Purdue Libraries Student Video Contest 2025–26

2025–26 Winners

The 2025–26 contest challenged undergraduates to answer one key question: “What do incoming students most need to know about Purdue Libraries to succeed?” After a brief hiatus, the contest returned with strong, creative submissions and impressive winners.

Winners:

• First place: Behruz Toyirov
• Second place: Safanur Rafi
• Third place: Skylar Grosch

2018-19 Winners

Five Purdue University undergraduate students were selected as the winners of the 2019 Why I Love Purdue Libraries Video Contest. Contest judges included Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies and Purdue Federal Credit Union regular and student staff members. Purdue Federal Credit Union (PFCU) sponsors the contest.

On April 25, 2019, Account Vice President at PFCU Jeff Love (second from left) met with the student winners in the PFCU branch in the Purdue Memorial Union to congratulate them. Winners are Miteum Yoo (far left), first place; Tae Hyung Kwon (third from left), second place; and Bharat Kesari, Christian Viktrup, and Dane Brear, third place.

2017-18 Winners

The winners of the Fall 2017 Why I Love Purdue Libraries’ WALC Video Contest joined Dean of Libraries Jim Mullins and Purdue Federal Credit Union (PFCU) Vice President Jeff Love for a special presentation of their awards in the Wilmeth Active Learning Center, Library of Engineering and Science. The Why I Love Purdue Libraries’ WALC Video Contest was supported by Purdue Federal Credit Union. The winners and Dean Mullins and Vice President Love are pictured standing on the third floor of the WALC, in front of the window overlooking the Mullins Reading Room. Pictured, L to R, are: Anna Magner, Cole Griffin, Jeff Love, Jim Mullins, Jake Heidecker, Jason Kelly, and Matt Schnelker.

2016-17 Winners

Pictured (L to R): Jing Yao, Xiaoping (Mary) Zhu, Jim Mullins, Jeff Love, Jacob Russell, and Tré Bennett. (Not pictured: Preeya Sharma.) Photo by Teresa Brown. (See http://blogs.lib.purdue.edu/news/2017/03/10/video-winners-17/ for more information about the winners of the 2016-17 contest.)

2015 Winners

Pictured from left to right: Zach Riddle, Matt Goldstein, Dean Mullins, Chi Vo, Andrew Fan, Tre’ Bennett, Purdue Federal Credit Union VP Jeff Love

2014 Winning Videos

Pictured from left to right: Dean Mullins, Zach Riddle, Tre’ Bennett, Andrew Fan

2013 Winning Videos

Pictured from left to right: Muhammad Afiq b. Junaidy, Dean Mullins, Denver Bailey, Andrew Martin