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Chancellor’s Message

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009 - 11:54 am

dear friends,

Chancellor Cohen

In this issue, we have chosen to focus on three ideas that define Purdue University Calumet:

Faculty expertise
Partnerships & Outreach
Experiential learning

Previously, we have shared with you numerous accounts about our faculty’s scholarly activities, teaching excellence and commitments to service. But in this issue, you can hear from them personally – literally.

One of the benefits of online publishing is the ability to turn messages into spoken words. We have invited seven of our professors from different disciplines to respond to some of the most challenging and perplexing issues facing our society. In brief interviews, they share their opinions and even offer a thoughtful projection or two of what we might anticipate in the future.

The other primary feature of this issue spotlights one of the most exciting new advancements on our campus. The Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation (CIVS) serves, not only as a learning laboratory for engineering students, but also as a resource for local industries to troubleshoot problems that impede their productivity and effectiveness.

The CIVS uses visualization and simulation to identify problems, challenges and difficulties and, subsequently, addresses them from the “inside” – as in the simulated inside of a steel manufacturer’s blast furnace, an oil refinery’s wash water system and an energy company’s boiler.

The outreach opportunity to partner productively with industry also draws on faculty experts and student engineers, the latter of whom learn experientially through their hands-on involvement in real, industrial world projects.

In this issue – and day to day – faculty expertise, partnerships & outreach, and experiential learning go a long way in shaping Purdue University Calumet’s 21st century image.

Sincerely,

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Howard Cohen,
Chancellor

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Thursday, April 16th, 2009 - 12:02 pm

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dear friends,

Chancellor Cohen

As we have come to learn over the years, Purdue Calumet students’ lives are complicated and tightly scheduled. As they pursue their Purdue degree, our students juggle jobs, family, and other relationships and commitments as they attend classes, study, write papers, do laboratory research and meet with their professors, advisors and fellow students. Every day is an exercise in balancing priorities.

As you’ll read in these pages and in our expanded, on line edition, Purdue Calumet students tend to approach their lives in a practical, structured manner. They invest in their futures and prioritize their lives by making judgments about what is important and what is relevant.

Our faculty also make judgments about what is important and what is relevant as they structure the student learning experience. As our society changes, priorities change. New knowledge emerges, prompting new technology to advance better ways to realize our dreams and fuel opportunities for new jobs and careers. Our educational commitment is to provide cutting edge instruction and programs that prepare students for those opportunities.

In this on-line issue, you will gain a taste of both perspectives—just how complicated and complex our students’ lives can be (Welcome to my world! – Feature Story) and some of the ways in which Purdue Calumet responds through new, changing and restructured academic programs (Adapting academically – Feature Story).

An effective, relevant 21st century Purdue Calumet education does not rest merely on the laurels of Purdue tradition; it also builds on the anticipated needs of our students.

Sincerely,

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