My Little Search for Owen Davis at Purdue
Alright, let’s talk about something I was fiddling with recently. The name ‘Owen Davis’ connected somehow with ‘Purdue University’ came across my radar. Don’t recall exactly why, maybe overheard it, maybe saw it written down somewhere quick. Anyway, it stuck in my head and I thought, okay, let’s see who this is.
So, first thing I did, pretty standard stuff, just opened up my browser and typed ‘Owen Davis Purdue’ into the search bar. You know how it goes, hit enter and see what comes back.
Got a mix of results, as expected. Some links looked promising, maybe profiles on different platforms, but lots of people have similar names, right? Needed to be sure it was the Purdue connection I was looking for. Some results might be about an Owen Davis who went to Purdue ages ago, or maybe someone else entirely.
Digging a bit deeper
My next step was to go directly to the source. I figured the Purdue University website itself would be the best bet. Most universities have some kind of directory for faculty, staff, maybe even students.
- Navigated to the main Purdue website.
- Looked for a ‘Directory’ or ‘People Search’ link. Found one.
- Typed ‘Owen Davis’ into their search tool.
Okay, so I ran the search on their internal directory. Sometimes you get lucky and find the exact person right away. This time, it wasn’t immediately obvious. Maybe there were multiple entries, or maybe none that clearly matched what I vaguely had in mind. Directories can be finicky – sometimes people use middle initials, sometimes they aren’t listed publicly, all sorts of reasons.
Trying different angles
Since the main directory wasn’t a quick win, I thought about departments. Was this person faculty? Staff? What field might they be in? Without more info, this was guesswork.
I tried a few broad searches directly on the Purdue site, things like:
- ‘Owen Davis faculty’
- ‘Owen Davis staff’
- Maybe even tried tacking on a common college like ‘Engineering’ or ‘Liberal Arts’.
Went through some department pages too, clicking on faculty lists for a couple of the bigger colleges there. Sometimes you spot a name manually browsing that the search function misses.
So, where did I end up?
Honestly, after poking around for a bit, I didn’t land on a definitive ‘Ah, this is the Owen Davis at Purdue I was thinking of’. It happens. Sometimes the information isn’t readily available online, or the person isn’t currently affiliated in a way that’s listed publicly, or maybe the initial scrap of info I had was slightly off.
It was just a small exercise in trying to track down a specific bit of info online. A reminder that even with powerful search tools and university websites, finding one particular person isn’t always straightforward. Just part of the process sometimes!
