Journal and Courier: Purdue’s celebration tab: $576,778
Wow.
That’s the response from many students and staff when told Purdue spent more than a half-million dollars for a party last month to celebrate the end of its Campaign for Purdue fundraiser.
“That seems like a big waste,” said David Hoover, a junior studying actuarial science. “Pay for renovations to some of these buildings. A lot of the buildings need it.”
The bill for the June 30 event, in which donors were thanked for $1.7 billion in contributions over the past seven years, totaled $576,778, according to documents gathered by the Journal & Courier. About half was paid for by the Purdue Research Foundation; the rest came from money raised through the campaign.
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