Name badges can be ordered directly from
Awards Unlimited. Once you have decided which
style of badge you want, contact Ashley Smith
of Awards Unlimited to complete your order.
Ashley Smith
a.smith@awardsunlimitedinc.net
765-447-9413
There are two options:
Name badges can be ordered directly from
Awards Unlimited. Once you have decided which
style of badge you want, contact Ashley Smith
of Awards Unlimited to complete your order.
sales@awardsunlimitedinc.net
There are two options:
Business card orders can be placed through
the National Group. Please follow the instructions below
to place an order.
Download and complete the form below, then email
your completed form to alumniclubs@purdueforlife.org
for review. Once the card layout is approved, the artwork
will be sent to the National Group.
Custom club apparel and other items can be ordered
through Freckles Graphics, which has a dedicated storefront
page on its website for Purdue for Life Foundation items.
Patsy earned a bachelor’s degree in food and nutrition in business from Purdue in 1969, in addition to an MBA in food marketing from Michigan State University in 1970. She retired from Kraft Foods in 2006 after 36 years in corporate food marketing and marketing communications management.
A community volunteer, Patsy serves on the Women’s Fund of Central Indiana Advisory Board and the Purdue College of Health and Human Sciences Dean’s Leadership Council, in addition to the President’s Council Advisory Board. She is a former member of the Health and Human Sciences Alumni Board. Patsy held several offices from 2006 through 2013, including president and treasurer. She serves her community’s Discover Indianapolis Club in Fishers, holding several leadership roles for over 10 years.
Patsy has received several honors, including the Purdue University Nutrition Science Department Hall of Fame recipient in 2009 and the Purdue University College of Health and Human Sciences Distinguished Alumni Award in 2016. She also received the college’s Gold and Black Award in 2016, an honor reserved for donors who have moved the college forward by committing exceptional financial resources.
In addition to endowing two scholarships, the Patsy J. Mellott Scholarship and Patsy J. Mellott HHS Scholarship, she established the Patsy J. Mellott Teaching Innovation Award in the College of Health and Human Sciences in 2013. In 2015, she endowed the Patsy J. Mellott Women’s Tennis Coach Performance Award. She is a lead donor in the Christine M. Ladisch Faculty Leadership Award and the Purdue Women’s Network Virginia C. Meredith Scholarship for the College of Health and Human Sciences.