Women of Purdue: Celebrating Women's History Month
Happy Women’s History Month! This month, our team wanted to highlight some of the ways Purdue supports her women students and the women in Purdue's history who have paved the way for others to follow in their own educational and professional pursuits. In this blog, we are focusing on some of the important women to Purdue’s history, both engineers and non-engineers. France A. Córdova France is an astrophysicist who worked in astrophysics research and professing at various universities for nearly 23 years. She became Purdue’s eleventh president in 2007 and was also Purdue’s first woman president. She was a professor of physics and astronomy and advanced Purdue’s commitment to research. Her important contributions to the University include raising the levels of research funding, reputation, and student retention. Following her career as Purdue’s president, France became the director of the National Science Foundation. The “CoRec”, as it is popularly known, is named after her;