 I like to think that they're all leaving footprints too, making the world hopefully a better place. My name is Joe Rule and I teach 9th grade biology and a junior senior level genetics course and a junior senior level science research course here at Jefferson High School in Lafayette, Indiana. I would say Purdue enabled me to make a giant leap in terms of just being successful as a teacher. It's been a wonderful ride. I've been invited to the White House on two different occasions as a teacher of science. In 2017 I was fortunate enough to be inducted into the National Teachers Hall of Fame. I think because of the training and inspiration that I received at Purdue, there have been some footprints that I've been able to leave and not just mine but the footprints of hundreds of other students. In the research course, students actually have released time to go across the river to Purdue and work in research labs on independent projects. Those experiences have launched careers, lots of careers. In the last 20 years I've had over 300 students working in various engineering and science labs at Purdue and now those students are doing great things, greater than their teacher. I like to think I'm leaving footprints on their hearts maybe and they're in turn leaving footprints making a big impact all over the world in lots of different ways. And so, and not just the students in the research course but the thousands of students who I've had the opportunity to work with over the last 41 years. I like to think that they're all leaving footprints too, making the world hopefully a better place. That was Joe Rule. Look for more stories at purdue.edu.