Get ready to explore part of Purdue’s beautiful West Lafayette campus during your assigned Grandparents University field trip!
Information regarding field trip assignments can be found in your June 1 announcement email.
Bands and Orchestras
This tour will introduce you to Hagle Hall, the new home for Purdue Bands and Orchestras, and give you an up-close look at the “All-American” Marching Band’s Big Bass Drum.
Bechtel Innovation Design Center
Join Boilermakers on a guided tour as they show demonstrations of various machinery offered in the design center, and then test your skills in a STEM activity.
Campus Bus Tour
Ride through campus and hop off the bus to see iconic landmarks, participate in Purdue traditions like “Crossing the Tracks,” and then quench your thirst with a Pete Pop.
Envision Center
Immerse yourself in a virtual-reality experience and discover some of Purdue’s state-of-the-art innovations through augmented reality and 3D data modeling.
Purdue Airport
Explore the first university-owned airport in the nation as you go through the hangar, airframe lab, engine lab, dispatch, and simulator building.
Purdue Athletics: Swimming and Diving
This tour will take you through the Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center, home of the Purdue swimming and diving team and several Boilermaker Olympians.