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Purdue launches 5-year, $4 billion campaign

On Saturday (Feb. 15), Purdue University President Mung Chiang announced the launch of Victories & Heroes: Your Campaign for Purdue. The goal of the fundraising campaign — the largest in the university’s history — is $4 billion raised by early 2030.

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Volunteers planting one of the 325 trees planted during the 2022 Purdue Day of Service, which was held October 28 at Horticulture Park.
The Purdue Day of Service has already become a shining example of success through both small steps and giant leaps, with interest and productivity growing from year to year.
Fall 2020 Campus Scenes with Purdue Bell Tower
The Purdue Board of Trustees ratified eight faculty positions, awarded two posthumous degrees, and approved resolutions of appreciation for friends of the University.
Portrait of Purdue alumnus Brian Ford

A sound investment

As a wealth management advisor, Brian Ford (ME’07) helps his clients achieve financial wellness by applying the organizational and problem-solving skills he developed in college. Growing up in Hammond, Indiana, Ford had aspired to attend a Big Ten school and ultimately decided on Purdue’s School of Mechanical Engineering.
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It was a record year for the John Purdue Club in 2021-22, with an all-time best $83 million raised in pledged commitments and cash donations in support of Purdue Athletics. That level of generosity and ambition has positioned the Boilermakers to energetically launch into the 2022-23 season amid the ever-changing landscape of college athletics.
Headshot of Helen Bass Williams
Fifty years ago, Helen Bass Williams, the first African American professor at Purdue, played a leading role in establishing the first learning center on campus. Purdue’s Board of Trustees recently approved changing the name of that facility to the Helen Bass Williams Academic Success Center.
an illustration with words reading "Purdue Global Student Success."
Purdue University Global has awarded Purdue Day of Giving Completion Scholarships to 21 of its top students, all of whom boast a grade-point average of at least 3.0 and are within 30 credits of graduating. The most recent Purdue Day of Giving raised $63,341 from 1,904 gifts for Purdue Global students.