Join us for a special two-day event May 2 and 3, 2025, hosted by Ray W. Herrick Laboratories to celebrate our research, facilities, and connections! All students, staff, faculty, and partners of Herrick (past present and future!) are welcome to "come home" and share some time with your fellow Boilermakers!

We are also celebrating the retirements of Jim Braun, Patricia Davies, Stuart Bolton, and Peter Meckl.

Herrick Open House  |  Retirement Celebration  |  Golf Outing  |  Hotels, Parking, and Other Info

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  Herrick Laboratories Open House

Open House activities begin on Friday at Herrick Labs and include:

• Guided tours of Herrick Labs state-of-the-art facilities, both of the Legacy Building and the "new" HLab
• Learn about the exciting plans underway to create Herrick 3.0, a new research facility - sessions at 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
• Catch Purdue Pete from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
• Cookout lunch available from 11:30 to 1:30 (registration required)
• Campus tours on the Boilermaker Special (Approx 30 minute tours) starting at 12:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
• A research poster show highlighting innovative work by graduate and undergraduate students
• Networking with alumni, faculty, staff, and students at all levels

Friday, May 2, 2025
10:00am - 3:00pm
Location: Ray W. Herrick Laboratories, 177 South Russell Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907

Please park in designated parking lot located at 250 Nimitz Drive.

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  Reception and Dinner Honoring Our Herrick Faculty Retirees

You are cordially invited to the beautiful Stables Event Center to join the Herrick Community for a special reception and dinner celebrating our four retirees, Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering Stuart Bolton, Profesor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering Jim Braun, Professor Emerita of Mechanical Engineering Patricia Davis, and Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering Peter Meckl.

*Update: Peter Meckl cannot attend in person, but we will have cards to sign with your well wishes!

Friday, May 2, 2025
6:00 - 7:00pm Reception - sponsored by Carrier
7:00 - 9:00pm Dinner - sponsored by Cummins

Location: The Stables Event Center, 7071 South 100 East, Lafayette, IN 47907

Registration for each guest is required.

Thank you to our sponsors:

Dinner Sponsor	Reception Sponsor

 

For your safety and convenience, optional transportation will be available for free. A shuttle service will be running from three designated hotels to The Stables Event Center. Please register here. (See schedule below) 

Pickup	Holiday Inn City Center	5:00 p.m.
Pickup	Hilton Garden Inn	5:15 p.m.
Pickup	Hampton Inn-West Lafayette	5:30 p.m.
Dropoff	The Stables Event Center
	Leave The Stables Event Center	9:30 p.m.
Dropoff	Hampton Inn-West Lafayette	9:45 p.m.
Dropoff	Hilton Garden Inn	10:00 p.m.
Dropoff	Holiday Inn City Center	10:15 p.m.

            

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Golf Outing

Calling all golfers! Meet us bright and early at Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex to play 18 holes on the beautiful Ackerman-Allen course. A luncheon will follow.

• Cost per golfer is $85
• Paid registration is required
• Rent clubs at the course for $75 per premium set for 18 holes

Saturday, May 3, 2025, tee-time is at 8:00am

Ackerman-Allen golf course, 1300 Cherry Lane, West Lafayette, IN 47907

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  Hotel Accommodations

Suggested nearby hotels:

Holiday Inn City Center

• 515 South Street, Lafayette, IN 47901
• Click here to book

Hampton Inn & Suites

• 160 Tapawingo Dr., West Lafayette, IN 47906
• Click here to book

Hilton Garden Inn West Lafayette Wabash Landing

• 356 East State Street, West Lafayette, IN. 47906
• 765-743-2100
• Click here to book
  • The booking link above can be used for reservations or by calling the hotel direct at 765-743-2100

Driving & Parking Info

Driving Directions for Drop-Off:

Herrick Laboratories is located at 177 S. Russell St., West Lafayette, IN 47907

Please note: Russell Street is currently under construction so you must enter from Harrison Street. Although the road is marked "closed to through traffic" you are able to enter and continue to the lab for drop-off only. We are located just before the actual construction.

Parking for Herrick Homecoming and Herrick Labs:

If you are visiting the Herrick Homecoming daytime activities, visitors should park in reserved parking lots located at 250 Nimitz Drive (at the Harrison Street/Martin Jischke Drive/Nimitz Drive roundabout) and catch our golf cart shuttle to the Herrick Labororatories HLAB.