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 Student Partnerships and Access
Will Sondgerath
Senior Assistant Dean for Staff and Administration, CoE
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 |
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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 & 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 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 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 Matory, Camila 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
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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 |