An FYI for those of you who travel TRAVEL New Mileage Rate for Privately Owned Vehicles in Effect January 1 To correspond with a decrease to the mileage rate allowed by the Internal Revenue Service, Purdue will adopt the personal mileage rate of 51 cents per mile for privately owned vehicles used for University business travel on or after Jan. 1, 2011. Thank you, MaryAnne Madrid Business Manager Chemical Engineering ph: 765-494-4071 fx: 765-494-4073