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PRESIDENT’S COUNCIL

President’s Council Virtual Programming Archive

Here you’ll find content from prior month’s virtual programming. Can’t find what you’re looking for? Reach out to us at pc@purdueforlife.org or call 765-494-9290. 

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Union Club Hotel Virtual Tour

Please join President’s Council for a unique 360 degree virtual tour of the newest hotel spaces in the Purdue Memorial Union.

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Game-Based Learning

William Watson, College of Education, shares resources and tips on how to use games at home to encourage learning.

Partnerships for Impact Video

Partnerships for Impact

Back to Class presentation by Sonak Pastakia, College of Pharmacy, and Jasmine Gonzalvo, College of Pharmacy.

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PMO Special Performance

Purdue Musical Organization’s Specialty Group Ba-Na-Na performs a special concert exclusively for the President’s Council.

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.