Congratulations to Our 2024 Founders Day Award Winners and Honorees

March 6, 2024
PNW cheerleaders march in at Founders Day 2024

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.

See Honorees and Photos


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

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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