Alumni Profiles
January 5, 2022
Viviana Plaza, ’21, graduated in May with a major in Political Science. Currently, she works for the LaPorte County Government as a Community Development Specialist.
July 15, 2021
Featured Alumni Sara Welsh: A Love for History
Sara Welsh graduated from Purdue Northwest with a Bachelor’s in social studies teaching in 2006.
May 4, 2021
Purdue University Northwest Teaching Alum Featured on Story Corps
Purdue University Northwest alum Alexia Dukes was a recent StoryCorps and "Google Doodle" feature in honor of 2021 Teacher Appreciation Week.
February 5, 2021
2020 Innovators Awards Inductee Profile: Jared Riddle
Using his extensive theater background, Professor Jared Riddle dove headfirst into the waters of virtual teaching.
February 5, 2021
2020 Innovators Awards Inductee Profile: Daniel Schultz
Daniel Schultz: Teacher, Hobart High School (Hobart, Ind.) "guides innovation in the classroom" through engineering and design thinking.
January 28, 2021
Alumni Pride Profiles: Magdalena Madrigal
Explore our Alumni Pride Profiles to get a peek into the lives of our alumni and how PNW has helped shape their journey post-graduation.
December 15, 2020
Communication Graduate Wins Chicago Emmy
Justyna Syska, a 2011 PNW graduate in communication with a concentration in media studies, shared in winning an Emmy Award with her colleagues at WLS-TV at the 62nd annual Chicago and Midwest Emmy Awards on November 22.
August 31, 2020
Alumni Spotlight: A Love of Building
The School of Engineering is #PNWEngineeringProud of Rachel Mok, Ph.D. She is a 2011 BSME graduate who recently received a mechanical engineering Ph.D. from MIT.
July 13, 2020
CHESS Student Advisory Board Alumni Highlight: Sonja Pierson
Sonja Pierson is the former 2019-2020 CHESS Student Advisory Board Chair. During her time on the board she also worked in the CHESS Dean’s office as a graduate assistant.
April 14, 2020
Alumni Spotlight: Designing Heavy Industry
A 2011 civil engineering graduate, Emily Larson is a structural engineer at Burns and McDonnell.
