Congratulations to Our 2024 Founders Day Award Winners and Honorees
Thank you to all who gathered for the eighth Annual PNW Founders Day Celebration!
Congratulations to the years of service honorees, award nominees, and recipients of the outstanding faculty, staff and student awards!
Best wishes for much-continued success at Purdue University Northwest.
The years of service honorees, photos of the event and award winners can be found at the official Founders Day page.
Congratulations to the Award Winners
Outstanding Academic Administrative Leadership Award (Tenured/Tenure Track)
Shuhui (Grace) Yang
Outstanding Administrative Leadership Award (Staff)
Karen Sullivan
Outstanding Clerical and Service Staff Award
Joan Buss
Mary Rose Sicinski
Dianna Vaughn
Outstanding Management & Administrative Professional Award
Salvador (Sal) Cordova
Noemi Elizalde
Outstanding Faculty Scholarship Award
Julia Rogers
Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award
Hubert Izienicki
Outstanding Faculty Engagement Award
Jodi Allen
Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
Dikshant Sharma
Outstanding Graduate Student Award
McKenzie Dinga
Martin Luther King Jr. Dreamer Award
Gisele Casanova
Purdue for Life Foundation’s Special Boilermaker Award
Shontrai Irving
Purdue University Focus Award
Kwangsoo Park
Thank you to the faculty, staff, and students who served on various committees to make Founders Day a success!
And a special thank you to the Founders Day Committee for their hard work on a great event!
PNW Office of the Chancellor