With its ongoing commitment to the vision of higher education at the highest proven value, faculty and staff compensation increases, and strategic investments, Purdue University's Board of Trustees today adopted the university’s operating budget for the 2024 fiscal year with revenues modestly exceeding expenditures. Tuition will remain frozen at Purdue’s West Lafayette campus for the 11th and 12th consecutive years, keeping base undergraduate tuition and fees for Indiana residents under $10,000 per year. By 2024-25, 10 graduating classes will have never experienced a tuition increase during their time at Purdue.
Patrick Wolfe, Purdue provost and executive vice president for academic affairs and diversity, at today's Board of Trustees meeting announced Bernie Engel as the next Glenn W. Sample Dean of Agriculture, effective July 15. Engel, chosen following an extensive national search, has served Purdue most recently as senior associate dean of agricultural research and graduate education in the College of Agriculture for the past four years. He succeeds Karen Plaut, who earlier this year became Purdue’s executive vice president for research.
Several leadership appointments and organizational updates were announced at the Board of Trustees meeting today. The new appointments include Sunil Prabhakar, department head and professor of computer science, being named the next vice provost for faculty affairs; Mohit Tawarmalani, academic director of the Krenicki Center for Business Analytics and Machine Learning, serving as interim dean of the Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business; and Eric Barker, the Jeannie and Jim Chaney Dean of the College of Pharmacy, taking on the additional role of (acting) associate provost for graduate programs.
Roberto Gallardo, director of the Purdue Center for Regional Development and an associate professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics, will take on the role of vice president for engagement as the engagement office is elevated to be part of the Office of the President, reporting to Alyssa Wilcox, senior vice president for partnerships.
The Purdue University Board of Trustees today ratified faculty and staff appointments and approved resolutions of appreciation and namings. The newly ratified positions are Myeong Hwan Kim, named the Paul E. Shaffer Chair in Finance at Purdue Fort Wayne; Alejandro Strachan, named the Reilly Professor of Materials Engineering; and Matthew Huber, appointed the David E. Ross Director of the Purdue Institute for a Sustainable Future.
Purdue trustees gave approval today to plan, finance, construct and award construction contracts for the rehabilitation of a Purdue University Airport runway. The project will repave Runway 5/23. In addition, a small connector taxiway will be relocated and reconstructed, and a second taxiway that is no longer used will be eliminated. Work is scheduled to start in May 2024 and be completed in June 2024.
Chancellor Frank Dooley provided the Purdue Global Board of Trustees an update today on growth initiatives and how Purdue Global is improving student success through additional support. As Purdue Global is Purdue’s online university for working adults, Dooley said the goal is to expand its land-grant mission to serve those students. Several teams are working on that goal through a new brand and marketing strategy, a reengineered student journey, and collaborative work with the Office of Industry Partnerships to expand military and academic partnerships.
In his report to the Board of Trustees, President Mung Chiang recognized Purdue faculty who received sponsored research awards from January through April. He also provided updates to university finances, reputation, admissions and commencements. In national rankings released since the last trustees meeting, Purdue is ranked in the top 4 in the U.S. in both its College of Engineering graduate programs and in U.S. patents received. Chiang reviewed Purdue’s recent milestones in technology leadership and global visibility, and he explained the university’s ABCD for serving Indiana and the United States: Airport, Broadband, Corridor (hard-tech corridor) and D.C. He thanked friends of the university for their recent generous
contributions.
In his presentation to the Board of Trustees, Mark Lewis, CEO of the Purdue Applied Research Institute, discussed PARI’s goals and mission of leveraging Purdue’s renowned strengths in science and engineering to advance technology and provide innovative solutions that enhance national security, address infrastructure challenges and needs, and contribute to global food and economic security. On Tuesday (June 6), PARI opened the new $41 million Hypersonics and Applied Research Facility – home to two wind tunnels, one the only Mach 8 quiet wind tunnel in the world, and the hypersonic pulse reflected shock/expansion tunnel. Near-term actions for PARI were also discussed.
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