Get ready to learn, laugh, and create lasting memories at Grandparents University! Boilermaker grandparents and their grandchildren, ages 7–14, will have the opportunity to pick a major, attend classes, and graduate—all while strengthening the bonds between the young and young at heart!
July 18–19 // July 25–26
Make and break bones. Create a monster. Even reach inside of a cow’s stomach! There’s a major to match every interest, giving grandparents and grandchildren the opportunity to learn with each other and from each other under the guidance of Boilermaker experts.
Make and break bones. Create a monster. Even reach inside of a cow’s stomach! There’s a major to match every interest, giving grandparents and grandchildren the opportunity to learn with each other and from each other under the guidance of Boilermaker experts.
Experience Purdue beyond its classrooms! Enjoy engaging field trips that take you behind-the-scenes of the university, surround yourself with Boilermaker spirit during a block party, and walk across the same stage as Purdue graduates during your own commencement.
Experience Purdue beyond its classrooms! Enjoy engaging field trips that take you behind-the-scenes of the university, surround yourself with Boilermaker spirit during a block party, and walk across the same stage as Purdue graduates during your own commencement.
You can be among the first to receive updates about Grandparents University 2024, including information about registration, by completing the form below!
Office of Special Events
765-494-0900
specialevents@purdueforlife.org
Office of Special Events
765-494-0900
specialevents@purdueforlife.org
You can be among the first to receive updates about Grandparents University 2024, including information about registration, by completing the form below!
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.
