Founders Plaza Pavers
During the 50th Anniversary Celebration, Purdue Calumet began taking its learning environment another giant step forward. The plaza honors the founders of Purdue Calumet. It creates a warm atmosphere that encourages students to enjoy being on campus and enhances the beauty and safety of a park-like campus for the citizens of Hammond. Founders Plaza is always changing with an array of beautiful colors, interesting textures, and wonderful fragrances. Stop by and enjoy it!
The Latest News If you haven't stopped by the campus lately, consider visiting Founders Plaza today. The plaza is filled with trees, shrubs, native grasses, and perennials. All year, students utilize the expanded outdoor seating areas for studying and socializing in the midst of the beautiful steel bird sculptures. Each new season brings a new array of colors and textures.
Engraved pavers, reddish-gray with glossy black letters, are being added at least once a year. They are located in the center of the plaza just south of the Gyte Building's first set of doors that face south.
Where is Founders Plaza located?
Founders Plaza is located on 171st Street from Woodmar Avenue to Wicker Avenue. It incorporates features of northwest Indiana's natural environment and industrial heritage.
A pair of walks made of blue-green pavers represent the Grand and Little Calumet Rivers.
In a mounded median between the two walks, dune grasses border a narrow waterway representing the wetlands of the Calumet Region. The walks of Founders Plaza are made of precast concrete pavers.
Your Legacy
A donation of $100 for a 4"x4" paver or $175 for an 8"x8" paver entitles you to have your name, company name, or name of a loved one engraved permanently in Founders Plaza.
The acceptable wording besides the name of a company, individual or organization is "In Memory of," "In Honor of," or "Class of" and graduation year. The pavers accomodate 12 characters (positions) per line and 3 lines for 4"x4" pavers and 6 lines for 8"x8" pavers.
Contact the Office of Advancement at (219) 989-2323 to learn the schedule for the next phase of construction. Checks should be made payable to Purdue Calumet. VISA, MasterCard and Discover are also accepted.
Pavers Make Great Gifts
Pavers may be given as gifts
for graduation, birthdays, anniversaries or in memory of a friend or loved
one. If you indicate that the paver is being purchased as a gift,
Purdue Calumet's Office of Advancement will send you a special acknowledgement
card that you can place inside a greeting card for a personal touch. We
all know someone who is difficult to shop for or who "has it all." A paver
is a unique gift that's always the right size and never goes "out of style."
Best of all, it can be appreciated for generations as a piece of history--a
legacy!
Your Gift is Tax Deductible
Indiana taxpayers may take half your gift to Purdue Calumet, up to a maximum gift of $400 if filing a joint return or $200 if filing an individual return, as a tax credit. The tax credit directly reduces the "bottom line" of your Indiana state income tax, either reducing the amount you owe in taxes or increasing the refund you receive. Contact your tax accountant for more information.
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