Elizabeth Shewmaker, ChE Senior, Highlighted as Part of the "Five Students Who Give Back" Series

Event Date: December 4, 2009
Elizabeth Shewmaker, a Senior in Chemical Engineering, was highlighted as part of the "Five Students Who Give Back" Series. She volunteers with College Mentors for Kids at Purdue.

Elizabeth Shewmaker, a Senior in Chemical Engineering, was highlighted as part of the “Five Students Who Give Back” Series. She volunteers with College Mentors for Kids at Purdue. Now in her third year with the organization, Shewmaker partners with children from Glen Acres Elementary School in Lafayette, spending time doing activities related to culture and diversity, economics, community service and higher education. During her time at Purdue, she has helped low-income children in a small community in El Paso, Texas and also visited New Orleans to assist in rebuilding in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

 
Purdue University hosts more than 36,000 students from cities and towns across America and countries all over the world. They are Boilermakers and so much more. They are mothers, daughters, sons, husbands, environmentalists, veterans, philanthropists, pilots, painters and inventors. Purdue’s Five Students seeks to share the lives and triumphs of the Purdue family, five stories at a time.