PESLA Cohort 4.0

PESLA Cohort 4.0

Leadership

Karin (Kaisa) Ejendal

Karin (Kaisa) Ejendal

Senior Research Scientist, BME

Will Gwin

Will Gwin

Assistant Director, Web Communications & Multimedia, CoE

Susan Khalifah

Susan Khalifah

Director of Student Experience, CE

Jacqueline McDermott

Jacqueline McDermott

Associate Director of Graduate Diversity and Inclusion, CoE

Will Sondgerath

Will Sondgerath

Assistant Dean for Staff & Director of Administration, CoE

Yuxiang Wang

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 WangSara 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 FolkAndrea McIntyreGeorge 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