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Youth Programs

Get to Know Your Program Directors

Program directors work to ensure that your experience on our campus is safe, fun, and enriching. Here you will find the list of directors for our various youth programs. Feel free to reach out to them with specific questions or comments. 

If you are a program director, please reach out to Mary Encabo Bischoff, director of youth programs, and Lisa Zerkle, director of special events and campus emergency preparedness, to discuss the latest Purdue Youth Protection Policy and Operating Procedures. Please contact them at least 2–3 months before the start of your program. All faculty, staff, Recognized Student Organizations, units of the University and third parties who meet the definition of a Sponsor of a program involving minors are expected to follow the policy and procedures.

Mary Encabo Bischoff
Mary Encabo Bischoff
Director of Youth Programs
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Lisa Zerkle
Director of Special Events, Campus Emergency Preparedness
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Amy Dreibelbis
Appleseed Youth Summer Writing Camps
Molly Papier
Molly Papier
Community Arts Academy Director
Janet North
Janet North
ETCS Outreach Program Assistant
STEM Camps & Competitions
Rebecca Essig
Rebecca Essig
Future Leaders of T.E.C.
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Kei Quinn
Japanese Saturday School Principal
Sunila Chowdhry
Sunila Chowdhry
TRIO Upward Bound Director
Sable Eldridge
Sable Eldridge
TRIO Upward Bound Assistant Director
Ron Friedman
Ron Friedman
Dean of the College of Science
COS Summer Camp
Jeff Nowak
Jeff Nowak
NI-STEM – Northeast Indiana Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Resource Center
Matthew Perkins Coppola
Matthew Perkins Coppola
NEIRSEF Director
Janet Badia
Janet Badia
Dean of the College of Liberal Arts
The Collaboratory: A Liberal Arts Summer Institute