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Purdue School of Industrial Engineering to be named for Edwardson following $25 million in philanthropic commitments

The Purdue Board of Trustees has approved naming the School of Industrial Engineering for alumnus John A. Edwardson in recognition of $25 million in total gift commitments to support students, faculty, and programming. The school will be known as the Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering.

January 8, 2020
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Championing future leaders

High-achieving business students are being offered transformational opportunities, thanks to the generosity of Krannert alumnus Marshall Larsen and his wife, Susan.

January 8, 2020
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Liberal arts alumni empower internships, political science students

Purdue College of Liberal Arts alumni Chris and Michelle White are giving back to the college that played such a transformative role in their successful lives together.

January 8, 2020
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A new venue for the inn crowd

What began as a romance at Purdue two decades ago has come home to the heartland as an alumni couple’s labor of love—The Whittaker Inn.

January 8, 2020
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Major gift lifts minority engineering program

The doors of opportunity are opening wider for minority engineering students thanks to a gift from a grateful couple with long ties to Purdue.