This week’s ‘Thumbs Up’ recipients

Grounds Refuse and Recycling

Thank you to the Grounds Refuse and Recycling crew for their help with the waste characterization audit. Brian Rose and Wyatt Carmony’s (both Ground Recharge Operations) help with planning and daily operations made it a successful effort. A big thank-you to the crew, especially Benjamin Vaughn (Ground Recharge Operations), for getting the waste to us and helping with cleanup. Always appreciate the effort you all put into this. Bleed gold, black and green. — Patrick Brown (Energy Development and Sustainability)

Kimberley Vestal and Stephanie Whitaker

Thank you for your outstanding support organizing the 2024 International Lowe Syndrome Symposium on the West Lafayette campus Oct. 29-30. Kim and Stephanie (both Biological Sciences) went way beyond the call of duty by providing great ideas during the organization phase, keeping us on the right track, and supporting and solving issues on-site while the event was taking place! — Ruben Claudio Aguilar (Biological Sciences)

Juan Morales and the Masonry crew

Thank you, Juan (Operations and Maintenance) and the masonry crew, for all your hard work on our building’s exterior. The walls and sidewalks look incredible. — Michelle Radtke (Birck Nanotechnology)

Zone 7

We cannot thank you enough for the all the work you did to make this past shutdown successful and for your continued support of the Birck Nanotechnology Center. — Michelle Radtke (Birck Nanotechnology)

Purdue Grounds

Thank you for keeping Birck’s grounds clean and beautiful. — Michelle Radtke (Birck Nanotechnology)

Alyssa Wagner

Alyssa (Honors College Advising), you made magic happen in the John Martinson Honors College for the Family Weekend event on Friday. Your talents and care for our students shine through so well. You are very much appreciated! — Onyx Uzomah (Honors College Advising)

Those who helped with meditation at Purdue Global Village 2024

Thank you to Melinda Linscott (Tutoring), Beth Smith (Alumni Relations) and Carolyn Stevenson (Undergraduate School of General Education) — Purdue Global Ambassadors and meditation team members — for leading meditation at Purdue Global Village 2024. Also, thank you to Liz Fitzgerald (Center for Teaching and Learning), Joni Boone (Academic Administration) and Carolyn, photographers whose images were selected for meditations at Purdue Global Village 2024. Meditations at Purdue Global develop a consistent meditation practice for enhanced resilience, compassion and empathy to increase focus, reduce stress and build positive relationships with colleagues and students. Meditation sessions are offered at 11 a.m. ET most Mondays. The link to join can be found on the Purdue Global and Student Life calendars. All are welcome. — Laurie Hansen (Alumni Relations)

Michael Mundy, Jonathan Duncan and Tracy Smith

As the Purdue Department of Computer Science was preparing Indianapolis space for fall classes, there was a considerable amount of unnecessary furniture, equipment and supplies left from the transition that needed to be removed. The challenge was for WL Computer Science staff to arrange to move and transport a truckload from Indianapolis back to Purdue Surplus as expediently as possible. After a couple of phone calls, Michael (Operations and Maintenance) connected me with two Purdue colleagues who were able to help. Thumbs-up to Jonathan and Tracy (both Operations and Maintenance), who provided support outside of their normal roles. Thank you all very much! — Jamie Richards (Computer Science)

Those who provided safety training to student groups

I would like to thank Monte Brewer, Brian Ullrich, Jan Aynes, Andy Crawford, Joe Lane, Jonathan Duncan, Corey Spear, Josh Beeler and Bill Woodward (all Operations and Maintenance) for supporting and providing safety training to our various student groups within Civil and Construction Engineering. Sharing your expertise in welding and using a variety of hand tools while emphasizing safety is a great benefit to our students. We really appreciate you all taking time away from your busy schedules to share your mechanical and safety knowledge. — Dave Rater (Civil and Construction Engineering)

Patrick Jewell

I just wanted to say thank you to Patrick (Administrative Services) for being an amazing person. We all need to strive to your kindness. Thank you! — Terri Griffin (Operations and Maintenance)

Aimee Glover and Jamie Moffatt

Aimee and Jamie (both Pharmacy Administration) are the ultimate team players! When a situation arose that prevented me from performing my duties at a recent event, they jumped into action. They took it upon themselves to learn how to use new equipment on short notice and made sure everything was handled in my absence. They are phenomenal and deserve recognition for their efforts. Thank you, Aimee and Jamie! — Jennifer Stewart-Burton (Pharmacy Administration)

Birck Building Services crew

Thank you to Eduardo Tovar Lopez, David Ocker, Matthew Phillips, Alex Figueroa, Margarita Villa, Vickie Gilliam and Jacob Sanders (all Building Services). Your efforts are an integral part of Birck’s success. Thank you for all you do! — Michelle Radtke (Birck Nanotechnology)