Community, campus rally in support of Ukrainian scholars looking to restart their academic endeavors at Purdue amid ongoing war
William Shen’s ties to Purdue University are deep and wide, dating to when his parents arrived in West Lafayette from China during the late 1940s, fleeing the fallout from World War II. His father, John, a Purdue alum, and mother, Florence, settled here. During the 1960s, they started a family business, Crestview Apartments, that continues today to provide housing for Boilermakers, including Purdues large international student population.
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