{"id":12755,"date":"2025-11-19T14:46:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T19:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/entr\/?page_id=12755"},"modified":"2025-12-05T12:44:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T17:44:41","slug":"newsletter-entrnews-fall-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/entr\/about-us\/newsletter-entrnews-fall-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter &#8211; ENTRNews Fall 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div  class=\"purdue-home-cta-banner purdue-home-rtb-hero\">\n    <div class=\"image\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/entr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025_JAU_DSC_1069-scaled.jpg\"\/>\n            <\/div>\n    <div class=\"section has-padding-top-large has-padding-bottom-large\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n            <div class=\"purdue-home-rtb-hero__content-wrap\">\n                                    <p class=\"purdue-home-hero__subheader tagged-header tagged-header--gold purdue-home-rtb-hero__subheader\">Fall 2025 newsletter<\/p>\n                \n                                                        <h1 class=\"second-level-page-heading purdue-home-rtb-hero__header \">ENTR News<\/h1>\n                \n                                    <p class=\"purdue-home-rtb-hero__subtext\"><em>From Campus Dreams to Real-World Impact: Purdue Entrepreneurs on the Rise<\/em><\/p>\n                \n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"purdue-home-rtb-hero__slider-wrap container\">\n                <div class=\"glide purdue-home-slider--rtb-hero\" data-number=\"1\">\n                    <div class=\"glide__track\" data-glide-el=\"track\">\n                        <div class=\"glide__slides\">\n                                                            <div class=\"glide__slide\">\n                                                                            <figure class=\"image\">\n                                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/entr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/entr-news.png\" alt=\"ENTRNews Logo\"\/>\n                                        <\/figure>\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"slider-controls slider-controls--dark\">\n                        <button class=\"glide__arrow arrow--left\">previous<\/button>\n                        <div class=\"glide__bullets\" data-glide-el=\"controls[nav]\">\n                                                                                            <button class=\"glide__bullet slider__bullet\" data-glide-dir=\"=0\" aria-label=\"slide 1\"><\/button>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                        <button class=\"glide__arrow arrow--right\">next<\/button>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div  class=\"purdue-home-intro-text has-layout-one-centered \">\n        <div class=\"section has-gray-background\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n                                    <h2 class=\"tagged-header tagged-header--gold\">A note from Nathalie<\/h2>\n                                                \n            <h3 class=\"purdue-home-intro-text__header header-font-acumin\">From Campus Dreams to Real-World Impact: Purdue Entrepreneurs on the Rise<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This issue celebrates the remarkable creativity, resilience, and ambition of Purdue students and alumni turning their ideas into thriving ventures. Whether transforming custom sneakers into a nationwide brand, like Alex Andrews of a22customs, building a global fashion label, like Emily Brown of Maren Made, developing cutting-edge robotics and AI innovations, like Aarav Garg, or revitalizing economic opportunity in Gary through Emmani Ellis&#8217;s IronWorkz, these Boilermakers are demonstrating what it means to be entrepreneurial. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each story highlights the power of Purdue&#8217;s Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation program to inspire bold thinking, equip students with practical skills, and connect them with the resources and community needed to transform passion into purpose, one venture at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div  class=\"section has-padding-top-large has-padding-bottom-large  page-layout-wide page-layout-two-column page-layout-two-column-divider page-layout-two-column-verticalCenter\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n                <div class=\"tagged-header-container tagged-header-container--content-block tagged-header-container-gold\">\n            <h2 class=\"tagged-header tagged-header--gold\">FEATURED STORY<\/h2>\n        <\/div>\n                \n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns page-layout-columns columns is-multiline is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column column is-full-tablet page-layout-main is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\"><strong>His \u201cSole\u201d Purpose: Alex Andrews Turns Custom Shoes into Thriving Business<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Purdue senior Alex Andrews painted a pair of Pikachu-themed shoes as a graduation gift for a friend, he never imagined it would lead to a business that now serves professional, Olympic, and NCAA athletes across the country. 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