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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...

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 o...

Online course from Purdue hastens, heightens disaster recovery planning and execution WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A seasoned construction professional dispatched in response to Hurricane Katrina, Randy Rapp found out fast that a disaster recovery job presents special challenges, with time of the essence, unanticipated and difficult conditions in play, and immediate, accurate and thorough responses required literally around the clock. “I had the background in construction, but I was missing the nuances that make disaster recovery different,” said Rapp, an associate professor in the School of ...

Affordable online course from Purdue is a compact but comprehensive package of essential knowledge for winemakers Christian Butzke WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Professional winemakers and wine industry employees wanting to enhance their knowledge, skills, business and careers, and serious noncommercial winemakers looking to take their pastime to the professional startup level, can get the technical knowledge they need from Purdue University. Purdue’s online Winemaking Certificate course is an affordable, compact, yet comprehensive review of commercial winemaking principles and practices. It in...

Purdue preparing teachers for a post-pandemic world where online learning remains prevalent A new online teacher professional development program underway at Purdue will train teachers how to better engage and support students who are learning online. (Julia Cameron/Pexels) One of these days, the spread of COVID-19 will be corralled, but a Purdue program to train teachers how to better engage and support students online is likely to keep spreading. That’s the intent of a new online teacher professional development program underway at Purdue, funded by a $1.5 million grant from the In...