10 Reasons in 2002-03 to feel good about Purdue Calumet

• 2001 accounting alumna Carol Hughes recorded the nation's top CPA exam score last spring
• Biology Professor Charles Tseng received a $2.5 million Dept. of Defense grant to study the effects of radio frequency fields on human and bacterial gene function.
• Campus student housing moved a step closer to reality when the Purdue Board of Trustees granted us approval last December to continue advancing plans to construct a 360-bed, apartment-type complex.
• In an effort to bolster economic development in Northwest Indiana, we are partnering in developing a business incubator: the Purdue Technology Center of Northwest Indiana.
• Engineering Professor Chenn Zhou received a $1.29 million Indiana 21st Century grant to help steel companies save money and improve productivity.
• Our unique Entrepreneurship Center - which trains business owners to be more successful - was nationally recognized.
• Phase 1 of a $5.5 million chemistry lab improvement project is nearly completed.
• More than $700,000 in scholarships were awarded and new endowments established.
• A new bachelor's degree program was introduced in human development and family studies.
• Lakers basketball player/senior marketing major Rayfield Stringer III was named a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) All-America Scholar Athlete.