STUDENTS: Prospective Student Open House Purdue University

Thank you for your help disseminating this invitation to interested students at your university who are interested in graduate study in the future:

The Department of Child Development & Family Studies at Purdue University

invites you to a

PROSPECTIVE GRADUATE STUDENT OPEN HOUSE

When: Friday November 14, 2008

Time: 10:00 am to 3:30 pm

Where: Purdue University West Lafayette Campus

This open house will give you a chance to learn more about cutting edge research in our department to improve the quality of people’s lives such as:

• Families coping with health problems
• Closing the large gap between poor and rich children when they enter school
• Programs to encourage literacy in preschool children
• Young adults’ increasing dependency on their parents
• The effects work- including “extreme” work serving in the military- on families
• Cross cultural differences in family patterns
• Family influences on adolescents’ and young adults’ health risk behaviors
• Personality differences in longevity

You will also hear about funding opportunities for graduate training in CDFS. Graduate students in our department typically receive full funding for their tuition as well as a stipend. After completing their degrees, graduate students in our department also find excellent jobs.

The open house will include an overview of our department and the application process for graduate school, a luncheon with current graduate students, a tour of campus, and opportunities to talk with graduate students and faculty about exciting research and training in the department.

Please RSVP by November 7 and we will send additional details. If you cannot attend our open house, please visit our website and apply to our program:

http://www.cfs.purdue.edu/cdfs/pages/graduate/index.html

If you have questions about the open house or CDFS graduate training, please contact:

Becky Harshman

Graduate Program Secretary

Department of Child Development and Family Studies

Purdue University

1200 West State Street

West Lafayette, IN 47907-2055

Phone: 765-494-2965

Fax: 765-494-0503

Email: harshman@purdue.edu

************************************* Karen L. Fingerman Professor

Head of Graduate Program Child Development & Family Studies 1200 W. State Street Purdue University West Lafayette , IN 47907-2055 Email: karenf@purdue.edu Fax: 765-494-0503 Telephone: 765-496-6378

http://www.cfs.purdue.edu/cdfs/Adult_Development/index.html

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