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May 29, 2026 • Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana

Celebrate a decade of changing students’ lives with Purdue University Northwest at our 10th Anniversary Gala.

A PNW lion sculpture outdoors

Change Students’ Lives

At Purdue University Northwest, scholarships change the lives of our students. Scholarship support represents more than just financial relief. It’s the key to unlocking opportunity, achieving goals and creating a ripple effect of transformation for their families and the communities they call home.

Your support of PNW’s 10th Anniversary Gala will provide scholarships for deserving students, helping them overcome financial barriers and achieve their dreams. Simply put, your support changes lives.

Join us in celebrating this milestone and in shaping a stronger, more vibrant future. Reach out to our development team to learn more about how you can make a difference for our students and our community, because changing students’ lives starts with us.

PNW students process for outdoor commencement

How Does Your Support Make a Difference?

Your impact, By the Numbers

  • 63% of full-time enrolled students have received donor-funded scholarships at PNW
  • Over 52% are first-generation college students
  • The average scholarship award ranged from $870 to $1,772, helping bridge critical financial gaps

Thanks to Our Generous Sponsors

Founder

James W. and Betty Dye Foundation
Ascend Logo. It shows an illustration of a pillared building facade next to the word Ascend. Text below: Ramakrishnan Family
Logo: Local 41 Laborer's Munster, IN
M. Mason Macenski
Nipsco logo, featuring an illustrated sunburst after the text
Deborah Thinnes

Visionary

Logo: Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana
Geoff and Julie Graegin

Champion

Logo: DVG Team Inc. with a blue background and a half-circle of radiating white dots above the words
Logo: Powers Health
Logo: TrueWealth Advising Group, Guidance Throughout Your Journey
Logo: The Times Media Company | nwi.com

Innovator

Text: Debbie Hyndman
Logo: The McMillan Family Foundation. "Foundation" looks like it is on a limestone wall, with illustrated columns.
Logo: Mechanical Concepts, Inc. , with lined red and blue semicircles behind the text.
Kimberly Nagy Consulting
Logo: NW Indiana 24/7 ER & Hospital, with a red-and-blue illustrated map of Indiana with a medical cross on it
Logo: One Region, with an "R" above the text
Logo: Peoples Bank, A Finward Company, with a blue chevron arrow pointing to the right of the text.
Logo: Purdue Federal Credit Union, with a half-gold stacked pyramid atop Purdue.
Logo: White Lodging, with a stylized WL in red above
Jenny Yalowitz

Leader

Logo: Belstra, with a multicolored illustrated leaf above the word.
Logo: Centier Bank, with yellow fireworks on a blue background
Logo: Cleveland Cliffs, with text "Cliffs" and a green triangle on top of an inverted, slightly shifted blue triangle.
Logo: Edgewater Health. To the left of the text is a circle with blue and aqua colors separated by a squiggle.
Logo: Hasse Contstruction Inc., Est. 1920 on green and red badge.
Horizon Bank Logo
Logo: Meats by Linz with the words Steakhouse Preferred next to an illustration of a cow and the words Estd. 1963
Luke Oil logo with white and yellow letters on a blue background.
Logo: Mortenson, with rectangles of increasing size to the right, blue and black, with a starburst pattern overlaid upon them.
Logo: Spark Marketing with a multicolored target
Logo: Strack & Van Til food market on a red palette-shaped background
Logo: Tonn and Black Construction, Est. 1922, with a blue "TB" in the middle of a yellow-and-blue octagonal badge
Joe Williamson

 


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