Celebrate the university’s global impact through an array of classes highlighting Purdue’s persistent pursuit of the next giant leap. Sessions will explore transformative online learning, the animal-human bond, Purdue’s leadership in national security, sustainable food, technology’s impact on freedom, and more!
Review our full lineup of Back to Class courses and instructors here.
7:30–8:30AM
Breakfast and Registration
Welcome
Session 1
Session 2
Session 3
Check in outside Boilermaker Station Welcome Center on the first floor of Stewart Center
Parking available in the Grant Street Parking Garage (request voucher at check-in)
Sign up and select your courses by September 15!
Check in on the second floor of Stewart Center.
Parking available in the Grant Street Parking Garage (request voucher at check-in)
Sign up and select your courses by September 15!
Celebrate the university’s global impact through an array of classes highlighting Purdue’s persistent pursuit of the next giant leap. Sessions will explore transformative online learning, the animal-human bond, Purdue’s leadership in national security, sustainable food, technology’s impact on freedom, and more!
Review our full lineup of Back to Class courses and instructors here.
Breakfast and Registration
Welcome
Session 1
Session 2
Session 3
Check in on the second floor of Stewart Center
Parking available in the Grant Street Parking Garage (request voucher at check-in)
Sign up and select your courses by September 15!
BACK TO CLASS
Celebrate the university’s global impact through an array of classes highlighting Purdue’s persistent pursuit of the next giant leap. Sessions will explore transformative online learning, the animal-human bond, Purdue’s leadership in national security, sustainable food, technology’s impact on freedom, and more!
8:20–8:35AM
Welcome
8:45–9:30AM
Session 1
9:45–10:30AM
Session 2
10:45–11:30AM
Session 3
// Check in outside Boilermaker Station Welcome Center on the first floor of Stewart Center.
// Parking available in the Grant Street Parking Garage (request voucher at check-in)
// Sign up and select your courses by September 15!
President’s Council // 765-494-9290 // pc@purdueforlife.org
Office of Special Events // 765-494-0900 // specialevents@purdueforlife.org
President’s Council // 765-494-9290 pc@purdueforlife.org
Office of Special Events // 765-494-0900 specialevents@purdueforlife.org
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.
