Purdue University College of Liberal Arts

CLA December Graduates, come join us on December 4th from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm at Memorial Mall for some hot drinks, fresh donuts and career advice from CLA Career Services! Fill out your next steps survey on your commencement task list to get a free drink! No job yet? No problem! We are here to help! See you there!

"Any efforts toward efficiency run the risk of intensifying the unpaid work that keeps our existing world running." Andrew Flachs, associate professor of #anthropology, challenges the newly proposed Department of Government Efficiency as far from ideal in this opinion piece for The Hill. He re-introduces the "Jevons Paradox", a theory stating: "The more efficiently we do something, the more of it we tend to do." Click on the article below to read more: https://lnkd.in/gVjipbVf

John Barden, Degree Plus student majoring in #politicalscience and #economics, wrote about his time with the Defense Civilian Training Corp (DCTC) and how it has reinforced and reinvigorated his career path. Read his article here: https://lnkd.in/gQRgSkep

Giovanna Salazar currently works as the social media manager for SHPE in Lafayette, IN. She graduated from Purdue in 2022 with a degree in Communication. Today, she spoke with the SCLA 300 class about her career journey. Thank you, Giovanna!

"Faith embodied: a tattooed individual from medieval Ghazali" co-authored by Kari A. Guilbault, PhD Candidate in #Anthropology, following her discovery of the "Christ" tattoo in October 2023, was published in Antiquity through Cambridge University Press. "It is rare to find how religious someone is," Guilbault told the College of Liberal Arts. "Because we have the skeletonized individual, we're able to know more about that person and, potentially, what religion meant to them versus an imposed state-sponsored practice." To read more about Guilbault's findings visit https://ow.ly/zoy750UcgTT

Andy Maner currently works for NewSpring in Washington, D.C. as the executive chairman. Andy's impressive resume includes serving as the Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Homeland Security from 2004 to 2006. Today, he spoke with the SCLA 300 class about his career journey. Thank you, Andy!

From the work that’s accomplished in the classroom to the reputation we’re building across the globe—from small steps to giant leaps—Purdue University always executes with excellence. But we can’t do it without you! End the year by making an impact. Give today at https://ow.ly/2FtP50U6iRm

Assistant Professor of History Jonathan Lande advocates that Black Civil War patriots should be better remembered this Veterans Day. Read his full article at TIME Made By History: https://lnkd.in/gfPaEPcZ

We want to also shoutout Morgan Gamble who graduated from Purdue's College of Liberal Arts in 2020 with a BA in Sociology. Morgan joined the Veteran and Military Success Center in 2021 as the Assistant Director and became the Director in 2022. During her time in this position, Morgan focused on enhancing procedures, streamlining processes, and fostering an improved community atmosphere.

In honor of Veteran's Day, we wanted to highlight our very own Caitlin Clark! The Purdue CLA Alumna was in Navy ROTC and was commissioned as a U.S. Navy surface warfare officer. Click the link to read the full article! https://ow.ly/CNja50U40Js