Purdue University Northwest

Purdue University Northwest
[1]
Former names
 Purdue University Calumet
Purdue University North Central
Type Public Coeducational
Established 2016 (2016)
Academic affiliation
 Purdue University system
Chancellor Thomas L. Keon
Students 10,500
Location Hammond and Westville, Indiana, United States
Colors Black and Old Gold
Athletics Current Provisional Members of GLIAC (NCAA Dll)
Nickname Pride
Sporting affiliations
 GLIAC
Mascot Pride (Lion)
Website www.pnw.edu
Hammond Campus
Established 1946
Location 2200 169th Street
Hammond, IN 46323, United States
41°34′54″N 87°28′17″W / 41.58167°N 87.47139°W / 41.58167; -87.47139
Campus Urban: 194 acres (78.5 ha)
Westville Campus
Established 1948
Location 1401 South U.S. 421
Westville, IN 46391, United States
41°35′03″N 86°53′39″W / 41.58417°N 86.89417°W / 41.58417; -86.89417
Campus Rural: 305 acres (123.4 ha)

Purdue University Northwest (PNW) is a public university with two campuses located in Northwest Indiana, near Chicago and the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. It offers more than 70 undergraduate and graduate degree programs to approximately 10,500 students and has more than 64,000 alumni.

History

Purdue University Northwest was established in 2016. Two Purdue campuses—in Hammond, Indiana and Westville, Indiana—unified to help eliminate administrative duplication, and provide academic excellence to strengthen student education and opportunities.[2]

The unification of Purdue Calumet (Hammond) and Purdue North Central (Westville) was approved by the Higher Learning Commission on March 4, 2016.[3] This officially marked the establishment of Purdue University Northwest. However, Purdue Calumet and Purdue North Central each have an important history. With World War II taking place, these two campuses offered technical courses as part of the national defense training program with the federal government.[4] The campuses remained open when the war ended in 1945, offering credited courses. Both campuses were built as a credited university in 1946.

Campuses

The Hammond campus is a residential campus covering 167 acres (67.6 ha). It is located 25 miles (40.2 km) from downtown Chicago. The neighborhood campus includes 17 academic and recreational buildings, a fitness center, two apartment-style student housing facilities, the White Lodging Center for Hospitality and Tourism Management, and a Challenger Learning Center. Nearby PNW Hammond facilities include the Commercialization and Manufacturing Excellence Center, the Couple and Family Therapy Center, and Dowling Park, the home of Purdue Northwest baseball, softball, soccer and tennis. A $35 million Bioscience Innovation Building is planned to be constructed beginning summer 2018, opening in 2020, to house state-of-the art instructional and research facilities for nursing, biological sciences and STEM education.

The Westville campus is located on 268 acres (108.5 ha) in rural La Porte County along U.S. Highway 421. This location has three academic buildings, a spacious student services and activity center opened in 2015, and a veterinary emergency facility. The grounds of the Westville campus feature an extensive outdoor and indoor art collection, Shakespeare's Garden adjacent to a picturesque pond, tennis courts, an eighteen hole disc golf course, a baseball diamond, and four outdoor basketball courts.

Academics

Purdue University Northwest offers undergraduate and graduate programs in more than 70 areas of study, plus a doctor of nursing practice degree. Purdue Northwest has been recognized among the best regional universities in the U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings (2017).[5]

The university is organized into six colleges and three schools. They include:

  • College of Business (AACSB-Accredited)
    • Department of Managerial Studies
    • Department of Quantitative Business Studies
    • White Lodging School of Hospitality & Tourism Management (ACPHA-Accredited)
  • College of Engineering and Sciences
    • Department of Biological Sciences
    • Department of Chemistry and Physics
    • Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science
    • School of Engineering (ABET-Accredited)
      • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
      • Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
  • College of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences
    • Department of Behavioral Sciences
    • Department of Communication and Creative Arts
    • Department of English
    • History and Philosophy
    • Political Science, Economics and World Languages and Culture
    • Psychology
    • School of Education & Counseling
  • College of Nursing
  • College of Technology
    • Department of Computer Information Technology & Graphics
    • Department of Construction Science & Organizational Leadership
    • Department of Engineering Technology
  • Honors College

Notable alumni

  • Felicia Middlebrooks - radio news broadcaster (WBBM-AM)
  • John N. Johnson - vice president of finance and enterprise services and chief information officer at California-based Intel Corp. [6]
  • Robert E. Johnson, III - President/CEO and co-founder of Cimcor, Inc.
  • Alexis Michael - Manager of Shoe Sensation
  • Marco Wishart - Vice President and General Manager Control and Visualization Business, Rockwell Automation

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Alumni" (PDF). alumni.pnw.edu.
  2. ↑ Thomas Keon. "GUEST COMMENTARY: Unifying Northwest Indiana for excellence". nwitimes.com. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  3. ↑ Joseph S. Pete (March 5, 2016). "Purdue University Northwest now officially exists". The Times of Northwest Indiana. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  4. ↑ "History". www.pnw.edu.
  5. ↑
  6. ↑ Purdue University Calumet (December 27, 2007). "Record enrollment, experiential learning adoption highlight 2007". Retrieved 2018-03-29.
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