Purdue International Scholars Academy

The Purdue International Scholars Academy, administered by the Office of Global Partnerships, serves as a resource for visiting J1 scholars at Purdue University to participate in professional development opportunities around campus, while immersing themselves in the Greater Lafayette Community.  

As part of the International Scholars Academy, visiting J1 scholars can participate in one of our three professional development certificates of completion. Through attending a certain number of mostly on-campus activities and events, scholars will have the opportunity to meet the minimum required activities to receive the certificate.  

By participating in the International Scholars Academy, scholars have the opportunity to further enrich their experience at Purdue and develop their professional skillset outside a research setting, while earning a professional development certificate of completion.  

Scholars can sign-up to participate in the certificate of completion program through your MyISS portal.

Please find an overview of each certificate below. 

Certificates Overview

Bronze Level Professional Development Certificate of Completion – 6 Activities 

  • 2 - Workshops/Seminars
  • 1 – Elective events (any educational or professional development activity hosted by Purdue or scholars’ college) 
  • 1 – Attendance of an on-campus conference, competition, fair, expo, or talk 
  • 1 – Attendance at a Global Partnerships and Programs organized activity (social or educational) 
  • 1 – Attendance at a community cultural event (e.g. theater performance, festival, fair, etc.) 

Silver Level Professional Development Certificate of Completion – 9 Activities 

  • 4 – Workshops/Seminars 
  • 2 – Elective events (any educational activity hosted by Purdue or scholars’ college) 
  • 1 – Attendance of an on-campus conference, competition, fair, expo, or talk 
  • 1 – Attendance at a Global Partnerships and Programs organized activity (social or educational) 
  • 1 – Attendance at a community cultural event (e.g. theater performance, festival, fair, etc.) 

Gold Level Professional Development Certificate of Completion – 15 Activities  

  • 6 – Workshops/Seminars 
  • 4 – Elective events (any educational activity hosted by Purdue or scholars’ college) 
  • 2 – Attendance of an on-campus conference, competition, fair, expo, or talk 
  • 2 – Attendance at a Global Partnerships and Programs organized activity (social or educational) 
  • 1 – Attendance at a community cultural event (e.g. theater performance, festival, fair, etc.) 

Events 

To assist scholars in finding professional development opportunities around campus, scholars can access the Professional Development Courses, Workshops, Resources, and Local Events spreadsheet here. 

While this list is not exhaustive of all available activities, this is meant to guide scholars in identifying new opportunities around campus and the community. This is also a great place for scholars to learn about some local events happening monthly as well.  

August/September Spotlight Professional Development Activities:  

August/September Spotlight Local Events:  

Find out about more Purdue events here.