Finding home at Purdue

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Name: Payten Logue

Hometown: Liberty, IN

Major: Agribusiness

Minor: Organizational Leadership

Certificate: Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Why did you come to Purdue: I came to Purdue because it gave me room to grow, and I knew I could find a community here. I wanted somewhere that would challenge me and give me the support and community I needed to grow personally and professionally.

Favorite Purdue tradition: All the game day rituals in Mackey Arena

Logue with friends at a basketball game and holding a giant Oscar Mayer hotdog

Top three influences at Purdue:

  1. Ag Council Executive Team and advisors
  2. AGEC advising department
  3. My friends
Top five memories of your time at Purdue: 
  1. Solar eclipse & national championship game day
  2. Hosting many birthday parties for friends in our apartment
  3. Going to Purdue at the same time as my two cousins and my sister
  4. Sigma Alpha formal & barn dances
  5. Purdue vs. IU basketball & football games
Places you have been as a Purdue student: 
  • Kansas City, MO - AFA Leadership Conference
  • Indianapolis, IN - March Madness tournament games
  • Top Golf - Sigma Alpha leadership retreat
  • Dallas, TX - Spring Break with friends
  • Columbus, OH - Cody Johnson concert with friends

Logue in formal wear with friends posing with Purdue Pete Logue holding a welcome home sign and standing next to her sorority little

Favorite club/organization: Sigma Alpha

Favorite student-led event: Ag Council's Moonlight Pancakes

Favorite Purdue event: Ag Week

Favorite place on campus: Mackey Arena

Favorite thing about CoA: My favorite thing about the College of Ag is the people in it and the experiences it provides! I truly have found the best friends, mentors and opportunities through the College of Ag.

Favorite class: TLI213 - Project Management

Favorite professor: LeeAnn Moss

Class you are excited to take your senior year: AGEC 365 - Agricultural Entrepreneurship

Three biggest accomplishments at Purdue: 

  1. Making Semester Honors and the Dean’s List
  2. Being named Keystone’s Most Efficient Intern
  3. Stepping into leadership positions in my clubs and sorority

Logue with family and friends at Ross-Ade stadium Logue posing with the Ag Council at an outdoor tent

Something about you that is not listed on your resume: I hold the title of older sister to my brother, Colten and my sister, Jorden, who I spend most of my time with.

Future plans: My future plans are to get a full-time position in the agriculture industry and combine my passions for serving others and agriculture. I also want to open my own baking business eventually.

Advice for underclassmen: Get involved early! Looking back, my biggest regret is not getting involved in clubs and leadership roles sooner. College goes by faster than you think, and the earlier you get involved, the more opportunities you will create for yourself.

The biggest takeaway from Purdue: My biggest takeaway from Purdue is to choose the big school! Coming from a small town, I thought I wanted a small campus, but I truly couldn’t imagine myself anywhere else. Purdue has been home in every way.