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In This Issue…<\/em><\/strong>
\n A Slam Dunk for the “Engineering in the World of Data” Community | Toy Design Triumph: Libraries Staff Assists with Last-Minute Changes to Students’ Product Prototype | LCSSAC Corner: Check It Out | Purdue Libraries in the News | Libraries Staff Recognition Event and Craft Show | Faculty Presentations, Publication, Awards, Accomplishments | STEM Librarian: Outreach Not for the “Faint of Heart”<\/em><\/p>\n

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A Slam Dunk for the \u201cEngineering in the World of Data\u201d Learning Community<\/a><\/h1>\n

You know it\u2019s going to be a good week when your university\u2019s head basketball coach crashes your Monday morning class as a guest lecturer. That\u2019s what happened recently to students Alex Ishac (Chandler, AZ) and Rebecca Hanna (Chicago, IL), who are two of the 53 individuals enrolled in the \u201cEngineering in the World of Data\u201d Learning Community at Purdue University.<\/p>\n

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Purdue Head Men\u2019s Basketball Coach Matt Painter poses with the instructors and students in the \u201cEngineering of the World of Data\u201d learning community in Mackey Arena. Photo courtesy of Teresa Walker, Purdue School of Engineering Education.<\/p><\/div>\n

Purdue Men’s Basketball Head Coach Matt Painter crashed a class of the first-year engineering course, ENGR 103, which was held in Mackey Arena to demonstrate the application of data science in sports. The course, \u201cDeveloping Your Data Mind,” was designed by Libraries faculty Michael Witt and Nastasha Johnson as a part of the learning community, in collaboration with colleagues from the Purdue College of Engineering<\/a>, Department of English<\/a>, and University Residences<\/a>. Read more…<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Toy Design Triumph: Libraries Staff Assists with Last-Minute Changes to Students’ Product Prototype<\/a><\/h1>\n
\"Gabriel<\/a>

Gabriel Ng, Rohit Srivastava, Delaney Sunbury, and Joseph \u201cJoey\u201d Baietto with their \u201cFidget Cube\u201d they designed and developed a prototype for in their ME 444 course, \u201cToy Design.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n

We’ve all been there\u2014in that situation where a last-minute change to a project or a plan can evoke panic-inducing visions of the entire thing going up in flames. For college students, end-of-semester papers and projects can be rife with this kind of hiccup, and many times, at such a critical juncture, the support and resources provided by faculty and staff can make or break such an assignment.<\/p>\n

Recently, when Gabriel Ng (Overland Park, KS), a senior biomedical engineering major, and his fellow group-project members in Purdue’s Mechanical Engineering (ME) 444, “Toy Design,” course<\/a> had a last-minute change to a toy product prototype, he and his team received such support from staff in Purdue Libraries\u2014support that was critical for the project’s success. With the help of Library Assistant Robin Meher and her fellow employees in the Data Visualization Experience Lab of Purdue<\/a> (D-VELoP) located in the Wilmeth Active Learning Center (WALC), the students were able to get the project\u2014the “Fidget Cube”\u2014completed and turned in on time. Read more…<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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LCSSAC Corner: Check It Out!<\/a> <\/strong>
\n by Sandy Galloway
\n<\/em>Welcome to LCSSAC Corner in VOLUMe! This corner of VOLUMe will be about what is happening with the Purdue Libraries staff, including activities, accomplishments, upcoming events, etc. If you have something that you would like included in this corner, please send it to Sandy Galloway at sgallow@purdue.edu.<\/p>\n

\"Mary<\/a>Sego Receives Rookie of the Year Award for United Way
\nEfforts
\n<\/strong>Many of you know that Mary Sego was the 2018 Libraries United Way Chair. She should really be commended for her tireless effort on behalf of United Way this year! I know United Way is proud of her, and she represented the Libraries so admirably with her hard work, dedication, and innovative ideas.<\/p>\n

Not only did she spearhead the Libraries\u2019 fund raising efforts, but she also helped promote literacy, a strategic goal of the Libraries, by collecting and donating hundreds of books to United Way\u2019s \u201cRead to Succeed\u201d program. Read more…<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Purdue Libraries in the News<\/h1>\n