PURDUE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF THE YEAR GLACURH 2015 Saginaw Valley State University 0
TABLE OF CONTENTS HISTORY OF PURDUE P. 2 PURDUE UNIVERISTY STATISTICS P. 3 PURDUE RHA AND NRHH P. 4 MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS P. 5 PURDUE UNIVERSITY HOUSING P.6 PURDUE UNIVERSITY DINING P.7 RESIDENCE HALL AND COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMS P. 8 RESOURCES FOR STUDENT SUCCESS P. 13 RECOGNIZING RESIDENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS P. 14 IRHO, GLACURH AND NACURH INVOLVEMENT P. 15 LETTERS OF SUPPORT P. 16 1
HISTORY OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY The Indiana General Assembly voted to participate in the Morrill Act that was passed in 1862 and chose the Lafayette area for the new institution. They accepted a $150,000 gift from John Purdue, as well as $50,000 from Tippecanoe County, 100 acres of land from local residents and on May 6 th 1869, Purdue University was founded. Purdue University has grown to become a world-renowned institution. It has the second largest student body of the universities in Indiana, as well as having the fourth largest international student population among United States institutions. It has been 140 years since the first classes were held in this institution and since that day, Purdue University has come to offer more than 200 majors for undergraduates, over 70 masters and doctoral programs, and professional degrees in pharmacy and veterinary medicine. In addition, Purdue has more than 1000 student organizations. Purdue University s Division of Diversity and Inclusion provides the building of a more diverse and inclusive campus community. Bringing together the resources of cultural centers and diversity programs across campus and reaching underrepresented students in K-12 schools across the state. 2
PURDUE UNIVERSITY STATISTICS 40,000 Students at Purdue University 30,000 Undergraduate Students 12,000 Students Living on Campus Largest voluntary housing system Over 8000 International Students Largest Residences Hall on Campus houses 1,200 Over 1,000 Student Organizations Over 200 Undergraduate Majors 125 Countries Represented at Purdue Ranked #62 Best National University 23 Astronauts Graduated from Purdue 16 Residences Hall on Campus Ranked #6 in Overall Engineering Program 3 rd Largest International Student Population Ranked #2 on GLACURH OTM (as of 2015) 2 Nobel Laureates Ranked #1 in: Agricultural & Biological Engineering, Graduate & Undergraduate Programs 3
PURDUE RHA AND NRHH Purdue University s Residence Hall Association strives to promote, support, and increase connectivity between Residential Communities while providing opportunities in which leaders can develop. While having three committees, made up of Hall Representatives, working hard to improve the student experience in the residential communities, the RHA Executive Board focuses on the bigger picture. RHA s efforts range from hosting the Jay Severson Student Leadership Retreat, at Camp Tecumseh, for every residential community s leadership team to sponsoring and creating programs that cater to residents needs. What we do has an impact on the people around us. Weekly meetings are only the minimum requirement while being a part of our organization. However, our members are enthusiastic about the work we do and spend many hours outside of these meetings impacting the students around them; the ripple effect at its best! During the last affiliation year, RHA had put up several hall-wide programs for residents to participate in, such as City Council Debate, Purdue Pads and sponsoring concerts every semester. The NRHH Boilermaker Chapter strives to provide recognition for students living in Purdue s university residences who have displayed outstanding service, leadership, and academic excellence. NRHH promotes activities that encourage and develop leadership qualities not only in its members, but also in its residents within the residence halls. Such as planning a Spring Leadership Conference and planning the End of the Year banquet for all University Residences hall staff and hall club executive board members. In addition, NRHH often reaches out past its Purdue Community for philanthropy efforts to the Greater Lafayette area. From hosting a leadership conference in conjunction with RHA, to overseeing one of GLACURH s most active OTM programs. 4
MEETING THE NEEDS OF RESIDENTS Purdue s RHA, NRHH, Hall Clubs and Resident Assistants help fulfill the needs of Purdue s Residents and strive to make the Purdue Residential Life experience better every day. From social programming and leadership development, to implementing plans to provide students with better facilities, we do it all. Purdue s RHA specifically has an Issues & Facilities Director and committee that specializes in addressing concerns of residents. Tasks this team has tackled include safety and security of community buildings and political canvasing. This year the committee will be evaluating the e- cigarettes policy in the residence halls and continuing the safety and security initiatives from last school year. Some residence hall organization leaders also get the opportunity to sit on the Purdue Housing and Food Services Advisory Committee, where leaders bring concerns of the residents directly to administration. Purdue s administrators allow the students voices to be heard and this past year the committee worked on increasing capacity in the dining halls as well as reworking dining plans to allow for multiple unlimited meal options. As high-achieving students make up the majority of our population at Purdue, providing social programming that allows students to thrive and take a break from their busy academic schedule is another way we meet the needs of our students. Each hall is assigned a liaison from the Counseling and Psychological Services department on campus. We also have a faculty and staff member, called a Faculty Fellow, assigned to each floor in our halls. The goal is to help faculty connect with students, as well as allow faculty the opportunity to develop students outside of the classroom. In order to meet the needs of our ever growing student population, Purdue has implemented a Gender Inclusive Living Community in Hillenbrand Hall. This community is open to any student that is a sophomore or above and has an understanding of gender identity and gender expression. University Residence strives to meet the diverse needs of the student population and be inclusive of all residents. 5
PURDUE UNIVERSITY HOUSING Purdue University has one of the largest voluntary housing systems in the United States. Providing over 12,000 beds each year for students. In addition, over 90% of first year student decided to stay with University Residences. Purdue has 16 Residence Halls on campus and provides different styles of living for students. Different styles include double rooms with community bathrooms, suite style living, single rooms (some of which have a private bathroom), and apartment style living. Each Residence Hall has their own hall club (except Purdue Village, family and graduate housing) in order to create strong hall pride and culture within each of the Residence Halls. Purdue Residence Halls Cary Quadrangle - Largest Residence Hall on campus, housing 1,200. Earhart Hall First Street Towers - Single Rooms with private bathroom, housing 400+ Harrison Hall Hawkins Hall Hillenbrand Hall Hilltop Apartments McCutcheon Hall Meredith Hall Owen Hall Purdue Village Shreve Hall Tarkington Hall Third Street Suites - Newest Residence Hall on campus, housing 304. Wiley Hall Windsor Halls 6
PURDUE UNIVERSITY DINING Purdue University has 5 dining courts and multiple restaurant and retail locations across campus. All of the dining courts are buffet style and offer options that fit all dietary restrictions. This year Purdue restructured meal plan options based upon students feedback. This year we provide an 8 and 13 meal plan, Boiler Block that provides 246 swipes for the year and Boiler Flex Unlimited 250; in addition, Purdue introduced the Boiler Flex Unlimited 500 meal plan, which is unlimited and has double the dining dollars (money that can be used at Purdue retail locations and restaurants) of the Boiler Flex Unlimited 250. Moreover, two of our five dining courts are continuous-serve, allowing students to be able to enjoy our dining experience anytime. Each dining court also has a nutritionist and dietitian on staff for students to inquire about eating healthy or special dietary needs. Residential Dining also offers On-the-Go! On-the- GO! is a carry-out option for dining. It provides a variety of hot and cold sandwiches, salads and snack items. Beverages are free when you swipe your PUID and use the refillable cup that is provided to each student during move-in. Purdue Dining Courts Ford Dining Court - Ford is known for their pizza. Windsor Dining Court - Windsor is known for its vegetarian options. Earhart Dining Court - Earhart is known for its make your own entrée, like pizza or pasta bake. Wiley Dining Court - Wiley is known for its meat. Hillenbrand Dining Court - Hillenbrand is known for its brunch. 7
RESIDENCE HALL AND COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMS Jay Severson Student Leadership Retreat This program is a student-run leadership retreat for members of Residential Life at Purdue. The retreat took place on October 2-3, 2015. The executive board members from each hall club are invited to this two day retreat away from campus. This retreat is hosted by students, for students. It is geared toward helping members learn and develop their leadership skills and have fun within their respective hall executive boards! To help create a fun environment the retreat was themed superheroes. The theme became part of all aspects of the retreat including the t-shirts, names of the meeting spaces, and costumes worn by participants. The main goal of the retreat was for our participates to discover their student leadership potential and walk away with a new found passion for Purdue University s Residential Life. So that when they returned to their residence halls they could be strong student leaders and utilize their full potential when leading the residence halls. The program received overwhelmingly positive reviews from participants through a survey sent out after the retreat. A majority of the participants felt they became better and strong student leaders by attending the retreat. 8
Shreve Semi Formal The Shreve Semi Formal is an annual event hosted by the Shreve Club Beavers. The Semi Formal is a widely appreciated and attended event on the campus of Purdue University. The Shreve Semi Formal is open to residents of all residence halls and takes place at the Grand Ross Ade VIP Pavilion and the Media Box. This event consists of a dance, money free gambling, and multiple other programs or activities taking place simultaneously. An example of a program or activity is having an improv comedy groups such as Ship of Fools perform at the event. The Shreve Semi Formal also provides students the opportunity to socialize with other individuals and take creative pictures at the photo booth! The event features complimentary snacks and beverages provided to all attendees. The Semi Formal provides transportation for attendees on the Purdue BoilerMaker Special (a train that can drive on the road). As the night progressed the dance floor became quite popular, Purdue Students had some slick dance moves. City Council Debate For the first time, due to City Council redistricting, Purdue University is included in the West Lafayette election districts. In a new zone that includes 12 of our 16 residence halls, we have had 3 different residents from Purdue s Residence Life get involved in local government. After publishing a letter of support for all 3 candidates last year, Purdue s RHA initiated a voter registration drive, which culminated in a debate for all three to share their issues and address concerns from the student body. Purdue s RHA was able to invite West Lafayette Mayor John Dennis to moderate the debate, and media outlets, including TV, the student newspaper, and the local city newspaper were all in attendance. After packing the room, many students found the experience and valuable one for getting more informed about the local political process. 9
Fall Concert Parachute The Residence Hall Association collaborated with Purdue s Student Union Board, Purdue Student Government, and Purdue Student Concert Committee to host an incredibly successful concert for students on September 11 th, 2015 in Elliott Hall of Music. Featuring Parachute and special guests Hembree. Parachute is a band that started in a high school in Charlottesville, Virginia, and remained together through the members careers at University of Virginia. They have since released three major albums and are wellknown for their songs She Is Love and The Mess I Made. Having such great headliners and all of the work of the student leaders led to having an amazing turnout of over 3,000 Purdue students. Purdue Pads Purdue s RHA continued to push the programming bar up with its next innovative program. RHA s goal was to create a larger presence on social media. RHA used Purdue Pads to increase this presence as well as show off other rooms on campus, and of course give the students an opportunity to show themselves off. RHA centered the program on their Facebook page. The first part of the program had residents who wanted to participate, send in pictures for initial judging. After initial judgment, ten finalists were chosen. These finalists moved on to the filming section of the competition. Our own Purdue Boiler Television filmed each individual room. Contestants filmed two to four minute clips sharing about how their space represented them. Then the RHA programming team came together to create an opening to each video filmed. The clips were shown on our Facebook page and voted on by the residents within the Residence Halls. This pushed RHA s followers up by an additional 300 followers in a month s time. This program fully accomplished the goals Purdue s RHA set for it, as well as, capping off a refreshing year of new programs. 10
West Side Block Party The West Side Block Party is an annual event put on by a subset of Purdue University s Residential Life student organizations. The event is focused on the west side of residential campus, encompassing 6 of Purdue s 16 residence halls and a total of over 4500 on campus students, and is planned by a board consisting of a single representative from each of those six halls plus one undergraduate student advisor. While promoted primarily towards the six halls involved, the event is free and open to the public, drawing a registered attendance of approximately 1000 participants in 2014 and 1400 participants last year. On a total budget of over $30,000 sponsored by numerous campus organizations and departments, the event consists of a full day of food, inflatables, live music, comedic and theatrical performances, activities, and dunk tank. In 2015, the event was also concluded by the first ever studentsponsored on campus fireworks show in Purdue s history, drawing crowds as large as an estimated 2000 viewers spread throughout all corners of campus. However, the event does not serve purely as a social event. In collaboration with the Purdue Student Union Board and Purdue Student Government, the event has been recognized as the official start of Grand Alternative week, a week of alcohol alternative events leading up to the Purdue University Grand Prix race, one of the oldest and most famous traditions on Purdue s campus. The influence of party-centric events on campus during this week is felt strongly by students of all ages, and providing opportunities which are convenient, enjoyable, and alcohol-free is crucial to ensuring that students make the wisest choices they possibly can. The student organizations involved in planning and carrying out the West Side Block Party take enormous pride in supporting and kicking off this initiative every spring. UR Global UR Global is a University Residences initiative that provides first-year international students with support and encouragement as they transition to life at Purdue. In addition, this program provides student leaders with the opportunity to gain global leadership skills by interacting with people from around the world without leaving the Purdue campus. Some of programs they have put on in the past include: Who Wants to be an RA (International Student Edition), Cookouts, Cultural Dance Lessons, Trips to Indianapolis, Chicago, Corn Mazes, Alpaca Farms, and Movie Nights. UR Global also partner with the Purdue University Police Department to teach students about Indiana Traffic Rules. 11
Breakin for Bacon Breakin For Bacon is a program put on by Wiley Residence Hall every year during the week before finals. During this week, everyone is studying and the goal of Breakin For Bacon is to promote a healthy (figuratively) study break for students who may be burning themselves out before finals even begin. This program is a serious thing, and is known campus wide as over 300 pounds of bacon is cooked up for a line of people waiting out the door. This program accounts for dietary restrictions by also cooking up turkey bacon and vegetarian bacon. Pancakes and drinks are also served to put the icing on the cake and fill hungry students appetites. Having the program in a residence hall is beneficial because it also makes it easy for students to take a quick break. Breakin for Bacon makes students go hog wild. UR Standing UR Standing is a department wide initiative that aims to educate residents and other individual how to stand against sexual violence. The initiative kicked off with a talk on how to stand against sexual violence on April 16 th, 2015. T-shirts were given out prior to the talk. The event had a good turnout of around 100 residents. 12
RESOURCES FOR STUDENT SUCCESS Krach Leadership Center Krach Leadership Center is one of Purdue s newest additions to campus. The building consolidated all student organizations and Purdue administration that serve student organizations together. The building houses Purdue Student Government, Student Activities and Organizations, Business Office for Student Organizations and Student Orientation Committee under one roof. In addition, this location houses Supplemental Instruction and multiple spaces that allow students to study and collaborate on projects and homework. Shreve Academic Success Center Recently opened, the Shreve Academic Success Center is a center that further bridges the academic side of Purdue with Residential Life. This location has multiple study rooms and interactive whiteboards that allow students to work together and engage in active learning. In addition, the center invites academic faculty into the heart of residential living and allows outside-classroom interaction between faculty and students. After the grand opening in the Fall of 2015, students have flocked to the location and it is extremely rare to find an open study cubicle and rooms have to be booked a few days in advance! Executive in Residences The Executive in Residence invites current industrial leaders on campus and houses them for one week. This program focuses on leadership development and helping student in learning, outside classroom, through program sessions and keynotes. Rusty Rueff, Chairman Emeritus of The GRAMMY Foundation came to Purdue during mid-october. This program helps students to discover their leadership abilities and making them an influential leader on campus as our Inaugural Executive in Residence program. Shreve Honors College The Purdue Honors College consists of around 580 students living together and taking a first year seminar. Each year the seminar changes topics focusing on sustainability issues or the representation of a city. This seminar creates bonds amongst the students and gives them the opportunity to meet others they are living with. Within the first-year seminar students are expected to work on group projects, which are often, show cased to those beyond the course. The first year, students were encouraged to come up with a solution to a sustainable issue on campus such as checking faucets for leaks, and recycled t-shirt bag programs. This year many of the projects by the students will be presented at a gallery within their Residence Hall; other projects will be presented at programs that are hosted specifically for the honors students. Living with the other Purdue Honors College students is a great opportunity for students to create a support system to help them thrive within their courses and their personal lives. 13
RECOGNIZING RESIDENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS NRHH/RHA End of the Year Banquet At the end of the academic year, NRHH and RHA collaborated to host an End of the Year Banquet for all residential life staff and hall club executive board members. This banquet allowed RHA and NRHH to recognize different individuals and organizations that went above and beyond their position to further improve the community they are living in and people around them. In addition, this banquet also helped to celebrate the hard work the resident assistants, hall club executive board members and the administrations had done over the past year. During the Banquet NRHH awards Of the Year as campus level awards for Purdue to the bid winners. It is a really interesting to listen to all of the amazing programs and initiatives that took place on campus. Since campus is so big it is impossible to know everything that goes on in every residence all on campus. This Banquet is a great way to wrap up the year and a fantastic way to recognize all the amazing programs and people in University Residence. 14
IRHO, GLACURH AND NACURH INVOLVEMENT Purdue University was heavily involved within IRHO, GLACURH and NACURH from October 2014 to October 2015. Including but not limited to writing OTMs, attending conferences, presenting programs, bidding for awards and sitting on committees. IRHO Attended FBM 2014, Ball State University Awarded School of the Year Attended IRHOC 2015, Indiana University - Bloomington Jordyn Wellman presented one of the Top-Five Programs Attended FBM 2015, Rose Hulman University Saurabh Kadam and Christian Derda awarded FBM Squirrel MVPs (Nutty and Baby Squirrel) GLACURH Attended GLACURH 2014, Indiana State University Attended No Frills 2015, Illinois Wesleyan University Number 2 in the region for most submitted Regional OTMs GLACURH AWARDS August 2015 Passive Program Would you rather? August 2015 Residence Life Faculty/Staff Zac Birch June 2015 Advisor Kim Christian June 2015 Educational Program Star Power June 2015 Residence Life Faculty/Staff Carl Krieger January 2015 Residence Life Faculty/Staff Sean Dufault December 2014 Executive Board Members Michele Kapraun November 2014 Passive Program Love you, love what you do November 2014 Educational Program Demystifying Mental Illness November 2014 Organization Earhart Staff NACURH Attended NACURH 2015, North Dakota State University Finished #5 in NACURH last year for most submitted NACURH OTMs, currently ranked at #16 15
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