Chancellor

  • November 5, 2021

    Chancellor Keon at the 8th Annual Summit on Regional Competitiveness

    Chancellor Keon recently spoke about leadership perspectives at the 8th Annual Summit on Regional Competitiveness, a summit focusing on the development in the region that spans from Milwaukee, through Chicago […]

  • November 3, 2021

    Purdue University Northwest Contributes $746 Million in Local Income to Regional Economy

    Purdue University Northwest (PNW) adds $745.9 million in total income to Northwest Indiana, supporting 10,494 jobs across Lake, Porter and La Porte counties, according to a recently completed economic impact study.

  • October 18, 2021

    Northwest Indiana: A New Economic Outlook

    In his latest column for the Times of Northwest Indiana, PNW Chancellor Thomas L. Keon shares how optical fiber networks may be the next piece of infrastructure connecting Northwest Indiana with jobs for the future. 

  • October 4, 2021

    Higher Education in Indiana: Time to Plan for the Future

    In his latest column for the Times of Northwest Indiana, PNW Chancellor Thomas L. Keon shares how the time has come for some statewide planning about the future of higher education. Northwest Indiana must keep a strong state university to help continue to bolster the economy and provide an educated workforce.

  • September 10, 2021

    Changes in Enrollment Management and Student Affairs

    In order to elevate the significance of student recruitment, retention, and marketing, changes in staffing have been made. These strategic structural changes will provide an opportunity to assess and evaluate our processes and procedures as well as develop a path forward to ensure positive student outcomes.

  • September 9, 2021

    9/11: Twenty Years Later

    On the 20th anniversary of the tragedy set upon us on September 11, 2001 , PNW Chancellor Thomas L Keon asks the PNW community to pause and remember those who unfortunately lost their lives that day and in the days that followed.

  • September 1, 2021

    Welcome Back

    Thank you for a fantastic start to the fall semester at PNW. As we walk around the campuses, we are thrilled to see faculty and students interacting in the classrooms, and students engaging throughout the hallways, cafeterias, study spaces, fitness centers and at events like the Welcome Week Rallies.

  • August 6, 2021

    Continued Sustainability of the Westville Campus

    The Purdue Board of Trustees met at the Purdue Northwest Hammond campus today.  At their request, we presented a set of recommendations aimed toward ensuring the ongoing sustainability of our Westville campus.

  • May 5, 2021

    Purdue University Northwest Class of 1,082 to Be Honored at Two Commencement ceremonies

    Purdue University Northwest will host its spring commencement ceremonies in-person and outdoors, with appropriate health and safety protocols, on Saturday, May 15.

  • May 4, 2021

    2021 Teaching Incentive Award Winners

    Congratulations to the fourth cohort of Teaching Incentive Program Award winners. The Teaching Incentive Program (TIP) Award recognizes and incentivizes contributions to Purdue University Northwest in instructional excellence.