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University Residences and Purdue Dining & Culinary

Alumni Relationships & Special Events Director for University Residences and Purdue Dining & Culinary:

Renee Kashawlic
rkashawl@purdue.edu
765-496-0272

The University Residences Alumni & Guest Center: The University Residences Alumni & Guest Center (URGC) is home to all University Residences alumni and prospective student programming and tours. We are located inside the south towers of Cary Quad. Phone: (765) 496-0278 Email: URGuestCenter@purdue.edu 1016 W Stadium Avenue West Lafayette, IN 47906

A special message for those living on-campus in University Residences, their senior year:

In an effort to recognize your graduation milestone we would like to post your name, degree, major and year of graduation on the door of your residence hall room, or on a plaque at the University Residences Alumni & Guest Center, at no charge to you. Please keep an eye on your Purdue email account, as a special graduation email will be forthcoming. Additionally, you are invited to receive four complimentary meals per year in the University Residences dining courts after you graduate. To claim these, visit the UR Alumni and Guest Center.

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A Message from Purdue’s Center for Career Opportunitiesb

A Message from Balfour, our Graduate Gateway Sponsor

Patsy J. Mellott

BS College of Health and Human Sciences, 1969

Fishers, IN

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.