Steve Bracci, associate dean of first-year programs at Concord Law School, has been helping students pass the bar exam and first-year law students’ exam (FYLSE) for 45 years. He currently teaches a number of first-year and upper-division subjects and created the First-Year Intensive Program, a preparation program for the FYLSE.
Jazz legend Louis Armstrong once described music as “life itself.” For some people, it creates an artistic bridge connecting friends and family across generations.
With the Thomas H. Scholl Internship for Philosophy Students, Purdue alumni Tom Scholl combines scholarship and internship support to encourage students to seek out unique learning situations that will prepare them for out-of-the box career options after graduation.
The Purdue Day of Service has already become a shining example of success through both small steps and giant leaps, with interest and productivity growing from year to year.
As a wealth management advisor, Brian Ford (ME’07) helps his clients achieve financial wellness by applying the organizational and problem-solving skills he developed in college. Growing up in Hammond, Indiana, Ford had aspired to attend a Big Ten school and ultimately decided on Purdue’s School of Mechanical Engineering.
Two casual but enlightening conversations over golf led to an unexpected bequest from late Purdue faculty member John Capaldi that has unlocked new opportunities for Purdue cancer researcher Philip Low.
Generous Boilermakers have donated revolutionary plastic straws made with a patent-pending technology for use at campus eateries.
By endowing the Socrates Strategic Initiative Fund, Christopher Noon (CE’71) promotes well-rounded learning.
With the support of the Purdue Women’s Network, Hannah Majewski is able to focus on the ones who need her most.
Thanks to generous Boilermakers worldwide, you will find thousands of named spaces on Purdue University’s campus.
Patsy earned a bachelor’s degree in food and nutrition in business from Purdue in 1969, in addition to an MBA in food marketing from Michigan State University in 1970. She retired from Kraft Foods in 2006 after 36 years in corporate food marketing and marketing communications management.
A community volunteer, Patsy serves on the Women’s Fund of Central Indiana Advisory Board and the Purdue College of Health and Human Sciences Dean’s Leadership Council, in addition to the President’s Council Advisory Board. She is a former member of the Health and Human Sciences Alumni Board. Patsy held several offices from 2006 through 2013, including president and treasurer. She serves her community’s Discover Indianapolis Club in Fishers, holding several leadership roles for over 10 years.
Patsy has received several honors, including the Purdue University Nutrition Science Department Hall of Fame recipient in 2009 and the Purdue University College of Health and Human Sciences Distinguished Alumni Award in 2016. She also received the college’s Gold and Black Award in 2016, an honor reserved for donors who have moved the college forward by committing exceptional financial resources.
In addition to endowing two scholarships, the Patsy J. Mellott Scholarship and Patsy J. Mellott HHS Scholarship, she established the Patsy J. Mellott Teaching Innovation Award in the College of Health and Human Sciences in 2013. In 2015, she endowed the Patsy J. Mellott Women’s Tennis Coach Performance Award. She is a lead donor in the Christine M. Ladisch Faculty Leadership Award and the Purdue Women’s Network Virginia C. Meredith Scholarship for the College of Health and Human Sciences.
