Leaders from Purdue University’s Office of Industry Partnerships, Purdue Global and Vandenberg Space Force Base held a ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the establishment of a Purdue Global education office within Vandenberg’s education center. This represents the first time Purdue Global has opened an extension office on a military base, specifically designed to serve military-affiliated students and the surrounding community.

After celebrating a record number of gifts during its 12th annual Day of Giving, Purdue continues to set the standard for single-day fundraising in American higher education. The 24-hour online, social media-driven fundraising effort brought in $105.1 million through 36,875 gifts—bringing Purdue Day of Giving’s cumulative total since its launch in 2014 to $602.1 million.