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Hope and Compassion

Linda Perez leads St. Jude House’s work on behalf of domestic violence victims. Difficult conversations. Linda Perez initiates and facilitates such uncomfortable interactions on a daily basis to make a difference in the Northwest Indiana community. As executive director of St. Jude House, a rescue center for victims of domestic violence, she is not only

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Purdue Northwest Offers Free Tax Assistance

WESTVILLE & HAMMOND – Students from Purdue University Northwest tax and accounting classes are offering free federal and state income tax preparation assistance to taxpayers/families with incomes of $54,000 or less, individuals with disabilities and elderly residents. Students at the Westville Campus are participating in the Internal Revenue Service’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program.

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Excel Center South Bend Receives Planning Grant

The Excel Center has received a planning grant of $30,000 under Lilly Endowment Inc.’s Comprehensive Counseling Initiative for Indiana K-12 Students.  The aim of the Counseling Initiative is to increase significantly the number of K-12 students in Indiana public school corporations and charter schools who are emotionally healthy, realize academic success, graduate from high school,

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National Recognition for PNW Administrator

HAMMOND – The associate director of Purdue University Northwest’s Commercialization and Manufacturing Excellence Center (CMEC) recently received the nationally-recognized Tibbets Award for driving small business innovation, research and development. Entrepreneur Mont Handley, who promotes and advances commercialization and entrepreneurial ventures in his position at Purdue Northwest, received his award during a White House ceremony. He

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