Tag: purdue
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Purdue Anniversary
Today was my sixth year of employment with Purdue University. During that time, I’ve gotten to know a great many people across the University and have expanded my knowledge far beyond what I had dreamt when I first joined Purdue. On June 30, 2008, I began working for the Physics department as a Desktop Support Specialist.…
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Purdue Strength
Today, a tragedy occurred on campus. Andrew Boldt, a senior in ECE and TA for ECE 362 was shot and killed by fellow TA Cody Cousins. The shooting is said to be targeted as no-one else was involved and Cody went outside and waited to be taken into custody. While completely senseless, the Purdue community…
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
This will be a quick post consisting of just a slew of pictures from the talk and a short video (with some bad camera work by yours truly), but Neil deGrasse Tyson was at Purdue on Thursday, September 19, 2013 to give a talk. It was a great 2+ hours of listening to his thoughts…
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Purdue Half Marathon and 5K
Yesterday was the first annual Purdue Half Marathon and 5K. It was a pretty cold day ( 43º according to the Nike Running app), but the race itself was pretty fun. As it took me days to fully recover from the half marathons that I have run, I have decided that they definitely aren’t for…
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Purdue 5k 2012
Today was the 2012 Purdue 5k Challenge. Mom and Dad came down to watch us run. This was Justin’s first official 5k and he did great! My bib was #888 and I finished 179th place with a time of 24:03. Justin was #1392 and finished 433rd place with a time of 28:14.