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>> What a wonderful day this is.
The first day of the Indiana State Fair and Purdue Day.
[ Applause ]
>> Well, this is Purdue's 8th year of being a big sponsor
of the state fair and we're just thrilled to be its sponsor.
It couldn't mean more to us and I hope it means a lot to you.
I was amazed to see that we have no less than 51 booths here
and I think we visited all of them, almost all.
>> Look at that tail, huh?
This is one of the animals we put out for Spring Fest.
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>> Actually the motor in these is in the back here.
It has three wheels and it's driven by the rear wheel.
>> When we were racing this last year,
we actually increased its efficiency significantly.
>> One of the first things that my husband and I got
to see this afternoon was the space sortium's
exhibit.
And our Purdue alumnus, Mark Brown,
astronaut, gave a wonderful talk about the space program.
>> By the time you get to the top of the tower, the gantry,
you're going over a hundred miles an hour.
By the time you get to 15,000 feet, you're going faster
than the speed of sound.
The total time from launch
to achieving earth orbit is eight-and-a-half minutes,
that's right.
>> And then you walk down towards here a little bit
and you go to the Overland Pavilion, the Pioneer Pavilion.
And you see just wonderful scientific exhibits,
the Purdue's colleges of agriculture
and veterinary medicine have prepared.
You can learn a lot about the plant Genome
and how important it is and what the DNA of an onion looks like.
That's what I learned about today.
>> Is Purdue the greatest university or what?
[Applause].
Yes! So the board of trustees
at Purdue have been around for 140 years.
Our mission is, along with the president, the administration
and the faculty, to provide our students a
world-class education.
>> We are, Purdue.
We are, Purdue.
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>> We love this fair because it's all about being involved
in every corner of Indiana.
It's showing off what we do best
and really involving everybody else in it.
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