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Purdue President Mitch Daniels and Gen. David D. “DT” Thompson, vice chief of space operations for the U.S. Space Force, sign an agreement making Purdue one of the founding members of the new Space Force University Partnership Program. (Purdue University photo/Rebecca McElhoe)

Purdue is one of eleven universities chosen initially selected to join the University Partnership Program (UPP). Establishing strategic partnerships with this select set of nationally-renowned universities allows the Space Force to recruit and educate a diverse, high-caliber workforce, offer opportunities to advance research in specific areas of interest, and develop a 21st century, technology-savvy military service. Research is the largest component of the program, with Purdue and other universities each having its own research component.

The Defense civilian Training Corps (DCTC) is a new program for students that will build civilian careers in the Department of Defense (DoD) relating to acquisition, digital technologies, critical technologies, science, engineering, and finance and more. DCTC is a scholarship-for-civilian-service award.
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