In 20 years, nearly 1,000 Purdue students have participated in GEARE, Purdue’s groundbreaking global engineering and work experience program.

The efforts to build relationships, support students’ interests and engage students in learning led to Marika Santagata receiving the Charles B. Murphy Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, the university’s highest undergraduate teaching honor.

Ramses Martinez, who has joint appointments in industrial engineering and biomedical engineering, chats with ChE undergraduate Yasar Dambo in the College of Engineering's video series, "Office Hours."

Thendral Kamal, a sophomore in the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, met her Purdue Engineering hero, Sirisha Bandla, a member of Purdue University's Cradle of Astronauts.

Upon graduation in May, Sam Dlott will join the "Hotdoggers" program, which began in 1988. Only college seniors who are about to graduate are eligible, and less than 1% of applicants are typically selected for 12 positions.

Somali Chaterji, a professor of agricultural and biological engineering, chats with ChE undergraduate Mamie Johnson in the College of Engineering's video series, "Office Hours."

The recruitment, retention and graduation initiatives Marion Blalock introduced at Purdue were so successful that they became a template emulated by universities across the country.

Milind Kulkarni, a professor of electrical and computer engineering, chats with ECE undergraduate Sam Dlott in the College of Engineering's video series, "Office Hours."

Thomas Stahura, an interdisciplinary engineering major in the School of Engineering Education, and Purdue student Shantanu Roy are co-founders of the software development company Quasi.

The roots of the National Society of Black Engineers are in West Lafayette at Purdue University, dating back to 1971.