HAMMOND — U.S. Rep. Pete Visclosky, D-Ind., urged Purdue University Calumet graduates “to consider using your enhanced talents to make our region a better place to work and live.”

Visclosky addressed more than 485 fall and summer graduates, their family members, friends, and university faculty and staff during Purdue Calumet December Commencement Exercises at the Hammond Civic Center. Overall, the graduating class consists of 907 individuals—the largest contingent of fall graduates in Purdue Calumet history. They earned 122 masters, 754 baccalaureate and 31 associate degrees.

“Find something that can be improved,” Visclosky, who has represented Indiana’s 1st Congressional District since 1985, told the graduates. “. . . Be persistent, work cooperatively and be urgent.”