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Student-Family Study Lounges

We are committed to making PNW a welcoming and inclusive campus to support a variety of students’ needs!

PNW has created Student-Family Study Lounges on the Hammond and Westville campuses as a way to help PNW students with children study and engage with fellow students. Each of these lounges contains work stations and play areas so that parents can work and study on campus while caring for their kids.

Hammond Lounge

Classroom Office Building (CLO) 139

Westville Lounge

Library Student Faculty Building (LSF) 139

Student Family Lounge is pictured.Lounge Policies

  • We are not providing child care, so please never allow children to go unattended.
  • Nearby restrooms are equipped with changing stations; please do not change diapers in the lounges.
  • Please keep the lounge areas clean and remove any personal items or trash when leaving.
  • PNW assumes no liability for personal injury or damages resulting from use of the Student-Family Study Lounges.
  • Students not accompanied by children are asked to yield work stations and other amenities in the lounges to students who are accompanied by children.
  • Use of the Student-Family Study Lounges is subject to applicable Purdue Northwest procedures, including the policy on Use of Facilities and current COVID policy, which requires masking at all times while inside university buildings.

See The Lounge In Action

Micah Williams enjoys an activity chair in the student-family lounge at the Classroom Office Building on the Hammond campus.

Micah Williams enjoys an activity chair in the student-family lounge at the Classroom Office Building on the Hammond campus.

From left, PNW student Kayla Duesing plays with Isaiah Woodson and Milani Canty during an open house at the student-family lounge in the Classroom Office Building on the Hammond campus. Duesing was one of several Human Development and Family Studies students who came to observe and interact during the open house.

From left, PNW student Kayla Duesing plays with Isaiah Woodson and Milani Canty during an open house at the student-family lounge in the Classroom Office Building on the Hammond campus. Duesing was one of several Human Development and Family Studies students who came to observe and interact during the open house.

PNW student Amani Norwood, right, draws on a board with her daughter, Milani Canty, during an open house at the student-family lounge in the Classroom Office Building on the Hammond campus.

PNW student Amani Norwood, right, draws on a board with her daughter, Milani Canty, during an open house at the student-family lounge in the Classroom Office Building on the Hammond campus.

PNW Student Amari Norwood, left, colors with her son, Isaiah Woodson, during an open house at the student-family lounge in the Classroom Office Building on the Hammond campus.

PNW Student Amari Norwood, left, colors with her son, Isaiah Woodson, during an open house at the student-family lounge in the Classroom Office Building on the Hammond campus.

Ribbon cutting at the multicultural lounge is pictured.

PNW Debuts Multicultural and Student-Family Lounge Spaces

A new programming and recreational space is available for students and student groups in Room 180 of the Classroom Office Building at the Hammond campus.

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