Congratulations to Purdue Space Day for receiving Purdue University’s Outstanding Program Award at a banquet on Thursday, April 9, 2015.

Given by the Student Activities and Organizations (SAO) office on behalf of the more than 900 active student organizations on campus, the award is one of only three such awards presented annually.

The Outstanding Program Award is given to the student organization that has implemented the most outstanding campus program during the academic year. Criteria for the award include a committee selection for the student program which has achieved the following:

• A creative and original program which is social, recreational, educational, cultural, or fundraising in nature;
• Benefited the membership, the University and/or the community;
• Successful publicity and promotion;
• Organizational participation, group effort;
• Effective pre-planning and implementation;
• Demonstrated successful evaluation of program.

Faculty advisor for Purdue Space Day is Dr. Michael Sangid, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Purdue Space Day Coordinator is Ms. Casey Hendrickson.

Back row (left to right): Varsha Ganapathy, Tommy Tang, Stephen Whitnah, Benjamin Vernhes, Michael Peters, Brachston Grubbs
Front row (left to right): Rowan del De Ronde, Blair Francis, Zarin Bari, Lauren Kolkman, Kristen Hector
Not pictured: Matthew Gripe, Nicoletta Fala, Kathryn May, Casey Hendrickson, Dr. Michael Sangid