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Homecoming Highlights

May 4, 2021
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Ready to Power Onward at the Homecoming Carnival.

You’ve Powered Onward through a year unlike any other… explore the highlights and relive the fun of Homecoming 2021!

See the best of Homecoming, including Fireworks Night, Carnival and Yard Party and the PNW 5K Community Walk  “Students Helping Students One Step at a Time.”

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We celebrated PNW Pride lighting up the sky on the Westville campus! Fireworks Night was proudly presented by Purdue Federal Credit Union.

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The PNW Pride baseball team hosted Wayne State University’s Warriors at Dowling Park.

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Pets help students destress during SGA Cram Jam!

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Dogs make the best study buddies.

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Purdue Northwest got Homecoming month started right with the annual Homecoming Carnival on the Hammond Campus!

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Ready to Power Onward at the Homecoming Carnival.

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Students had lots of photo booth fun at the Hammond Carnival.

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The youngest members of the Pride enjoyed a safe celebration with a classic Yard Party on the Westville campus.

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The PNW 5K Community Walk “Students Helping Students One Step at a Time," sponsored by the Honors College, helped to raise funds and grow awareness for the Dean of Students emergency fund.

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Walk participants enjoyed a nice day on the Hammond campus.

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Students learned from Jorge Lopez with the Career Center and successful entrepreneurs and PNW Alumni Chelsea Whittington and Alan Myszkowski in a virtual Zoom panel: The PNW Alumni Owned Business Network: Side Hustle to MANE Hustle.

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Faculty and staff supported our hungry PNW students by donating food to our PNW Pantries at Westville and Hammond for the annual Chancellor's Cup Challenge!

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Donations went directly to food-insecure students. The Honors College took home this year's Chancellor's Cup!

Walking the trails at Gabis.

The S.H.I.N.E Remembrance Garden was revealed as participants walked the trails at Gabis Arboretum during S.H.I.N.E’s Spring Forward Walk.

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We closed out Homecoming with another night of lighting up the sky on the Hammond campus! Thanks to everyone who joined us for PNW Homecoming 2021. We're already planning how to show our Pride and celebrate PNW next year.