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PURDUE DAY OF GIVING 2024 SHATTERS ATHLETICS FUNDRAISING RECORD

May 1, 2024
This year’s Purdue Day of Giving, held April 24, shattered records for Purdue Athletics. After the historic run by the Purdue men’s basketball team to the national title game, which followed the squad winning the regular season Big Ten Championship for the second consecutive year, Purdue Day of Giving offered Boilermaker fans an opportunity to commemorate the team’s season and bolster the entire department’s unprecedented momentum. The Boilermaker community together raised more than $13 million for Purdue student-athletes with record participation of more than 2,700 gifts.
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PODCAST: Celebrating the 25th anniversary of Purdue winning the 1999 NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship

March 12, 2024
In this episode of “This Is Purdue,” we’re talking to former head coach Carolyn Peck and co-captains Stephanie White and Ukari Figgs as they reflect on the Purdue women’s basketball team’s 1999 NCAA National Championship. Celebrate the 25th anniversary of this legendary win and listen as Coach Peck, Stephanie and Ukari share more about this historic season and the real story behind what happened when they arrived in San Jose for the Final Four of March Madness.
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EVER GRATEFUL. EVER TRUE. ALL HAIL PURDUE.

November 22, 2023
Across the world, Purdue Boilermakers are recognized for breaking records in the classroom, in sport, and even in Space. But here on campus and within Purdue Athletics, we know Boilermakers are much more than a remarkable group of high-achievers. Like you, they are selfless, loyal, authentic, and passionate. You are Ever True.
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Purdue Partners With Courts For Kids, Creates Student-Athlete Travel Program

January 30, 2024
As a result of the John Purdue Club’s Forging Ahead fundraising campaign, Purdue Athletics announced Wednesday the first-ever Boilermakers Beyond Borders travel program.
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2023 Athletics Director’s Dinner

November 14, 2023
On October 13, 2023, Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Mike Bobinski, Jeanne Boyd, and the John Purdue Club team welcomed more than 200 guests to the first Athletics Director’s Dinner of the 2023–24 membership year.
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Purdue Launches ‘Forging Ahead’ Fundraising Campaign

September 14, 2023
With an ever-present eye towards innovation, the $18.69 million fundraising campaign is designed to fund a data-driven approach to recruiting, retention, and the development of championship teams across all 18 Boilermaker sport programs. Paying homage to Purdue’s founding in 1869, the fundraising goal will allow for the launch of the initiative in the near term while also establishing a substantial endowment that will annually produce capital to support programming and staffing needs.
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Patsy J. Mellott

BS College of Health and Human Sciences, 1969
Fishers, IN

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.