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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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Headshot of Daniel Dawes

A journey of engagement

As a student, Dan Dawes (A’80) was involved in several extracurricular activities, including fraternity living and student government. His engagement didn’t stop after graduation. He served as a recent graduate representative on the Purdue Alumni Association’s board of directors for three years.




Boilermaker Special, Engineering Fountain in spring

Purdue trustees ratify faculty and staff positions, approve resolutions of appreciation and namings

The Purdue Board of Trustees ratified faculty and staff appointments and approved resolutions of appreciation and namings.






Photo of the Schneider family, Purdue donors.

Endowments reflect family’s gratitude

Boilermaker ties run deep for Paul Schneider (PhD HHS’84) and his family. He and his wife, Debbie, have funded two endowments benefiting Purdue programs, and their sons are both proud alumni.





Image of Gerald and Nanette Lyles.

Alumnus and wife give $10 million in unrestricted support to Purdue’s Daniels School of Business

Purdue University has received a $10 million commitment from Gerald (CE’64, MBA’71) and Nanette Lyles for unrestricted support of the Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business. The commitment represents the latest in a long history of giving for the Lyles family, which can trace its Purdue ties back to Gerald’s maternal grandfather, who was both a student and a professor at the university.
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Purdue receives $5 million Lilly Endowment grant to support Military Family Research Institute

A $5 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. will provide continued support during the next three years for the work Purdue University’s Military Family Research Institute (MFRI) does to improve the lives of military families and veterans. The grant will help MFRI enhance its robust support networks.


5 Purdue graduates in their caps and gowns standing next to the John Purdue statue

Scholarship reflections

As Purdue’s graduates set out to change the world, they do so ever grateful for the generosity of alumni and friends.