Strategic Plan
- September 26, 2025 - Help Shape the Visual Identity of Our Strategic Plan - We're excited to invite students, faculty and staff to participate in the RISE Logo Contest, a creative opportunity to help visually represent PNW’s new strategic plan, Excellence Evolving: 2025 – 2030. 
- April 14, 2025 - Announcing PNW’s New Strategic Plan: Excellence Evolving: 2025–2030 - Chancellor Chris Holford is excited to share PNW's new strategic plan, “Excellence Evolving: 2025-2030,” which will serve as a road map for university priorities over the next five years. 
- February 19, 2025 - Your earnest participation and valuable input over these past several months have significantly shaped PNW's 2025-2030 Strategic Plan, “Excellence Evolving.” From our students, faculty and staff to our alumni and community partners, I am proud of your commitment to ensuring our university is responsive to the future needs of our students and the communities we serve. 
- January 30, 2025 - Strategic Planning: PNW Values and Open Forum Sessions - See the latest Strategic Planning updates, including a finalized Mission and Vision statement, PNW values and upcoming Open Forum Sessions. 
- November 20, 2024 - PNW Campus Community Setting the Path for the Next Five Years - Thanks to the outpouring of ideas, discussion and collaboration from all areas of the Purdue University Northwest (PNW) community, we are well on our way to establishing a new strategic plan during the spring semester. 
- November 8, 2024 - Strategic Plan: Mission, Vision and Ongoing Progress - After considering all of the university-wide conversations and subsequent feedback, the Strategic Planning Steering Committee now has the final versions of the PNW Mission and Vision. 
- October 11, 2024 - Next Steps in the Strategic Planning Process – You are Invited! - The Strategic Planning Steering Committee thanks you for your participation in the All-Inclusive Strategy Days on Sept. 24 and 25. The summary report from these two Strategic Sessions is now available on the Strategic Planning website. 
- September 27, 2024 - Thank You for Participating in Strategic Planning Strategy Sessions. Now, Next Steps! - Approximately 400 people participated in two days of PNW strategic plan strategy sessions, providing valuable feedback about the collected data, the ongoing strategic planning process and the strategic sessions. 
- September 19, 2024 - Strategic Planning Committee: Discovery Report - The Strategic Planning Steering Committee conducted more than 45 internal and external focus group sessions with over 500 participants, including students, faculty, staff, and community partners. Their feedback informed a Discovery Report that will be the starting point for the development of PNW's new strategic plan. 
- August 20, 2024 - Invitation to Take Strategic Planning survey - If you haven’t had a chance to join a focus group for PNW's next strategic plan, please complete our survey to share your thoughts on the current state of the university and ideas to help envision our shared future. 









