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Fall Festivities Around Purdue

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Fall is my favorite time on Purdue’s campus – between the changing leaves with the brick buildings and colder temperatures while studying, it feels like a quintessential college movie. A wide variety of activities on and off campus mark the season, and if you’re looking to spend a few hours or a weekend, there’s something for every individual or group Purdue Farmers Market Every Thursday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in May through October, the Purdue Farmers Market takes place on Memorial Mall. This is always a very popular event, and I frequently run into someone I know getting a snack, buying produce, or getting some fresh air on the lawn. Many vendors return year after year, and goods for sale include in-season vegetables, condiments, baked treats, jewelry, plants, honey, clothing, grab-and-go lunches and snacks, and more. Football Games There’s nothing quite like a Purdue football game on a brisk fall day, and both Homecoming Weekend and Fall Family Weekend are especially good times to
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Purdue Attends The SWE National Conference

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Every year, the Society of Women Engineers hosts their annual Society of Women Engineers National Conference, the world’s largest conference for women in engineering and technology. As a Purdue student involved in SWE, I, along with many of my fellow boilermakers, had the honor of being sponsored by PSWE to attend the conference free of charge. Having gone to the conference as both a freshman and sophomore, I can definitely say that it has been one of my favorite experiences as a woman in engineering here at Purdue. So, what is it? The SWE Conference is a three-day event that offers endless networking opportunities, interactive workshops on leadership and engineering subjects, and even the world’s largest career fair for women in engineering and technology that features over 450 different organizations. This year’s conference took place in Chicago, IL from October 24 to October 26. The opening keynote speaker was Sharon Hong, who spoke about the intertwined nature of success and anxiet
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College Need-to-Knows: Purdue Edition

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Every college campus is vastly different from the next, and it can be hard to get the full picture of what day-to-day life is like from a student’s perspective. Here are a few things that we think will be important and helpful to know if you are considering applying to Purdue: Food Purdue offers students a choice from 6 different meal plans: Unlimited, 14-Track, 10-Track, 7-Track, 80-Block, and 50-Block. The Unlimited option allows students to stop in to the dining halls as many times as they want throughout the week, whereas the 14, 10, and 7-Track limit students to 14, 10, or 7 swipes into the dining halls per week, respectively. The 14-Track is the recommended plan, but I was on the 7-Track and enjoyed being able to make my own meals when I did not want to go to the dining halls. Finally, students on the 80-Block and 50-Block plan can eat at the dining halls 80 or 50 times per semester. These plans are great for students living off-campus who want the option to eat on campus every o
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Art Meets Engineering: Olivia Baehl

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Each year, Purdue Women in Engineering mails out hundreds of handwritten, personalized postcards along with an information handout and a sticker to each woman who has been admitted to Purdue Engineering. The designer of the current sticker is student Olivia Baehl. Olivia Baehl is a senior in Civil Engineering with concentrations in Structural and Geotechnical Engineering from Evansville, IN. She is an ambassador for the Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering as well as an active participant in the Women in Engineering Program. I sat down with Olivia and reflected with her on her experiences at Purdue. Olivia Baehl (CE '25) and the sticker she designed. Why did you choose Purdue?  “I grew up a Boilermaker, but that's not why I chose Purdue. I’ve always known that I wanted to pursue engineering and the variety of engineering disciplines that Purdue offers is what initially drew me in. I knew that I’d be able to find exactly what I wanted to choose as a career. Add
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