SBIT BITS
News for Students
Issue: March 2025
Newsletter for Purdue University Global Business & Information Technology Students
SBIT BITS
News for Students
Issue: March 2025
Newsletter for Purdue University Global Business & Information Technology Students
NEW Activity for Students!
Introducing: Purdue Global Cafe' (PG Cafe')
Socialization is a process by which individuals acquire and share culture. The definition of faculty refers to a body of researchers, scholars, and lecturers organized by fields of study. The culture of a faculty is derived through a socialization process by which individuals learn to conform to the norms of the group.
The use of asynchronous communication is not the same as synchronous in developing dialogue and connections. As an online school, Purdue Global lacks a social connecting point between students, as well as Faculty with students outside of the classroom. Ground based schools have physical meeting areas where students may interact, offering a different type of social dynamic. At PG we can't just walk out into the quad and talk with each other. We can't run into each other at the Campus Coffee shop. (We can with a virtual Cafe!)
Socialization is a never-ending process and is continuously active. There will be many occasions where we change our membership groups, or we may migrate to a new cultural group. At these points we need to learn how to re-socialize our thought process and behavior to accommodate association with the new group.
PG Café will be an online meeting place. Google Meet will be used, and each program sponsored by PG Café will include a Café Manager and featured hosts.
The official PG Café Schedule will be posted monthly in the SBIT BITS newsletter for students with the access link.
SBIT Student SME Networking
March 28, 2025, 11:00am ET
Link:
Meeting ID - meet.google.com/szw-auhw-cmq
Phone Numbers (US)+1 424-570-2991
PIN: 146 115 193#
Café Manager: Dr. Blake Escudier
Featured Hosts: TBD
Student's Stories:
Meet: Ashley Farquharson
Ashley Farquharson represented Team USA in the Olympic Winter Games in Beijing in 2022 and is a hopeful for the next Olympic Games, Milano Cortina 2026. She’s also begun her bachelor’s degree in business administration with Purdue Global. (Purdue Global photo/John Underwood)
SBIT Program News
Open your world for new ideas and information!
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Under Construction:
Cybersecurity
Analytics
Cloud Computing
Information Technology
Student Life at Purdue Global
Learn More about Student Organizations
Digital badges are visual representations of an accomplishment or credential you have earned that has been issued and endorsed by an organization in a digital, shareable format. As a student at Purdue Global, you may earn a digital badge for several accomplishments, including making the Dean's or Chancellor's List or earning a micro-credential. Micro-credentials are smaller groupings of courses that can “stack” into or fulfill the requirements of other degree programs (such as a bachelor's degree). With these accomplishments represented by a digital badge, they can be easily shared with and verified by others. PG issues digital badges through Credly, our digital badge platform. To learn more, visit this page. If you have questions about digital badges, you can send an email to digitalcred@purdueglobal.edu.
Graduation Information
Graduation Ceremonies
Click Here: Graduation Center
(May Graduation Registration Closed)
October 11, 2025 - West Lafayette, IN
Registration: Opens Summer 2025
Venue: Elliott Hall of Music at Purdue University
Purdue Global Military
Click for more info!
Military Student Relations : Meetup Thursdays
Military Student Relations offers a drop-in opportunity every Thursday afternoon (4:00pm-6:00pm EST) for our military affiliated students to to network and build community, learn more about campus resources and events, and get your feedback on how to improve the military student experience!
Simply click on the meeting invite on our event calendar. We look forward to seeing you!
Boilermaker Fall Athletics
Academic Success ACS Video
What is - Writing Across the Curriculum?
Student Success Coaches
Click here for more: Academic Success Center
COLLEGE WRITING
The Purdue Global Writing Center supports writers in college composition and across the curriculum with resources that cover a range of topics on college writing from audience and formality to assignment types and sample essays and argumentation and rhetoric. Browse the collection below or use the search tool to locate topics on college writing and more.
Achievement in Community Engagement and Services (ACES) is a free, university-wide, co-curricular, non-credit program designed to recognize the community engagement and service learning efforts of Purdue Global students.
ACES connects students to their local, national, and global communities, to foster relationships in and their commitment to community engagement and service learning.
Students earn points for their service, both inside and outside the university, toward digital badges that can be used on resumes as documented evidence of their dedication to service. Their achievement is also recorded on their permanent academic transcript.
Purdue University Global holds itself accountable to foster a culture that promotes diversity and inclusion, offering an environment that is fair, equitable, and accessible for all.
Purdue University Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging
Purdue Global Employee Assistance Program
Purdue Global Non-Discrimination Policy
PG Library Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Resources
Student Accessibility Services
Learning and Leadership Diversity Series
Diversity Standards Aligned to the PG Core Values
PG Library Access: Your PG Library!
PG Library - Get Help from the Library
Get Research Help Around the Clock - Expanded Librarian Availability
See more @ PG Library Research Help
Academic Writer
Academic Writer is APA's authoritative solution offering you a complete digital environment for teaching, learning, and writing academic papers.
New to Academic Writer? Check out our orientation, Getting Started with Academic Writer, to learn how to navigate and use the site.
For more detailed guidance on using the Writing Center, visit our lesson on Writing in Academic Writer.
A student with a disability and/or temporary impairment that limits a major life function and is diagnosed by a health care professional can request accommodations. Accommodations can be permanent or temporary.
Who are they? SAS was once known as The Center for Disability Services (CDS). The department name was recently changed to Student Accessibility Services (SAS) to create a more inclusive environment that provides accessibility to all. Student Accessibility Services (SAS) at Purdue Global is the primary office responsible for the coordination of services for students with disabilities. Pursuant to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, Purdue Global will provide reasonable accommodations for students who have met the eligibility and verification requirements of SAS.
What do they do? SAS works directly with the student to provide accommodations that aid the student in being successful in their classes. SAS works as a liaison between the student and their instructors and notifies instructors of the student's approved accommodations each term. Students with temporary medical conditions can also request accommodations on a temporary basis.
How do you request an accommodation? Students with disabilities are responsible for requesting an accommodation. If you are a potential Purdue Global student, or already enrolled at Purdue Global, and are seeking accommodation(s) due to a diagnosed disability, you may request to be referred to Student Accessibility Services (SAS) through your university representative and/or contact SAS directly by telephone, or email. Actively enrolled students may also submit a self-referral to SAS through their student portal. SAS will then send an email to the student with information about requesting accommodations and will provide the required accommodation request forms attached to the email.
Purdue Global Contacts
Registration Issues: 866-522-7747
Textbook Inquiry: Student Support Desk or Academic Advising at 866-522-7747
Technical Issues: 866-522-7747-Support and Solutions
Student Accounts: 800-817-8272
Office of Student Support: 866-522-7747
Financial aid: 866-458-2008 option #2, or at fastudentsupport@purdueglobal.edu
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