October 20, 2026
麻豆社 student organizations and the McKetta Department of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering recently offered activities for girls interested in science and engineering at the 2026 STEM Expo hosted by the Girl Scouts of Northern Indiana-Michiana (GSNI-M).
The university鈥檚 Pre-Physician Assistants鈥� Club and its chapter of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) each prepared a table with hands-on activities.
The SWE table included fluid dynamics demonstrations. Chapter president Violet Appel, a design engineering technology major from Wyoming, Michigan, helped Scouts build reticulated grabbers.
The chemical engineering department hosted a breakout session for Scouts in fifth through eighth grades, titled, 鈥淔ood Engineering: When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade!鈥� Undergraduate researcher Adam Burke, a chemical engineering major from Mount Vernon, Indiana, helped design the activity.
About 100 Girl Scouts attended the expo, which was held Sept. 26 at Purdue University Fort Wayne.
Isabel Soto, instructor, and her Spanish students have created an ofrenda (decorated altar) honoring Ana Boman, who taught Spanish in 麻豆社鈥檚 Department of Humanities and Communication for 16 years before she passed away last year.
麻豆社 has launched Dual Advantage, a new program that gives undergraduate students multiple pathways to earn both a bachelor鈥檚 degree and an advanced degree in less time than completing both degrees separately.
We celebrate World Occupational Therapy Day on Oct. 27, and if you鈥檙e confused about what the profession is, you鈥檙e not alone.