PESLA Cohort 4.0
Leadership
Karin (Kaisa) Ejendal
Senior Research Scientist, BME
Will Gwin
Assistant Director, Web Communications & Multimedia, CoE
Susan Khalifah
Director of Student Experience, CE
Jacqueline McDermott
Associate Director of Graduate Diversity and Inclusion, CoE
Will Sondgerath
Assistant Dean for Staff & Director of Administration, CoE
Yuxiang Wang
Academic Advisor/International Student Support Coordinator, ECE
Leadership Academy Members - Cohort 4.0
Chantalle Brown
Senior Academic Advisor, BME
Betty Bugusu
Lead Research Admin Specialist, LASER PULSE
Catherine (Kat) Burkhart
Senior Program Admin Specialist, Purdue Systems Collaboratory
Chelsea Cummings
Administrative Manager, CE
Haley Cutler
Senior Program Manager, EPICS
Patrick Francis
Senior Experiential Learning Programs Manager, OPP
Richard (Rich) Franks
Senior Systems Engineer, ECN
Stephen McBride
Assistant Director Graduate Student Success, CoE
Ross Meyers
Research Project Manager, LASER PULSE
Caryn Morgan
Senior Academic Advisor, CoE
Jeffrey Myers
Senior First-Year Engineering Academic Advisor, ENE/FYE
Gabriela Nagy
Director of Industrial Education, ChE
Nicole Piegza
C-BRIC Research Operations Manager, ECE/C-BRIC
Rabita Rajkarnikar
Senior Internship Program Manager, CEM
Nichole Ramirez
Assistant Director, VIP
Brianne Wrede
Assistant Director, WiE
Curriculum
Curriculum dates will be added/updated regularly as session plans are finalized.
| Session # | Theme(s) | Date | Topic(s) | Presenter(s) | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welcome & Introduction | Feb. 7, 2023 | Engineering 101 & Icebreaker | Will Sondgerath | PGSC 105 |
| 2 | Facilitating Discussions | Feb. 21, 2023 | Facilitation Skills & Group Photo | Tamara Ogle | PGSC 105 |
| 3 | Unit Presentations & Facilitating Discussions | Mar. 7, 2023 | Unit Presentations Pt. 1 & ECN | Cohort 4.0 & Sundeep Rao | PGSC 105 |
| 4 | Mar. 21, 2023 | Unit Presentations Pt. 2 & Book Discussion Ch. 1 & 2 | Cohort 4.0 | PGSC 105 | |
| 5 | Apr. 4, 2023 | Unit Presentations Pt. 3 & Book Discussion Ch. 3 & 4 | Cohort 4.0 | PGSC 105 | |
| 6 | Apr. 18, 2023 | Unit Presentations Pt. 4 & Book Discussion Ch. 5 & 6 | Cohort 4.0 | PGSC 105 | |
| 7 | Communications & Branding | May 2, 2023 | Book Discussion Ch. 7, 8 & 9 | Cohort 4.0 | PGSC 105 |
| 8 | May 16, 2023 | Book Discussion Ch. 10 & Evolution of the Purdue University Brand | Cohort 4.0 & Ethan Braden | PGSC 105 | |
| 9 | May 30, 2023 | College of Engineering Communications & Book Discussion Ch. 11 & 12 | Christine Babick & Cohort 4.0 | PGSC 105 | |
| 10 | Jun. 13, 2023 | Strategic Doing Through Strategic Communication | Beth Allwes | PGSC 105 | |
| 11 | PESLA Project & Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | Jun. 27, 2023 | Crafting Your Project Proposal & PESLA Project Overview | Sally Bond, Kate Theobald & Karen Hull | PGSC 105 |
| 12 | Jul. 11, 2023 | PESLA Project Intro & Bowen Lab Tour | Yuxiang Wang & Sara Bowlin | Bowen 1003 | |
| 13 | Jul. 25, 2023 | CILMAR IDI Debrief | CILMAR | PGSC 105 | |
| 14 | Leadership Skills | Aug. 8, 2023 | Strategic Doing Workshop Part 1 | Scott Hutcheson | PGSC 105 |
| 15 | Aug. 22, 2023 | Strategic Doing Workshop Part 2 | Scott Hutcheson | PGSC 105 | |
| 16 | PESLA Project | Sept. 12, 2023 | PESLA Project Initial Pitches | Cohort 4.0 | PGSC 105 |
| 17 | Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging | Sept. 26, 2023 | ODIB | Christopher Munt | PGSC 105 |
| 18 | Budgets & Fundraising | Oct. 17, 2023 | Budgets & Funding | Brittany Vestal | PGSC 105 |
| 19 | Oct. 31, 2023 | Purdue Research Foundation | Brian Edelman, Greg Deason & Brooke Beier | Convergence Center Discovery Room | |
| 20 | Nov. 14, 2023 | Purdue for Life | Matt Folk, Andrea McIntyre & George Keegan | Dauch 2205 | |
| 21 | Birck Nanotechnology Center & Semiconductors | Nov. 28, 2023 | Tour of Birck Nanotechnology Center | Zhihong Chen | Birck Nanotechnology Center |
| 22 | PESLA Project | Dec. 12, 2023 | PESLA Project Feedback & Individual Meetings | Cohort 4.0 | PGSC 105 |