Your Impact

From contributions on Day of Giving to planned gifts from PNW estates, your support enables everything we do. Student scholarships, state-of-the-art classrooms, community outreach—they’re all made possible with your support.

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Bioscience building is pictured.

Your Support By the Numbers

  • Purdue University Northwest (PNW) Raises Historic Level of Nearly $2.9 Million on PNW Day of Giving 2023! PNW ranked fourth among 77 participating units in the Purdue system for total gifts received. The university was ninth among participating units system-wide in total dollars raised. These achievements awarded bonus money to PNW. Participation in PNW’s Day of Giving increased by 34% from 2022.
  • Gifts to PNW, as designated by the donors, will be used to support student scholarships, academic programs, athletics, student organizations and other strategic initiatives. PNW Athletics earned the top spot among participating PNW units during PNW Day of Giving 2023. The unit tallied more than 740 gifts or about 40% of total donations to PNW.
  • $8 million estate gift from former professor Nils K. Nelson, supporting the Nils K. Nelson Bioscience Innovation Building as well as scholarships named professorships. This state-of-the-art building includes 68,000 feet of cutting-edge research and advanced STEM opportunities.
  • $12 million gift—the largest in PNW’s history—bringing Gabis Arboretum to Purdue University Northwest. The 300-acre preserve provides educational and research opportunities for people throughout Northwest Indiana and beyond.
  • 83% of graduates working full time or accepted into advanced study or service program within six months of graduation, highlighting PNW’s emphasis on hands-on learning in the classroom and beyond.
  • More than $700,000 in scholarships distributed with your support, helping students to focus on their education and advance their dreams.
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Purdue University Northwest plans annual Day of Giving on April 24

Purdue University Northwest (PNW) invites the community to support students during the 11th annual PNW Day of Giving 24-hour fundraiser on Wednesday, April 24.

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Save the Date for PNW Day of Giving 2024

At PNW, we instill the rock-solid belief that whatever it takes, the rewards are worth it. Join us on April 24 as we empower our students to ignite change and become forward-thinking leaders, because inside each one of them is the strength to Power Onward.

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NIPSCO and the NiSource Charitable Foundation Provide Gift to Support Innovation Makers Summer Camp at Purdue Northwest

NIPSCO, a NiSource company, in partnership with the NiSource Charitable Foundation, provided a generous gift of $35,000 to support an Innovation Makers Summer Camp at no cost to students at Purdue University Northwest.