Pl read the important message below – thank you.
Arvind Varma
R. Games Slayter Distinguished Professor
Jay and Cynthia Ihlenfeld Head of Chemical Engineering
Purdue University
From: Engfaculty-list [mailto:engfaculty-list-bounces@ecn.purdue.edu]
On Behalf Of Jamieson, Leah H.
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2015 8:06 AM
To: Engfaculty-list@ecn.purdue.edu; Engap-list@ecn.purdue.edu; Engcs-list@ecn.purdue.edu
Subject: "a time to reflect and start the conversation"
College of Engineering Colleagues -
Diversity is a core value of Purdue’s College of Engineering. Recent events around the country and at Purdue remind us - as some of our students, faculty, and staff are reminded every day - that we have much work to do to create a place
that is genuinely diverse, welcoming, and inclusive.
There will be no simple solution, there is no easy answer. I know, though, that it will take the entire community to make this a better place. For that reason, I am gong to borrow words from a message that ECE Professor Mimi Boutin sent to the ECE faculty.
Their simplicity speaks volumes: