This week’s ‘Thumbs Up’ recipients

An aerial view of a fountain on the Purdue University campus

July 16, 2024 Purdue Today

Liz Fitzgerald and Julie Dort

Liz Fitzgerald (Center for Teaching and Learning) and Julie Dort (Purdue Global School of Business and IT): The Purdue Global Ambassadors send anniversary wishes each month to Purdue Global employees. I’d like to send a special thanks to the team members dedicated to this endeavor — Liz Fitzgerald and Julie Dort. The sentiment is appreciated monthly by many! Thank you! — Laurie Hansen (Purdue Global Alumni Relations)

Ken Ross

Ken Ross (Materials Management Administration): Ken went above and beyond on a shipment that was very important to the recipient. He went out of his way to make the delivery and made the customer extremely happy and thankful. Thank you, Ken, for your great customer service! — Carmen Buck (Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars)

Kyra McIntosh

Kyra McIntosh (Purdue Memorial Union Administration): Huge kudos to Kyra McIntosh for her help with the Rack and Roll transition and for her deep dive into problem-solving! It is very much appreciated! — Bonnie McCauley (Infrastructure)

Brandon Ball and Alan Farrester

Brandon Ball and Alan Farrester (both Operations and Maintenance): Thank you for coming to our rescue when we had a surprise cradle pickup. We are so lucky to have you here on campus! — Michelle Radtke (Birck Nanotechnology Center)

Purdue Libraries Facilities team

Purdue Libraries Facilities team: Commendations to Doug Rice, Jacinda Laymon, Abby Begley, Adriana Neidige, Jasmin Gutierrez, Nina Puetzer, Sophia Parker and Candy Scott (all Libraries) for their exceptional efforts this summer in completing our fourth-floor renovation ahead of schedule. Thanks to their dedication, we now enjoy a significantly larger and more efficient work area for our student workers, along with enhancements to other Archives and Special Collections areas as various workspaces were reconfigured. This monumental task was executed flawlessly, and we could not be more appreciative of this team’s hard work and the outstanding results they have achieved. — Craig Leavell (Archives and Special Collections)