When he was a student at Purdue, football standout Chukky Okobi (LA’00) started using neuro-linguistic programming (NLP). For Okobi, the psychotherapy approach — which aims to take control of thoughts and behaviors — helped him gain a competitive advantage on and off the field. “I used NLP to maintain control of my mental and emotional […]
When Tamara Markey (IE’94, MS’16) walked down the halls of her Indiana high school, McKenzie Center for Innovation and Technology, one day in October, she thought she was heading to a meeting for one of the many programs she leads. But then she turned the corner and saw her husband, Maurice (IE’98), and her children, […]
Former pilot keeps his cool as head referee of Super Bowl LIII When John Parry (T’88) took the field at Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta February 3, he stepped onto a global stage at a moment in history when his profession needed his best. As if the pressure of serving as head referee for the […]
Ryan (CEM’96) and Sheri (M’96) Maibach are community builders in multiple senses of the phrase. Ryan is an actual fourth-generation builder. After college, he started work at Barton Malow, a family-owned construction firm founded in 1924 that now employs about 2,200 people and pulls in around $2.5 billion in annual revenue. He held half a […]
As Purdue University marks its sesquicentennial on May 6, 2019, we share the history of the University — stories both historic and modern — as told through 150 objects. How did we get here? More than once over the past few months, I’ve exclaimed to any colleagues within earshot at the alumni association office: “This […]
Koula Sophianou (LA’95, MA’97) lives a cosmopolitan life as the ambassador of Cyprus to the Kingdom of Spain. It’s the kind of life Sophianou dreamed of growing up in her island country, where early life was marked by tragedy: her father was killed during the Turkish army invasion of Cyprus in 1974, when Sophianou was […]
Modeled after Manhattan’s renowned Stork Club, the Penthouse was a student nightclub operated in the Purdue Memorial Union during the late 1940s and early ’50s. Briefly situated in the Union’s faculty lounges, the club relocated to the South Tower in 1950. Tuxedoed hosts welcomed patrons and escorted them to candlelit tables while adult chaperones ensured […]
Black Cultural Center celebrates 50 years of embracing diversity Folks you’d better stop and think.Everybody knows we’re on the brink.What will happen, now that the King of love is dead? Three days after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., Nina Simone and her band debuted “Why? (The King of Love Is Dead)” in New […]
Across Purdue’s campus, several time capsules will one day give future Boilermakers a glimpse into university life during the 20th and 21st centuries. Some of the time capsules are buried near campus landmarks, while others are nestled within the cornerstones of key campus buildings or within the walls of new construction. On September 11, 1970, […]
Everyone has a story. There just needs to be people in this world willing to listen. Every story matters. TYLER TRENTSeptember 7, 1998 — January 1, 2019 The first time I met Tyler Trent (as T’18), I scheduled a half-hour interview. We ended up talking for almost three hours. Tyler had a way about him […]
