Peoples Bank funds endowment, scholarships
Peoples Bank of Munster recently gave the university $38,500, to be split between an endowment fund and scholarships. The donation is the latest support from the bank. In 2021, Peoples donated its Hammond Banking Center, 7120 Indianapolis Blvd., to the Purdue Research Foundation. PNW’s space in the building supports community and economic development. Scholarships to benefit from the contribution include PNW Athletics, the College of Business Dean’s Fund and the Ed Furticella and Jane Mutchler Scholarship Funds.
Three alums to be inducted in the PNW Athletics Hall of Fame Saturday
Three former student athletes will be inducted in the Athletics Hall of Fame. Salvador Cordova, a 2016 graduate who ran cross country; Lori Haas-Conklin, a 2016 graduate who played tennis; and Kyleigh Payne, a 2018 graduate who played softball, will be inducted during a brunch at the White Lodging School building on Saturday. Cordova was the second runner in PNW history to qualify for the NAIA National Championships. Haas-Conklin was the team’s top singles player in 2015 and earned the first All-Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference honor in program history. Payne was the top player for the softball program during her time at PNW and holds multiple records for the softball program.
PNW takes STEM on the road to local high schools
Students from the colleges of Engineering and Sciences and Technology are bringing the promise of science, technology, engineering and math skills to area high schools. The university’s STEM on the Road program sets up four-hour interactive
experiences in the commons or cafeterias of Northwest Indiana schools. Students then show high schoolers practical applications of STEM disciplines. Typically, students demonstrate lessons or research in action with several apparatuses, projects, or organisms. STEM on the Road reaches up to 5,000 students each semester.