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How does the song go: "Of the days we've spent with you, all hail our own Purdue!"
  • I've now started a new chapter in my life. Thank you to all of my students, friends and family for the great memories at Purdue. I really do appreciate it.
  • This means no more Office Hours -> so don't even try ;-)
  • You may however, be able to reach me in the following ways:

    • Phone: 001.765.233.4909 {Skype-enabled PSP Phone}
    eMail: jeffcrites@alumni.purdue.edu
    eMail: Jeffrey.Crites@valpo.edu
    SL: Kreitz Kamachi
    Skype: jeff.crites
    AOLIM: PurdueSTATS
Welcome
Jeff Crites has accumulated over 20 years of experience in many backgrounds including the military, university, and corporate environments. He has served in the United States Air Force, worked at Purdue University and has owned his own companies.

Crites campaigned for State Representative (Indiana District 27), served in college student government, has been a Lafayette Urban Ministry Camp Counselor, a Student Life Advisor at Purdue University, a College of Technology Ambassador and a member of the Purdue University President's Council. In addition, he has been an Assistant District Commissioner for the Boy Scouts of America and an Eli Lilly School Mentor.

Crites has studied abroad at Oxford University in England, Korea University in Seoul South Korea, and in Munich Germany. He has worked at Purdue University as a Teaching Assistant (and Graduate Instructor) for the Computer Science Department (CS235), the Entrepreneurship Certificate Program (ENTR200), the Krannert School of Management in Introduction to Marketing (MGMT323) and Global Marketing (MGMT649); and within the College of Technology, Organizational Leadership and Supervision department for Leadership & Ethics (OLS440), Project Management (OLS450), Conflict Management (OLS477) and the Applied Leadership course (OLS274) also at Purdue University.

Crites has several degrees and Certificates, from Business Administration to Entrepreneurship to Leadership. Crites says, "I've dedicated my life to helping people. Whether it's from a business, social, or religious perspective - that's what I do. This has always been, and will continue to be, my focus."

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The picture database

Spring Break 2008, my Purdue University Study Abroad MFET499 (SA208M) - Manufacturing in Germany course trip and these pictures are currently on my facebook picture album(s) and may be seen at the following locations (from most recent to most distant):

My label, my brand
How I see myself as a person and what I can do for you and your business.

Latest projects
  • I'm now working on the Valparaiso University MBA (thanks to a good friend for encouraging this option - Stew). I will finish this next academic year and then I'm looking forward to continuing my education during the upcoming summers at Harvard University - All of this after receiving my masters degree from Purdue with an emphasis in Leadership.
  • Currently I'm concentrating on management/leadership courses. First, I will become acclimated to graduate courses in the higher education environment. I'm excited about all the possible future opportunities to learn and excel. I hope to eventually receive degrees from Valpo, Harvard and then complete my education by obtaining a doctorate from somewhere like Oxford University in Oxford, England.
  • My masters thesis proposal is almost complete (thanks to all those who have helped me complete this degree in a timely manner) and I'll present the proposal for my thesis "Virtual Leadership Skills Within Virtual Environments" during the upcoming semester of 2009.
  • A good friend and mentor, Dr. Hank Feeser, asked me to help him during the 08-09 school year by being a graduate assistant for his courses as well. I've really enjoyed working with the students of MGMT323 and ENTR200.
  • I was selected as the first TA (Teaching Assistant) for the new Entrepreneurship program at Purdue University in 2007. I've uploaded and created all the quizzes for the ENTR200 classes including the reading and failure cases quizzes. Additionally I've created an attendance card reader/scanner system for all the entrepreneurship student classes. I'm working on some other projects, such as a student database and other class technical resources. Exciting times.
  • During the summer of 2007 I participated in the Global Entrepreneurship in Seoul, South Korea Class over Maymester. I blogged using WordPress and utilizing the video 30gig camcorder, that Prof. Hank Feeser loaned me to utilize on the trip, to upload vids to vodpod. There's an automatic widget that updates the vids on a blog that the department utilized. It was a great trip! I highly recommend that every student try at least one study abroad course - Financial aid is available.
  • Ok - Here's some videos from the spring 2007 semester. Jeff Schultz did a news video of the Entrepreneurship program that features me. It turned out to be a pretty good video (although I could probably have looked better). Check out the video where it is stored on Viddler.com (which, by the way, is a place where you can store up to 500 megabytes of video) ENTR200 TV News Video here.
  • Also, for those of you who are interested in seeing my first-day video for the Entrepreneurship classes that I TA for, check out the ENTR200 TA Video here.
  • I've written some articles for The Purdue Review. Check them out in my Articles section. There's more to come this year...