Purdue Polytechnic Columbus

06/20/2026

🎓 Celebrating Our Purdue Polytechnic Columbus Graduates! 🎓

We proudly recognize the outstanding students of the Purdue Polytechnic Columbus Class of 2026. Their dedication, perseverance, and commitment to excellence have brought them to this incredible milestone.

From balancing coursework, careers, families, and personal responsibilities to mastering hands-on, industry-focused learning, these graduates have demonstrated what it means to be a Purdue Boilermaker. They are leaving our campus prepared to make an impact in advanced manufacturing, engineering technology, computing, and beyond.

We are honored to have been part of their journey and cannot wait to see the innovation, leadership, and success they bring to our community and industries across Indiana and beyond.

Please join us in congratulating the Purdue Polytechnic Columbus Class of 2026! 👏🎓🖤💛

To our class of 2026 at Purdue Polytechnic in Columbus: Congrats grads!
https://polytechnic.purdue.edu/newsroom/purdue-polytechnic-columbus-honors-class-2025-26-commencement-ceremony

06/20/2026

🍦🚜 Purdue Polytechnic Columbus Student Spotlight at the Bartholomew County Fair! 🚜🍦

When you visit the Bartholomew County Fair this week, be sure to stop by the Bartholomew County Young Farmers Ice Cream Stand and support one of our own!

John Beck, a student in the Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) program at Purdue Polytechnic Columbus, is volunteering with the Bartholomew County Young Farmers and helping serve up some of the best homemade ice cream at the fair. John exemplifies the values we strive to develop in our students—hard work, leadership, community involvement, and service.

As a campus, we are proud to see our students making an impact both inside and outside the classroom while supporting organizations that invest in the future of agriculture and youth development in our community.

So if you’re looking to cool off during your visit to the fair:

🍦 Enjoy some amazing homemade ice cream
🌽 Support the Bartholomew County Young Farmers
🎓 Celebrate Purdue Polytechnic Columbus student success
🤝 Invest in local youth and community programs

Thank you, John, for representing Purdue Polytechnic Columbus and giving back to our community!

🍦🖤💛🚜

06/19/2026

🚜🌽🎡 WE’RE AT THE BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY FAIR! 🎡🌽🚜

Stop by the Purdue Polytechnic Columbus booth and put your skills to the test with our:

📏 Precision Measurement Challenge

Think you have what it takes to measure like an engineer?

🔍 Estimate It – Take your best guess!
📐 Measure It – Use real manufacturing tools!
🏆 Beat the Challenge – Closest measurement wins bragging rights!

Try your hand at using:
✅ Micrometers
✅ Calipers
✅ Precision Measurement Tools

Learn how engineers and technicians use measurement every day to build products, ensure quality, and solve real-world problems.

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Fun for all ages!
🎓 Explore engineering and technology careers
🔧 Get hands-on with real industry equipment

While you’re here, learn more about the programs offered at Purdue Polytechnic Columbus and how we’re preparing the next generation of innovators, problem-solvers, and industry leaders.

📍 Find us at the Bartholomew County Fair
📸 Stop by, take the challenge, and share your score!

06/10/2026

Missy Casner has been selected for Purdue's Bravo award for her exceptional leadership, coordination, and sustained commitment to advancing the AirPark Campus Career Closet initiative in partnership with Purdue Polytechnic Columbus, Ivy
Tech Community College Columbus, and Indiana University Columbus.

Serving as Project Advisor for Alyssa Fields’ Girl Scout Gold Award, Missy has gone far beyond her standard
faculty responsibilities by mobilizing a multi-institutional collaboration focused on increasing equitable access
to professional attire for students.

This initiative addresses a critical gap for commuting college students and high school seniors who lack access to professional clothing for internships, interviews, and career preparation.
Missy demonstrated innovation and creativity by helping design and operationalize a scalable, community-embedded model that integrates academic institutions, community partners, and industry stakeholders.

She coordinated cross-functional committees (operations, outreach, marketing, and functional teams), identified partnership opportunities with local businesses (e.g., retailers, dry cleaners, and community organizations), and guided the development of sustainable processes such as donation systems, inventory management, and student ambassador engagement.

06/01/2026

Real problems. Real partners. Real impact. 🚀
Purdue Polytechnic learners developed:
✅ An offline, searchable safety data system accessible even during power or network outages ⚠️📱
✅ An interactive, map-based visualization tool to help a city communicate road closures and public permits 🗺️🏙️
All within a 16-week, real-world consulting experience.
This is applied learning at its best. 👏✨
🔗

Students at Purdue Polytechnic locations in Columbus, Kokomo and Anderson recently operated as a simulated technology consulting firm for their 16-week course projects in computer and information technology.

05/28/2026

Honored and humbled to share that Purdue Polytechnic Institute Columbus’ capstone project, Engineering Belonging: Becoming a Community Partner Through Curriculum, Commitment, and Reciprocity, was selected as the recipient of the 2026 Dr. George Giacumakis Innovation Award presented by the National Association of Branch Campus Administrators.

Dr. Nancy L. Lollar is incredibly honored to present this work at the NABCA Annual Conference and share how branch campuses can intentionally design belonging, partnership, and workforce development through curriculum-embedded community engagement.

This work centered around a powerful realization:

“A campus can exist within a community for years and still never truly belong to it.”

Through our GoBabyGo initiative and first-year engineering experiences, we challenged ourselves to move beyond episodic outreach and instead build a sustainable model where curriculum, community partnership, workforce development, and student identity development are intentionally connected.

This recognition means so much because this work could never have been accomplished alone. It was built through the dedication, collaboration, and shared vision of an incredible group of people who believed in creating meaningful impact together.

Deeply grateful to the amazing key players who helped make this possible:
• Dr. Ruiji Sun
• Dr. Poonam Jayal
• Melissa Allen Ressino
• Our students
• Families and clinicians- Rebecca Rebber Scholl and Denisa Nelson
• Industry partners including Cummins Inc. , Qualtronics, KPIT, Toyota Material Handling, Honda Manufacturing of Indiana, LLC
• Community partners including The Arc of Bartholomew County and Assisted Independence, LLC,
• The Purdue Polytechnic Institute Columbus team and broader Purdue community
• National Association of Branch Campus Administrators including my mentor Dr. J. Gary Adcox, and BCLI Directors Cyndee M. and Walter P. Collins, III

Most importantly, thank you to the children and families who trusted us to be part of their journey. You reminded all of us that engineering is not just about designing systems — it is about designing opportunities, dignity, independence, and human connection.

This award represents more than a project. It represents what is possible when institutions intentionally build structures rooted in reciprocity, accountability, and belonging.

I am truly grateful for the opportunity to represent Purdue Polytechnic Institute Columbus and share this work on a national stage.

05/28/2026

At Purdue Polytechnic Columbus, many of our students are working professionals, parents, veterans, and first-generation college students. Making the Dean’s List in the midst of all of that is no small feat.

To our Dean’s List honorees:
Your dedication, grit, and determination inspire us. We are proud of you—and honored to be part of your journey.

Congratulations on this well-earned milestone! 👏



See all the honorees: https://polytechnic.purdue.edu/office-dean/deans-list

05/28/2026

🎉 Celebrating Student Innovation & Achievement at Purdue! 🎉
Professor Missy Casner is incredibly proud to share the collaborative work of her Spring 2026 CNIT 38501 students, who implemented an innovative software solution designed to replace traditional Safety Data Sheet books. in the Metrology Labs for Lab Manager, Matt Ferrell.

This application has so many applications, as it provides access to digital documents, video, audio, images, and more—all accessible across a wide range of stationary, mobile, and handheld devices. Even more impressive, it functions without power or network connectivity, making critical information available anytime, anywhere.

Built using HTML, JSON, CSS, Python, and JavaScript, the system runs on a local HTTP server. They demonstrated it in class using a Termux server—showcasing both technical depth and practical innovation.

👏 And now for the exciting milestone for the students and Professor Casner:
The Casner Research Group and Students in Computer and Information Technology at Purdue Polytechnic Institute Columbus and Purdue Polytechnic Institute Anderson developed software has officially received a ‘Purdue Open Source License!’

This achievement is a testament to hard work, creativity, and commitment to solving real-world problems. For many of these students, this recognition is the perfect finishing touch "the icing on the cake" as they complete (or prepare to complete) their degrees. Please join us in celebrating this first time accomplishment for the students and Professor Casner.

The students’ dedication, collaboration, and persistence have truly paid off. Professor Casner and all of us here at Purdue Polytechnic Columbus couldn’t be prouder of what they have accomplished and the impact the students are already making in the field.

Holden Tovey (Spring 2026 Graduate)
Damaurion Menifee
Hayden Wehmiller
Sebastian Acosta

🚀 The future is bright—and you’re building it. 💛🖤 Boiler Up! 🚂

05/04/2026

🎉🏆 Professor Missy Casner was honored to receive the 2025–26 Outstanding Faculty in Engagement Award for the Computer & Information Technology Program within Purdue Polytechnic’s School of Applied and Creative Computing on Thursday, April 30, 2026, in West Lafayette.

This recognition celebrates a strong commitment to engagement through 📚 coursework and student activities, 🤝 engagement initiatives, 🎤 scholarly presentations, 🏭 industry collaborations, and 🌱 outreach efforts📰.

Most of all, this award is a reminder that impactful work happens because of incredible students, supportive colleagues, and dedicated industry partners. Congrats, Professor Casner! 👏 💛🖤 Boiler up!👏

04/26/2026

🎓 There’s Still Time to Apply for Fall 2026!

If you’ve been thinking about your next step, now is the time to act. Applications are still open for Fall 2026 at Purdue Polytechnic Institute Columbus—but the deadline is quickly approaching.

📅 Application Deadline: August 1, 2026

💡 Whether you’re interested in:

* Mechanical Engineering Technology
* Electrical Engineering Technology
* Computer Information Technology
* Engineering Technology (Mechatronics, Robotics, Technology Integration)

You’ll gain hands-on experience, build industry connections, and develop real-world skills—right here in Columbus.

🚀 Why Purdue Polytechnic Columbus?
✔ Small campus feel with big university resources
✔ Strong industry partnerships
✔ Hands-on, career-focused learning
✔ A supportive, student-centered community

⏳ Don’t wait—August 1 will be here before you know it.
Secure your spot and take the first step toward your future.

👉 Apply now to Purdue Polytechnic Columbus

https://polytechnic.purdue.edu/locations/admissions

Earning your Purdue degree or certificate from the Polytechnic tells employers you have the technical abilities and leadership skills that make you the right candidate for their job.