Name: Peter Alexis Limon Gig: Lighting technician Years on the job: 21 On duty: Maintain light fixtures in Zone 3 on the north end of campus, including athletic facilities, many engineering buildings, and the Northwestern parking garage. What’s in a name: My parents named me Merribelle but nicknamed me Pete from birth. When I was […]
Purdue’s Ilana Stonebraker: “Usually women don’t see themselves in office until they have things they need to change.” In 2018, a record number of women across the United States ran for — and won — political office, including two professors from Purdue’s West Lafayette campus. Ilana Stonebraker, associate professor of library science and business information […]
Walk-on guard keeps rising to her ambitions, lifting others along the way Abby Abel has always chased big dreams. After participating in a Purdue youth basketball camp at age 9, she decided she was going to play for the Boilermakers one day. She continued attending camps each summer; by her junior year of high school, […]
Biochemistry professor Elizabeth Tran: “I finally realized that I needed to stop waiting for someone else to fix things” In 2018, a record number of women across the United States ran for — and won — political office, including two professors from Purdue’s West Lafayette campus. Elizabeth Tran, associate professor of biochemistry and director of […]
MVP Ukari Figgs reflects on NCAA championship 20 years on For Ukari Figgs (me’99), the 1999 NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship game got off to a rough start. She went 0–8 on her shots in the first half. Worse yet: Purdue trailed Duke by five. Figgs, however, was undeterred. She had been through too much in […]
As an undergrad, Tammy Patrick (LA’91) thought she wanted to be a professor of literature. Now she travels the country lecturing, but not about books. Patrick, a senior advisor at the Democracy Fund, is one of the nation’s most distinguished elections administrators. She got her start as a temp for Maricopa County, which hired her […]
Three campus markers on the periphery of Purdue’s West Lafayette campus recognize the work of retired deans of students Beverley Stone (HDR LA’86), Barbara Cook (PhD EDU’67, HDR LA’96), and Betty Nelson. Each marker reads “Purdue University Founded 1869” and was installed on campus between 1982 and 1996. The marker at Grant and State streets, […]
Marathon runner still pushes toward the finish line The first leg of Ann (Stechschulte) Alyanak’s (HHS’01) return did not go as planned, but she still had enough road left in front of her to ensure a strong finish. Alyanak, a mother of three, had taken a break from competing in marathons during the last few […]
For Edwina Payne (T’86), a career in information technology that has swept her all the way to the office of senior vice president and chief information officer hinges on her own tenacity and the support of a loving family. Payne, who worked as an analyst for the Kellogg Company in Michigan before making the leap […]
Name: Pat Wakenell Gig: Professor of avian diagnostics and avian diagnostic pathologist Years on the job: 10 (40 as avian veterinarian) On duty: Complete 100 farm visits a year with my residents, both commercial and small-flock poultry. Birds of a feather: I’ve been friends with Willie Reed (PhD V’82), dean of the College of Veterinary […]
