Purdue offering stand-alone hybrid graduate program leading to Indiana school superintendent’s license
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. School administrators at the principal or assistant principal level and others interested in becoming licensed to serve as a school superintendent in Indiana have a new option for making that leap.
Purdue University is promoting a new version of its Educational Specialist graduate degree program, a step beyond a master’s in education that qualifies individuals for licensure as a K-12 superintendent in the state.
Individuals can now earn the Educational Specialist degree alone as a terminal degree or earn it in concert with earning a doctorate. Or, if they start the Educational Specialist program and then decide to pursue a doctorate, they can use 30 credits from the Educational Specialist degree toward their doctorate. The credits must be earned at Purdue’s West Lafayette campus to apply to a doctorate.
Purdue offering online master’s for corporate training and communication leaders
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. Purdue University is offering a new online master’s degree aimed at preparing students to design, implement, assess, and evaluate training and communication effectiveness in the corporate environment.
Purdue’s Master of Science in graduate studies with a major in corporate training and communication is designed to enhance skills of those charged with communicating and leading training in a variety of organizations and contexts. The new online degree includes an emphasis on uses of strategic communication and of instructional design and technology in corporate training and development.
Pictured above: Purdue nursing siblings Branton, Victoria and Brayson Leazenby. Photo provided.
In Indiana and the United States, there is a tremendous need for highly skilled nurses. The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts the U.S. workforce of registered nurses will need to grow 7% in the next decade, yet enrollment in nursing programs is not growing fast enough to meet the projected demand. By 2030, Indiana alone will need 75,300 registered nurses. Three siblings, all Boilermakers, are doing their part to answer the call.
A servant’s heart … times three
Siblings Branton, Victoria and Brayson Leazenby share the same education goal: to pursue a bachelor’s degree in nursing at Purdue University. Branton graduated in 2019 and is now at Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, working as a registered nurse in the cardiovascular critical care unit. Victoria is a senior, graduating in May 2021, and Brayson is a sophomore, graduating in 2023.
Purdue grad was last Jeopardy! contestant under host Alex Trebek, first under Ken Jennings Emily DeLetter, Lafayette Journal & Courier Jeopardy! pays tribute to iconic host Alex Trebek first episode back after his death
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What is “the chance of a lifetime?”
For Jim Gilligan, the answer was simple appearing on the last-ever taped Jeopardy! episode with the game show’s longtime and highly revered host Alex Trebek days before his death.
Gilligan holds the monumental honor of being Trebek s last winner on the host s final show before passing away.
Trebek, 80, was the host of Jeopardy! for 37 seasons, from the show’s revival in 1984 until his death Nov 8. Trebek had Stage 4 pancreatic cancer, first diagnosed in March of 2019. The show is temporarily being hosted by Ken Jennings, the record holder for the longest winning streak on the show’s history.