Alumni Create Endowment to Help Families
Bob and Joyce Miles have pledged $1 million from their estate to create a new fund that will help support CFS and the Center for Families. The fund, to be named the Bob and Joyce Miles Endowment Fund, was announced April 7 during the annual Felker Series. Joyce is a 1965 graduate in CFS and Bob is a 1963 graduate in civil engineering. Read more about the couple's gift and the Center for Families.

Hanleys Support Human Development Institute
Purdue University's new Human Development Institute, which will be home to centers that promote research on families, aging, and leadership, got a boost from a $3 million gift from Bill and Sally Berner Hanley of Omaha, Nebraska. Read about the Hanley's gift.

Ben and Maxine Miller Child Learning Center
Ben and Maxine Miller of Lafayette, Indiana, gave a leadership gift to the Purdue Child Care Program, which will be renamed the Ben and Maxine Miller Child Learning Center. The center will be part of the new Human Development Institute. Read about the Miller's gift.

Deckers Support Scholarships
CFS alumna Mary K. "Kitty" Decker, BS '67, and her husband, Ken, a 1964 mechanical engineering graduate, were recognized by President Martin C. Jischke for their support of a variety of scholarships and other University programs. Read about the Decker's gift.

Bashams Support Scholarships
John and Connie Basham of Lafayette have given $500,000 to the Department of Child Development and Family Studies to fund a scholarship endowment. Read about the Basham's gift.