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March 12, 2020 • No Comments

Hours after PNW announced a two-week suspension of face-to-face instruction, students expressed support for the decision to reduce the risk from students returning from spring break who might have been exposed to COVID-19. Until...

Pioneer will publish online during suspension

Pioneer Staff

March 11, 2020 • 1 Comment

In response to this unprecedented action, the Pioneer team has decided to embrace an online format for the duration of the suspension. While campus will still be operational, our primary audience will not be there to access...

Commuter campuses like ours may face unique COVID-19 risk

Mason Crist, Reporter

March 11, 2020 • No Comments

As administrators announce efforts to protect students from the COVID-19 virus, at least one nursing faculty member says the fact that PNW is a commuter school may heighten the risk of infection. “It is a serious situation...

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In Brief

BP America donates 15 engineering scholarships

March 11, 2020 • No Comments

PNW civil, computer, electrical or mechanical engineering students from Whiting, Hammond and East Chicago are eligible for a $1,000 scholarship in the 2020-2021 academic year. BP...

PNW announces spring commencement schedule

March 11, 2020 • No Comments

PNW’s five colleges will hold their undergraduate and graduate commencement ceremonies at the Fitness & Recreation Center in Hammond on May 8 and 9. The schedule for...

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Area families open their homes and hearts

Mohammed Alsulaiman, Reporter

March 11, 2020 • 1 Comment

For some international students, enrolling at PNW is only part of an American education. Many choose to steep themselves in the culture by living with an American family. Only...

Student and staff’s tattoos and the stories behind them

Mason Crist, Reporter

March 11, 2020 • No Comments

Call it what you want: Work of art, religious expression, personal narrative, drunken impulse or bad decision. When it comes to tattoos, they may also be threats to landing...

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Arts & Leisure

PNW recognizes student leaders, SGA announces election results

Amanda Lopez, Editor-in-Chief | April 9, 2019

The April 3 Student Recognition Banquet highlighted the achievements and standout leaders of PNW’s student organizations and departments. Chancellor Thomas Keon said he was pleased to see deserving students receive accolades...

TRIO celebrates first-generation students

Dalin McCully, Staff Writer | March 4, 2019

Student Support Services, Upward Bound, Ronald E. McNair, 21st Century Scholars Program and Educational Talent Search (also known as TRIO Student Support Services) celebrated first-generation students with several hundred...

Homecoming Month

Tiffani Steinhagen, Staff Writer | February 18, 2019

After the polar vortex disrupted the Homecoming Week schedule, the Office of Alumni Relations changed the celebration to a monthlong schedule of activity. Removed from the cold and snowy conditions, the Homecoming Carnival...

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Sports

B-ball coach named top female administrator

Pioneer Staff | March 11, 2020

Courtney Locke, hired as PNW head women’s basketball coach in April, has been named interim senior woman administrator, the highest-ranking female position at the school’s athletic department. The senior woman administrator designation is designed “to promote meaningful representation of women in the leadership and management of college sports,” according to the NCAA. Locke will serve in...

Contreras is first PNW rep at NCAA

Tatiana Spak, Reporter | March 11, 2020

PNW’s own Ismael Contreras, a sophomore, is a defender on the men’s soccer team and a business analytics major. But he recently scored a new position off the field and it might just be his most important yet. He is the first PNW student athlete to represent the school at NCAA Division II student athlete governance meetings. Contreras is PNW’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Great...

SAAC: The campus group you don’t know

Tatiana Spak, Reporter | March 11, 2020

PNW’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) may be the most powerful campus organization you’ve never heard about. SAAC’s mission is to enhance the student athlete experience by promoting opportunity, protecting athlete welfare and fostering a positive student athlete image. The group influences NCAA procedures by offering input on rules, regulations and policies that affect student athletes...

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