Dedication of Atlas Family Marketplace in PMU set for Thursday (April 28)

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What: Dedication of the Atlas Family Marketplace, Purdue Memorial Union. Event is private but open to media.

Where:

Purdue Memorial Union, Mary J. Hanna-Elmore East Terrace

Purdue University

101 N. Grant St.

West Lafayette, Indiana 47906

Rain location: Purdue Memorial Union ground floor (indoors)

Parking is available at the Grant Street Parking Garage.

When: Thursday, April 28, 10 a.m. ET

Programming:

Speakers: Ella Springer, President, Purdue Student Union Board; Mitch Daniels, President, Purdue University; Howard (BS ’84, Pharmacy) and Jessica Atlas, lead donors

Reception and self-guided tours to follow.

About the Atlas Family Marketplace:                                                                              

Through a stunning renovation of the Purdue Memorial Union’s ground floor, the Atlas Family Marketplace has launched an exciting new chapter in the life of the iconic Union building. The marketplace includes 12 retail dining venues, state-of-the-art technology, increased accessibility, and 900 interior seats in a variety of styles and configurations. On the building’s south side, two new terraces provide increased natural light for the building’s interior. The terraces also add 11,000 square feet of outdoor dining and collaboration space with nearly 150 additional seats and two fire pits. Visitors to the Union will find touches of campus memorabilia throughout the marketplace, in addition to treasured elements of the building’s rich heritage.

Contact: Journalists interested in covering the dedication should contact Special Events, Purdue for Life Foundation: specialevents@purdueforlife.org, 765-494-0900

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