January 2025
Staff Feature
Dining & Culinary Serving Record Numbers of Meals
At the beginning of the school year, University Residences and Dining & Culinary welcomed 17,422 Boilermakers, including a record-setting freshman class, to their homes on the West Lafayette campus. It takes teamwork and cooperation to continue delivering high-quality programs and services at this scale.
Dining & Culinary has risen to the occasion while serving unprecedented numbers of meals in the residential dining courts.
Alumni Feature
A Special Engagement
A pair of former residence education assistants (REAs) recently celebrated their engagement in a special way thanks to the help of friends they made in Residential Life at Purdue.
Student Feature
Building NRHH
Brandon Lamer-Connolly has been president of the Boilermaker Chapter of the National Residence Hall Honorary (NRHH) for two years and is in the middle of his third year. Throughout his time as president, he's helped build NRHH back up after the pandemic.
Special Feature
New Residence Hall Takes Shape
Construction of a new residence hall located south of Hillenbrand Hall is progressing towards completion, with the facility set to open in 2026.