Purdue eyes Wesley Foundation for Daniels School of Business expansion

Deal expected Friday includes a move for Wesley Foundation, the oldest campus ministry at Purdue, from Daniels Boulevard to the West Lafayette ‘Island.’ Pastor: Hard to leave, but it’s the right move

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PURDUE EYES WESLEY FOUNDATION FOR DANIELS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS EXPANSION

When Purdue first announced in fall 2022 plans to develop a new undergraduate business school, aiming to make it a Top 10 program in seven years with a retooled focus on STEM-oriented entrepreneurship, the university said it would plant a new, 125,000-square-foot academic building to house some of the 50 new faculty it expected to hire.

The question was: Where would that building go?

The answer, formally coming Friday morning, involves relocating the oldest campus ministry near Purdue.

Purdue trustees are slated at Friday’s meeting to consider a deal to buy the Wesley Foundation of Purdue property at 435 Mitch Daniels Blvd., which has been tucked at the corner of Daniels Boulevard and Sheetz Street for more than a century. The property is next door to the Krannert School of Management Building.

(Photo: Dave Bangert)

Trustees also will consider a deal to sell land to Wesley Foundation for a new home near campus.