states, including 390 residents from Indiana, plus the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. |
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University of Chicago professor Lars Hansen, 2013 Nobel laureate in economic sciences, to highlight Purdue Presidential Lecture on Oct. 17
Nobel laureate Lars Peter Hansen, an expert at the forefront of economic thinking and asset-price modeling, will join Purdue President Mung Chiang for the next edition of the Presidential Lecture Series. Hansen’s talk, titled “Uncertainty in Our Scientific Inputs Into Policy: Disguise It or Embrace It?” is at 6 p.m. Oct. 17. |
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For second year in a row, Purdue ranked among top 50 undergraduate colleges in America by U.S. News & World Report
Purdue is the No. 1 public university in Indiana according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2025 Best Colleges rankings. Because of the university’s reputation as one of the nation’s most forward-thinking institutions, U.S. News also ranked Purdue among its top 10 Most Innovative Schools in the U.S. for the seventh straight year.
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Introducing the Purdue University in Indianapolis Style Guide
Encompassing strategy, voice, fonts, design elements and photography — the Purdue University in Indianapolis Style Guide outlines how to present our new urban campus. Use this resource as a means for increasing internal and external awareness and content creation for your respective school, college or unit in Indianapolis. Remember, there are opportunities for students in West Lafayette in Indianapolis, too.
View the style guide here.
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