普渡大学西拉法叶校区：教育、研究、服务
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Purdue University， located in West Lafayette， Indiana， is the flagship university of the six-campus
Purdue University system.Purdue was founded on May 6， 1869， as a land-grant university.The General Assembly established the institution in Tippecanoe County as Purdue University， in the name of the principal benefactor，business leader and philanthropist John Purdue. Purdue issued its first degree， a Bachelor of Science in chemistry， in 1875. The first female students were admitted to the university in the fall of the same year. West Lafayette， Indiana， serves as the primary campus in the Purdue University system， which encompasses four other campuses throughout the state.Purdue University is best known for its highly competitive engineering college and leading programs in aviation and aerospace.Today， Purdue enrolls the largest student body of any university in Indiana and the largest international student population of any public university in the United States. The Discovery Park (to bring innovation through multidisciplinary action)and Purdue Research Park(which is a private and nonprofit foundation created to assist Purdue ) surrounding campus are home to hundreds of medical， biotechnology， and nanotechnology laboratories and companies.
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System： Purdue offers both undergraduate and graduate programs in over 211 major areas of study， and is well known for its competitive engineering curricula. Purdue"s aviation technology program remains one of the most competitive aviation-specific programs in the world. Purdue is organized into ten colleges and schools， including College of Agriculture， Krannert School of Management， College of Science， College of Engineering， College of Pharmacy， College of Education， College of Liberal Arts， College of Technology， College of Veterinary Medicine， College of Health and Human Sciences. Purdue"s engineering program has also educated 22 of America"s astronauts， including Neil Armstrong and Eugene Cernan who were the first and last astronauts to have walked on the moon， respectively.
生词助读
encompass [inkmps] vt. 包含；包围
aviation [eiviein] n. 航空；飞行术
multidisciplinary [mltidisiplinri] adj.
多学科的；有关各种学问的
中文概述
普渡大学，是拥有六个校区的州立大学系统，学生人数约四万人，主校区位于美国中西部印第安纳州西拉法叶。1869年由约翰·普渡捐资，印第安纳州划拨土地建造。学校设备齐全，崭新的计算机设备、研究实验室，都是学生的最爱。
六个校区包括位于美国中西部印第安纳州的西拉法叶主校、盖莱默分校、韦恩堡分校、印第安纳波利斯分校、中北分校和位于德国汉诺威的德国国际行政管理研究生院。
普渡大学向来以理工农见长，被称为"美国航空航天之母"、"旅游界的哈佛"以及"工科大学之翘楚"。最为人所知的是它的工学院，普渡工学院提供了高竞争力的课程设计与具领先地位的系所，是全球顶尖的工程学校之一，在此发展出了数项创新，如Wiki、世界上首台全电子电视、机器人的控制与远制技术等。
普渡大学的工学院和文学院规模最大，强项学科有：工程、商业管理、旅馆管理和药学系等。特别值得一提的是，普渡的数学系是全美首屈一指的学系，大学数学和研究生课程十分丰富。
中国人对普渡大学并不陌生，它是中国"两弹元勋"邓稼先的母校，抗日名将孙立人也曾在普渡大学求学并获得学士学位。普渡大学的教师和学生中诞生了多位诺贝尔物理学、化学和经济学奖得主。
普渡大学还培养了包括第一位登上月球的阿姆斯特朗和最后一位离开月球的尤金·塞尔南在内的22位宇航员。
由于普渡大学是招收女性攻读工程专业的第一所大学，所以许多著名的女工程师就毕业于普渡大学。
普渡大学主校区所在的西拉法叶是个充满了中西部风情的城市，随着时代的变迁，城市的进步冲击了保有历史传统的旧式城市，但也替西拉法叶带来了发展潜力，形成该市的多元文化。
梦想成功录
Have you somewhat to do tomorrow， do it today.
明天如有事，今天就去做。
Work today， for you know not how much you may be hindered tomorrow.
今朝有事今朝做，明朝可能阻碍多。