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We are a community of Purdue students who help each other build creative technical projects.

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πŸ“– Consult the Dictionary

hack (v). creatively solve a technical problem

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πŸ’› heart (n). the feeling of love & acceptance from being surrounded by people who understand you

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⚑️ zap (n). the feeling of euphoria that comes from shipping something you’re proud of

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Making something you’re proud of is incredibly rewarding.

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BUT IT’S REALLY

HARD TO DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Purdue Hackers fixes this 😎

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4 parts

  1. Community πŸ’›
  2. Workshops 🎨
  3. Hack Night 🌚
  4. The Show πŸ–ΌοΈ

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Community

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Community

  • Discord server with 2500+ members
  • Super active, wacky, weird, & vibrant community
  • It’s also where we announce all our events

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Join Our Discord

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https://puhack.horse/discord

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Workshops

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Workshops

  • Hour-long sessions to learn something new
  • Leave with a finished project
  • No schedule; they run when someone wants to run one

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Hack Night

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Hack Night

  • A hacker festival every Friday night at 8pm
  • Second floor of the Bechtel Center
  • Starts at 8pm, ends when the last person leaves (often until 6am or later!)
  • ~80 average attendance
  • Minor version increases every week, major version increases when the structure changes

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Hack Night

A typical Hack Night schedule:

  • d~5~5|5 (8:00pm): Hacking begins
  • e~0~0 (9:00pm): Circle: Data Analytics
  • e~a~a|a (10:00pm): Session
  • f~5~5|5 (11:00pm): Circle: Systems
  • 0~0~0 (12:00am): Checkpoints

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Hack Night 5.14

Friday 1/24 8pm-??? πŸ‰

Bechtel Center 2nd floor

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The Show

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The Show

  • Demo the projects you’ve worked on once per year at the end of the semester (usually fall semester)
  • We invite 300+ students, Purdue faculty, and sponsors
  • The Show takes a creative form & brand that changes every semester
  • The next Show is Fall 2025

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BURST ✷ (Fall 2024 Show)

The Fall 2024 Show was called BURST ✷, and it took the form of an art gallery exhibition at an actual gallery on campus.

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BURST ✷ (Fall 2024 Show)

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BURST ✷ (Fall 2024 Show)

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BURST ✷ (Fall 2024 Show)

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The happy path

  1. Join the community, meet other hackers, share what you’re working on
  2. Learn something new at an hour-long workshop
  3. Come to Hack Night every week, meet your closest friends, make things together
  4. Share your work at the end of the year at the Show

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No commitment.

  • We are entirely opt-in. No dues, no commitments.
  • Hack Night, Community, Workshops, the Show; come to as many or as few as you want.

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We are open source.

  • Purdue Hackers is very community-driven; the community is Purdue Hackers.
  • The line between community members & organizers is somewhat blurry πŸŒ«οΈβ€”many community members help with event logistics, engineering, etc.
  • Many of our workshops & parts of Hack Night are run by community members!

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We are open source.

  • If you want to see an event happen, you can make it happen! Pitch it in our Discord or talk to one of us after this callout & we’ll work with you to make it happen.
  • If you want to have a piece of infrastructure that would make your experience better, build it! We’ll work with you to make it real.
  • You can help shape your experience as a member of Purdue Hackers. πŸ’›

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events.purduehackers.com

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There’s a whole world to discover

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Questions?

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πŸ”— All Links

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