The Data Mine
The Data Mine pt.2
Syllabus
Purdue Facts
Famous Purdue People
100

Who is the director of The Data Mine?

Mark Daniel Ward

100

What is the location of the symposium poster session

COREC

100

What email should you use to request help from The Data Mine?

datamine-help@purdue.edu

100

Purdue basketball plays in this arena

Mackey Arena

100

This alumnus walked the moon in 1969.

Neil Armstrong

200

When is The Data Mine Symposium?

April 30th, 2025

200

What is the name of high-performance computing cluster that The Data Mine uses?

Anvil

200

Each sprint report is worth?

10%

200

What is the official mascot of Purdue University

Boilermaker special

200

How many Nobel prize winner does Purdue claim

2

300

How many individuals work on staff at The Data Mine?

21 (22, if you include Brandt)

300

All Data Mine TAs take this training. This training is a federal law that protects student records.

Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

300

How many labs and lectures do students get to drop each semester?

1 lab and 1 lecture

300

What year was Hillenbrand opened

1993

300

This alumnus led the New Orleans Saints to a Superbowl victory against the Indianapolis Colts in 2010.

Drew Brees

400

What is The Data Mine mission statement

Data Science For All

400

What year did The Data Mine get started?

2018

400

Who verifies and provides notifications for absences that meet the criteria of the excused absence policies established by the University Senate.

Office of The Dean of Students (ODOS)

400

How many people are buried at Purdue West Lafayette campus

4

400

This alumnus is famous for their popcorn

Orville Redenbacher
500

Before being called The Data Mine, what was the name of the learning community that Dr.Ward ran?

The Statistics Living-Learning Community (STAT-LLC)

500

What academic unit does The Data Mine fall under

Office of The Provost

500

What is the address of The Data Mine building West Lafayette?

101 Foundry Dr., West Lafayette, IN 47906

500

11 out of the 12 numbers on the bell tower clock are roman numerals, which number is the exception

4

500

What Purdue president was buried on top of Slayter Hill

Steven Beering

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