Center for Families

The Center for Families at Purdue University focuses on improving the quality of life for families and strengthening the capacity of families to provide nurturing environments for their members.

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Ninth Annual Kanter Award Winner Announced 

The Center for Families at Purdue University and the Boston College Center for Work & Family, with the support of Alliance for Work-Life Progress at WorldatWork, announced Shelley Correll, Stephen Benard and In Paik, as the winners of the 9th Annual Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research for their work: “Getting a Job: Is There a Motherhood Penalty?” Read more...

MacDermid Wadsworth Appointed to IOM Committee

Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth, director of the Center for Families and Military Family Research Institute, has been appointed to serve on a Institute of Medicine committee that will identify the readjustment needs of deployed armed forces and their families and then carry out a comprehensive assessment. Read more...

Purdue to host Operation Purple Camp

Purdue University has been chosen as a host site for Operation Purple Camp, a free national summer camp program designed to offer support in a fun and exciting atmosphere to the children of military parents who are or will be deployed. The camp, created by the National Military Family Association, will take place May 31 through June 6. Registration is available online at http://www.operationpurple.org and will be open until the camp reaches capacity. Read more...

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