The Council on Competitiveness and Purdue are co-sponsoring an April 1 meeting in Indianapolis to bring politicians, industrialists, academics and researchers together for a Midwest Summit on the Future of American Innovation.
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Women engineers celebrate 100-year history at Purdue When Martha Stevens earned a degree in civil engineering in 1897, she became the first woman to graduate from Purdue with an engineering degree. One hundred years later, Jennifer Wise, from Hickory Hills, Ill., also has earned a civil engineering degree from Purdue. But Wise was one of nearly 300 women who received undergraduate engineering degrees in West Lafayette this spring. She is also an example of what attracts women to Purdue engineering and what helps them graduate. Wise has served as a mentor to younger woman students and also as president of Purdue's chapter of the Society of Woman Engineers.