Thomas Giordano

The Martin C. Jischke Outstanding International Student of the Year Award was awarded to Thomas E. Giordano of Sao Paulo, Brazil, who majored in industrial engineering. Established by President Emeritus Martin C. Jischke, this award honors an international Purdue student who has attained a minimum 3.0 grade point average, demonstrated leadership qualities, achieved academic accomplishments through further research, publications or presentations and participated in service projects. The recipient receives a cash award along with their name inscribed on a plaque in Schleman Hall.

Two of the four recipients of the Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts are engineering students. They were awarded to Alec S. Brooks of Westfield, Indiana, who majored in multidisciplinary engineering with a concentration in acoustical engineering; and Peter K. Schulz of Chicago, who majored in mechanical engineering. 

The prize is awarded to outstanding seniors who have demonstrated excellence and the highest standards of proficiency in the visual or performing arts. This award is endowed by the late Louis Sudler, a Chicago businessman and supporter of the arts. The recipients receive $1,000 and a certificate.

Alec S. Brooks

Peter K. Schulz

Two of the three students who received the Amelia Earhart Scholarship are engineering students. They are Marina Mehling of Phoenix, Arizona, majoring in cellular and molecular engineering in biological engineering and planning to graduate in 2021; and Natalie K. Zamiechowski of Park Ridge, Illinois, majoring in chemical engineering and planning to graduate in 2022.

This scholarship was reinstituted in 1999 after Doreen Buranich Simmons, a 1971 Purdue graduate, committed to see the scholarship return to Purdue after learning of its demise in the 1970s. Her gift became a catalyst for Joan Russell Dudding to honor the university and Amelia Earhart by funding the scholarship on an ongoing basis. The Amelia Earhart Scholarship is awarded to a junior or senior with a minimum 3.2 grade point average who demonstrates leadership, determination, ability and the potential in academic and/or community activities. 

Marina Mehling

Natalie K. Zamiechowski