Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels appointed chemical engineering student Miranda McCormack to the Purdue Board of Trustees yesterday (6/7/11). A native of Fowler, Ind., she will represent the student body, serving as the student trustee, effective July 1. She graduated second in her high school class at Benton Central High School in Oxford in 2009.

Chemical Engineers were offered the highest starting salaries this year, according to a report published by CNNMoney.com.