AI² Tiger Team
Authentic Intelligence × Artificial Intelligence
The AI² Tiger Team’s goal is to ensure every PNW student graduates ready to understand, manage, deploy and use AI responsibly while building the critical-thinking skills no technology can replace. This work spans governance, curriculum, training, research and employer partnerships.
Your University. Your Future.
The AI² Tiger Team is working every day to make sure you are ready for what comes next.
Amplifying Human Capabilities
The name AI² reflects the core belief guiding this initiative: artificial intelligence should amplify human capability, not replace it.
Critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, empathy and the humanities remain the foundation of a Purdue Northwest education, with AI serving as a tool to support those strengths.
Our Goals
1. Build AI literacy and readiness across every college and program.
2. Keep PNW students aligned with success in a rapidly changing landscape.
3. Ensure student voices directly shape how AI is taught and used.
4. Prepare graduates to enter the workforce with a competitive edge.
The AI² Tiger Team was formed in December 2025, shortly after Purdue University announced its AI working competency, a first-of-its-kind graduation requirement for all undergraduates across the Purdue system.
Purdue Northwest formed a dedicated, campus-wide team to bring that commitment to life in a way that reflects our own students and mission, addressing the opportunities and challenges AI presents in higher education and identifying the best approaches to ensure PNW students are prepared to understand, manage, deploy and use AI responsibly.
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Who Serves on PNW’s AI² Tiger Team
The AI² Tiger Team brings together representatives from every college at Purdue Northwest, along with faculty, staff and administration. Membership includes:
Co-Chairs
The Senior Fellow for Economic Development and the Chancellor’s Chief of Staff jointly lead the team.
College Representatives
Faculty and staff from each PNW college give every discipline a voice in how AI is taught.
Faculty and Staff Leaders
This includes PNW’s AI Faculty Fellow, who supports campus-wide training and curriculum integration.
Student Representative
A dedicated student voice ensures student questions and ideas shape PNW’s approach to AI.
Administration
University leadership is aligning PNW’s AI strategy with the Purdue system and Northwest Indiana.