Throughout the summer, in locations across the United States and around the world, Purdue alumni clubs celebrate new students, reconnect with current students, welcome families to Purdue, and award local scholarships at student send-off events.
These events, which bring together alumni, students, parents, and friends of Purdue, typically occur in June and July. They are often hosted at parks, country clubs, event centers, or the homes of alumni. Registration information is communicated via email and social media.
This map shows all the upcoming student send-off events hosted by Purdue alumni clubs and international networks. We update this list frequently, so please keep checking back to see if there is an event near you.
If you are a parent of an incoming or current Purdue student who is interested in establishing a send-off event in an area where there is an alumni club, please contact us at alumniclubs@purdueforlife.org.
If there is not a club in your area, but you would like to help start one, please fill out this form. If you are interested in international networks, please see our website.
Patsy earned a bachelor’s degree in food and nutrition in business from Purdue in 1969, in addition to an MBA in food marketing from Michigan State University in 1970. She retired from Kraft Foods in 2006 after 36 years in corporate food marketing and marketing communications management.
A community volunteer, Patsy serves on the Women’s Fund of Central Indiana Advisory Board and the Purdue College of Health and Human Sciences Dean’s Leadership Council, in addition to the President’s Council Advisory Board. She is a former member of the Health and Human Sciences Alumni Board. Patsy held several offices from 2006 through 2013, including president and treasurer. She serves her community’s Discover Indianapolis Club in Fishers, holding several leadership roles for over 10 years.
Patsy has received several honors, including the Purdue University Nutrition Science Department Hall of Fame recipient in 2009 and the Purdue University College of Health and Human Sciences Distinguished Alumni Award in 2016. She also received the college’s Gold and Black Award in 2016, an honor reserved for donors who have moved the college forward by committing exceptional financial resources.
In addition to endowing two scholarships, the Patsy J. Mellott Scholarship and Patsy J. Mellott HHS Scholarship, she established the Patsy J. Mellott Teaching Innovation Award in the College of Health and Human Sciences in 2013. In 2015, she endowed the Patsy J. Mellott Women’s Tennis Coach Performance Award. She is a lead donor in the Christine M. Ladisch Faculty Leadership Award and the Purdue Women’s Network Virginia C. Meredith Scholarship for the College of Health and Human Sciences.