Behavioral Sciences
May 8, 2024
Purdue University Northwest to offer Master of Social Work degree
Purdue University Northwest will enroll students in its first Master of Social Work (MSW) cohort in fall 2025. Applications will be accepted through January 2025.
March 6, 2024
PNW Celebrates Student, Faculty and Staff Achievements
Purdue University Northwest recognized several exemplary students, faculty and staff members, nominated by their institutional peers, for accomplishments relating to their on-campus community-building and leadership.
March 4, 2024
PNW Sociology faculty member earns LEAP Indiana teaching award
Purdue University Northwest (PNW) Associate Professor of Sociology Hubert Izienicki was honored for his teaching methods that apply inclusive and supportive practices for undergraduate students.
January 22, 2024
PNW clinical professor selected as Advanced Service-Learning Fellow
Purdue University Northwest (PNW) faculty member, Pamela Saylor, clinical assistant professor, Social Work Program in the Department of Behavioral Sciences, has been selected by Purdue University’s Office of Service-Learning as an Advanced Service-Learning Fellow for Spring 2024.
January 19, 2024
Paladin’s Early Childhood Education Program Welcomes Purdue University Northwest Students
Paladin partners with PNW to offer aspiring human service professionals the opportunity to complete their practicum in one of Paladin’s high-quality childcare facilities.
December 6, 2023
Professor Nicky Ali Jackson recognized in statewide Champion of Diversity awards
Nicky Ali Jackson, professor of Criminal Justice, is named as the 2023 honoree for the Visionary Impact Award by Indiana Minority Business Magazine and Minority Business Review.
October 17, 2023
Professor Nicky Ali Jackson receives 2023 Heart of Indiana Torchbearer Award
Nicky Ali Jackson, professor of Criminal Justice and executive director for the Center for Justice and Post-Exoneration Assistance (CJPA) at Purdue University Northwest (PNW), was awarded the 2023 Heart of Indiana Torchbearer Award by the Indiana Commission for Women.
March 28, 2023
PNW student’s research featured in undergraduate research journal
Purdue University Northwest alumna Saige Addison's undergraduate research is featured in the latest Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research (JPUR).
December 22, 2022
Changing lives: Meet 2022 PNW graduate Jalyn A. Smith
Inspired by her mother’s career in social work, Jalyn A. Smith, ’22, chose to major in the same field and will graduate with a bachelor of arts degree in Social Work from the College of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences.
November 2, 2022
CJPA Launches Work to Fight Miscarriages of Justice
Purdue Northwest’s Center for Justice and Post-Exoneration Assistance has begun research and advocacy work to meet its mission of averting miscarriages of justice for prisoners experiencing wrongful convictions and exonerees.
