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Name: Havelah Trusty

Hometown: Fillmore, IN

Major: Agricultural Economics (Prelaw and Policy concentration)

Why did you come to Purdue: For the agricultural department and to get in-state tuition

Favorite Purdue tradition: Boiler UPPPP

Trusty with friends in Canada Trusty with friends in costumes

Top three influences at Purdue:

  1. The amazing CoRec with its gym, pools and sauna
  2. The international community
  3. The residence hall life
Top five memories of your time at Purdue: 
  1. Standing in line with my friends at Wiley dining court
  2. Playing pool volleyball 
  3. Playing pickleball with friends
  4. Third Street party crowd first-year students
  5. Class with Dr. Montenovo

Five places you have been as a Purdue student: 

  1. A Wabash fraternity (where I met my boyfriend!)
  2. Canada with friends from Purdue (Niagara Falls)
  3. On a Mexican cruise with a friend from Purdue
  4. Gulf Shores, Alabama, with the Cru organization
  5. Cocoa Beach with Purdue friends

Trusty with friend Trusty with friends in Barbie box

Favorite club/organization: SALT

Favorite student-led event/initiative: PSUB events like pottery painting

Favorite Purdue event: Basketball games

Favorite place to study: Stewart libraries in the back

Favorite thing about CoA: The friendliness of professors

Favorite class: Counterterrorism Class by Dr. Will

Favorite professor: Dr. Montenovo from Italy

Class you are excited to take your senior year: Undergrad research with Dr. Ricker-Gilbert

Trusty with friends

Three biggest accomplishments at Purdue: 

  1. Working during the school year
  2. Getting an A in chemistry
  3. Not hitting a Starship

Something about you that is not listed on your resume: I love spicy food!

Future plans: Get married!

Advice for underclassmen: Experience more than the classroom. That’s where the opportunities come at college. 

The biggest takeaway from Purdue: There are a lot of hardworking and good people in Indiana!