PESLA Cohort 4.0

PESLA Cohort 4.0 in the Dauch Alumni Center

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 Student Partnerships and Access

Will Sondgerath

Will Sondgerath

Senior Assistant Dean for Staff and Administration, CoE

Yuxiang Wang

Yuxiang Wang

Senior Academic Advisor/International Student Support Coordinator, ECE


Leadership Academy Members - Cohort 4.0

Catherine (Kat) Burkhart

Senior Program Manager, Purdue Systems Collaboratory

Chelsea Cummings

Staff Specialist, CoE

Haley Cutler

Senior Program Manager, EPICS

Patrick Francis

Assistant Director, Employer Engagement, OPP

Ross Meyers

Research Project Manager, LASER PULSE

Caryn Morgan

Assistant Director, Academic Advising, CoE

Jeffrey Myers

Lead 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, CCE/CEM

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 & Jason Dietz PGSC 105
19 Oct. 31, 2023 Purdue Research Foundation Brian Edelman & 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 1001
22 PESLA Project Dec. 12, 2023 PESLA Project Feedback & Individual Meetings Cohort 4.0 PGSC 105
23 Strategy, Management and Emotional Intelligence Jan. 9, 2024 Project Management & Agile Leadership Drew Furry & Lowell Williams PGSC 105
24 Jan. 23, 2024 Campus Master Plan & PESLA Project Gantt Chart  Amber Chellis-Omedo & Will Gwin PGSC 105
25 Feb. 6, 2024 Emotional Intelligence Karen Hull PGSC 105
26 PESLA Project Feb. 20, 2024 Project Gantt Chart Small Group Discussion & Intro to Book  Cohort 4.0 PGSC 105
27 Mar. 5, 2024 Project Small Group Check-ins Cohort 4.0 PGSC 105
28 Purdue Applied Research Institute (PARI) Mar. 19, 2024 Purdue Applied Research Institute (PARI) Kea MatoryCamila Shanley, & Diana Harbison Mann Hall 203
29 Etiquette, Hosting, Negotiating Business & Social Situations Apr. 2, 2024 Etiquette, Hosting, Negotiating Business & Social Situations Anthony Cawdron PGSC 105
30 Leadership Skills Apr. 16, 2024 Book discussion on That's not how we do it here by John Kotter and Holger Rathgeber Vic Lindsay PGSC 105
31 Purdue in Indianapolis Apr. 30, 2024 Purdue in Indianapolis Will Sondgerath & Tamara Kinzer-Ursem PGSC 105
32 Assessment May 14, 2024 AEM Cube Assessment Scott Hutcheson PGSC 105
33 PESLA Project Jun. 18, 2024 Project Small Group Check-ins & LinkedIn Workshop Cohort 4.0, Will Gwin & Jackie McDermott PGSC 105
34 Purdue Athletics Facilities Tour Jul. 16, 2024 Purdue Athletics Facilities Tour Benjamin Jones & Kyle Misch
900 John R. Wooden Drive
35 PESLA Project Aug. 6, 2024 Project Small Group Check-ins Cohort 4.0 PGSC 105
36 College/University Data Sept. 10, 2024 Data Discussion David Robledo & Sabrina Tanner PGSC 105
Bonus Global Competence Oct. 1, 2024 Global Competence Aletha Stahl PGSC 105
37 PESLA Project Oct. 15, 2024 Project Small Group Check-ins Cohort 4.0 PGSC 105
38 TBD Nov. 12, 2024 TBD TBD PGSC 105
39 PESLA Project Dec. 3, 2024 Project Presentations to Cohort Part 1 Cohort 4.0 PGSC 105
40 PESLA Project Dec. 10, 2024 Project Presentations to Cohort Part 2 Cohort 4.0 PGSC 105
41 PESLA Project Jan. 21, 2025 Poster Sessions and Graduation Cohort 4.0 TBD
PESLA Cohort 4.0 session with Purdue for Life Foundation in the Dauch Alumni Center.
PESLA Cohort 4.0