‘View Purdue Calumet’ visitation program is June 5

Recent high school graduates, high school students, parents and other adults are invited to explore educational opportunities at a Purdue University Calumet visitation program at 6 p.m., Thursday, June 5.

Admission is free to “View Purdue Calumet” in Alumni Hall of the Student Union & Library.

Enrollment and student services representatives, as well as faculty from Purdue Calumet’s 16 academic departments will be present to discuss:

• undergraduate and graduate degree programs offered in more than 100 areas of study;
• admission procedures;
• scholarships and other financial aid;
• student housing; and
• experiential learning and career development opportunities.

“The program is designed to show people what Purdue Calumet has to offer and help them feel comfortable in a university environment,” Purdue Calumet Associate Director of Admissions and Recruitment Dorothy Frink said.

Campus tours, including The University Village, Purdue Calumet’s student apartment facility, will be held, weather permitting.

The Student Union & Library is located one-third mile north of Interstate 80/94, three blocks east of Indianapolis Boulevard, north of 173rd Street. Free parking is accessible directly south of the Student Union & Library by turning north at the traffic light on 173rd Street, one-half block east of Woodmar Avenue.

Other information is available by contacting Purdue Calumet’s Office of Admissions at

219/989-2213. The toll free number throughout northwest Indiana and the nearby Illinois Chicagoland area is 800/HI-PURDUE, ext. 2213.

News Release Date: May 29, 2008