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href=https://www.pnw.edu/leadership >Leadership</a> / <span class="post post-page current-item">Meet the Chancellor</span></div><div class=main__sidebar><nav class=subnav aria-label=navigation> <button class=subnav__toggle> In this section </button><ul class=subnav__list> <li class="subnav__item page-item-21 subnav__item--current"><a href=https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/meet-the-chancellor/ class=subnav__link title="Meet the Chancellor">Meet the Chancellor</a><ul> <li class="page_item page-item-302 subnav__item--sub"><a href=https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/meet-the-chancellor/updates/ class=subnav__link--sub title=Updates>Updates</a></li> <li class="page_item page-item-57 subnav__item--sub"><a href=https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/meet-the-chancellor/request-a-speech-or-appearance/ class=subnav__link--sub title="Request a Speech or Appearance">Request a Speech or Appearance</a></li> <li class="page_item page-item-1390 subnav__item--sub"><a 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Plan</a></li></ul> </li> <li class="subnav__item page-item-927"><a href=https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/pnw-economic-impact/ class=subnav__link title="PNW Economic Impact">PNW Economic Impact</a></li> <li class="subnav__item page-item-106"><a href=https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/organization-charts/ class=subnav__link title="Organization Charts">Organization Charts</a></li></ul></nav></div><div class=main__content><h1>Meet the Chancellor</h1><h2>Chancellor Chris Holford</h2><p><img fetchpriority=high decoding=async class="size-full wp-image-1568 alignleft" src=https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2023/12/C_Holford_550x688.jpg alt="Dr. Kenneth C. Holford" width=550 height=688 srcset="https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2023/12/C_Holford_550x688.jpg 550w, https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2023/12/C_Holford_550x688-240x300.jpg 240w, https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2023/12/C_Holford_550x688-500x625.jpg 500w, https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2023/12/C_Holford_550x688-350x437.jpg 350w, https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2023/12/C_Holford_550x688-480x600.jpg 480w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px">Kenneth (Chris) Holford assumed the office of Chancellor of Purdue University Northwest on Jan. 8, 2024.</p><p>Chancellor Holford had previously served as provost and vice chancellor of Academic Affairs at Purdue Northwest since May 2020 where he provided leadership for the six academic colleges, as well as oversight of the Office of Commercialization and Research, Office of Institutional Research, Center for Faculty Excellence, and the Office of Academic and Student Success.</p><p>As provost, he prioritized the quality of the student experience, the importance of developing a highly trained workforce, and the enrichment of the regional community. He has emphasized the importance of academic and research quality at PNW, leading to tripling sponsored research activity at the institution over the past three years.</p><p>A professor of Biology, Holford has served the PNW campuses for more than 20 years, previously as the founding dean of the College of Engineering and Sciences since the formation of PNW in 2016. He also was dean of the College of Sciences and chair of the department of Biology and Chemistry at the former Purdue North Central, which is now the Westville, Ind., branch campus of PNW.</p><p>Holford earned a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from Illinois State University, with a primary research specialization in crustacean endocrinology. He holds a master鈥檚 degree in Zoology (Cooperative Wildlife Research Laboratory) from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale with specialization in avian reproductive physiology and eggshell production. Prior to these, Holford earned his baccalaureate degree from Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois with a major in Biology.</p><p>He is actively engaged in the Northwest Indiana community, currently serving on the boards of the Shirley Heinz Land Trust and the La Porte County Symphony Orchestra.</p><p>Holford and his wife Christy are residents of Valparaiso, Indiana.聽 He is an avid fisherman and outdoor enthusiast with a lifelong passion for wildlife biology and conservation.</p><h2>Leadership in Action</h2><div class=image__slider><figure> <img width=750 height=500 src=https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/05/2024-PNW-Spring-Commencement-033_750x500.jpg class="attachment-900x600 size-900x600" alt="PNW Chancellor Chris Holford congratulates a PNW graduate at Spring 2024 commencement." decoding=async srcset="https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/05/2024-PNW-Spring-Commencement-033_750x500.jpg 750w, https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/05/2024-PNW-Spring-Commencement-033_750x500-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/05/2024-PNW-Spring-Commencement-033_750x500-501x334.jpg 501w" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px"><p class=image__caption> PNW Chancellor Chris Holford congratulates a PNW graduate at Spring 2024 commencement.</p></figure><figure> <img width=750 height=500 src=https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/05/PNW-Third-Alumni-Hall-of-Fame-Induction-and-Reception-202417_Touched_750x500.jpg class="attachment-900x600 size-900x600" alt="PNW Chancellor Chris Holford poses with the 2024 PNW Alumni Hall of Fame class: Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr., the Honorable Diane Kavadias Schneider and Jeff Strack, president and CEO of Indiana Grocery Group." decoding=async srcset="https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/05/PNW-Third-Alumni-Hall-of-Fame-Induction-and-Reception-202417_Touched_750x500.jpg 750w, https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/05/PNW-Third-Alumni-Hall-of-Fame-Induction-and-Reception-202417_Touched_750x500-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/05/PNW-Third-Alumni-Hall-of-Fame-Induction-and-Reception-202417_Touched_750x500-501x334.jpg 501w" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px"><p class=image__caption> PNW Chancellor Chris Holford poses with the 2024 PNW Alumni Hall of Fame class: Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr., the Honorable Diane Kavadias Schneider and Jeff Strack, president and CEO of Indiana Grocery Group.</p></figure><figure> <img width=900 height=600 src=https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/03/2024-PNW-CIVS-DoE-Visit-016_Touched_900x600.jpg class="attachment-900x600 size-900x600" alt="People stand in a lab." decoding=async srcset="https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/03/2024-PNW-CIVS-DoE-Visit-016_Touched_900x600.jpg 900w, https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/03/2024-PNW-CIVS-DoE-Visit-016_Touched_900x600-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/03/2024-PNW-CIVS-DoE-Visit-016_Touched_900x600-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/03/2024-PNW-CIVS-DoE-Visit-016_Touched_900x600-800x533.jpg 800w, https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/03/2024-PNW-CIVS-DoE-Visit-016_Touched_900x600-501x334.jpg 501w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px"><p class=image__caption> PNW鈥檚 robust research was in the spotlight as the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and U.S. Representative Frank Mrvan visited the Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation (CIVS) to observe research and impacts for federally-funded steel decarbonization initiatives. Chancellor Holford (second from left) discussed PNW鈥檚 impact with (left-to-right) DOE Under Secretary for Science and Innovation Geri Richmond, CIVS founding director and NIPSCO Distinguished Professor of Engineering Simulation Chenn Zhou, and Representative Mrvan.</p></figure><figure> <img width=900 height=600 src=https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/02/667A2911_Chancellor_HockeyPuckDrop_Touched_900x600.jpg class="attachment-900x600 size-900x600" alt="A man in a PNW jacket stands on the ice between two hockey players." decoding=async srcset="https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/02/667A2911_Chancellor_HockeyPuckDrop_Touched_900x600.jpg 900w, https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/02/667A2911_Chancellor_HockeyPuckDrop_Touched_900x600-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/02/667A2911_Chancellor_HockeyPuckDrop_Touched_900x600-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/02/667A2911_Chancellor_HockeyPuckDrop_Touched_900x600-800x533.jpg 800w, https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/02/667A2911_Chancellor_HockeyPuckDrop_Touched_900x600-501x334.jpg 501w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px"><p class=image__caption> Chancellor Holford showed his PNW Pride by offering the ceremonial puck drop at a hockey game between Purdue Northwest and the University of Illinois.</p></figure><figure> <img width=750 height=500 src=https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/01/Excellence-Evolving-7.jpg class="attachment-900x600 size-900x600" alt="2023-24 PNW Student Government Association members pose for a photo with PNW Chancellor Chris Holford during the Excellence Evolving leadership celebration." decoding=async srcset="https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/01/Excellence-Evolving-7.jpg 750w, https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/01/Excellence-Evolving-7-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/01/Excellence-Evolving-7-501x334.jpg 501w" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px"><p class=image__caption> 2023-24 PNW Student Government Association members pose for a photo with PNW Chancellor Chris Holford during the Excellence Evolving leadership celebration.</p></figure><figure> <img width=900 height=600 src=https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/03/2024-PNW-Hockey-GLCHL-Trophy-001Touched_900x600.jpg class="attachment-900x600 size-900x600" alt="Hockey team members and Purdue Northwest coaches and administrators pose with a trophy." decoding=async srcset="https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/03/2024-PNW-Hockey-GLCHL-Trophy-001Touched_900x600.jpg 900w, https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/03/2024-PNW-Hockey-GLCHL-Trophy-001Touched_900x600-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/03/2024-PNW-Hockey-GLCHL-Trophy-001Touched_900x600-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/03/2024-PNW-Hockey-GLCHL-Trophy-001Touched_900x600-800x533.jpg 800w, https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/03/2024-PNW-Hockey-GLCHL-Trophy-001Touched_900x600-501x334.jpg 501w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px"><p class=image__caption> Chancellor Holford poses with members of the Pride DI Hockey team and the trophy they received for winning the program's first ever Great Lakes Collegiate Hockey League Tournament Championship. Also pictured are Director of Athletics Rick Costello (far left) and head coach and director of hockey operations Carl Trosien (behind trophy). The team advanced to the Elite Eight in the American Collegiate Hockey Association DI National Tournament.</p></figure><figure> <img width=750 height=500 src=https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/01/Excellence-Evolving-12.jpg class="attachment-900x600 size-900x600" alt="PNW Chancellor Chris Holford meets with PNW students, faculty and staff during the Excellence Evolving leadership celebration at PNW鈥檚 Westville campus." decoding=async srcset="https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/01/Excellence-Evolving-12.jpg 750w, https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/01/Excellence-Evolving-12-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/01/Excellence-Evolving-12-501x334.jpg 501w" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px"><p class=image__caption> PNW Chancellor Chris Holford meets with PNW students, faculty and staff during the Excellence Evolving leadership celebration at PNW鈥檚 Westville campus.</p></figure><figure> <img width=900 height=600 src=https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/02/ChancellorHolford_CrossroadsChamber_Touched_900x600.jpg class="attachment-900x600 size-900x600" alt="PNW Chancellor Chris Holford poses with PNW alumni at a community event." decoding=async srcset="https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/02/ChancellorHolford_CrossroadsChamber_Touched_900x600.jpg 900w, https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/02/ChancellorHolford_CrossroadsChamber_Touched_900x600-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/02/ChancellorHolford_CrossroadsChamber_Touched_900x600-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/02/ChancellorHolford_CrossroadsChamber_Touched_900x600-800x533.jpg 800w, https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/02/ChancellorHolford_CrossroadsChamber_Touched_900x600-501x334.jpg 501w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px"><p class=image__caption> PNW alumni pose with Chancellor Chris Holford at the Crossroads Chamber monthly luncheon where Holford was the keynote speaker to industry leaders, elected officials and local high school students.</p></figure><figure> <img width=900 height=600 src=https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/02/2024-PNW-Mane-Event-036_Touched_900x600.jpg class="attachment-900x600 size-900x600" alt="A man in a PNW jacket poses with a group of women holding a Chancellor's Cup trophy in front of a banner that says Mane Event." decoding=async srcset="https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/02/2024-PNW-Mane-Event-036_Touched_900x600.jpg 900w, https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/02/2024-PNW-Mane-Event-036_Touched_900x600-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/02/2024-PNW-Mane-Event-036_Touched_900x600-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/02/2024-PNW-Mane-Event-036_Touched_900x600-800x533.jpg 800w, https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/02/2024-PNW-Mane-Event-036_Touched_900x600-501x334.jpg 501w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px"><p class=image__caption> Chancellor Holford poses with the Student Athlete Advisory Committee, who took home the Chancellor's Cup at the 2024 Mane Event for collecting the most items for the PNW Food Pantry.</p></figure><figure> <img width=750 height=500 src=https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/01/Excellence-Evolving-1.jpg class="attachment-900x600 size-900x600" alt="PNW Chancellor Chris Holford, right, is introduced by Purdue President Mung Chiang during the Excellence Evolving leadership celebration at PNW鈥檚 Hammond campus." decoding=async srcset="https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/01/Excellence-Evolving-1.jpg 750w, https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/01/Excellence-Evolving-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/01/Excellence-Evolving-1-501x334.jpg 501w" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px"><p class=image__caption> PNW Chancellor Chris Holford, right, is introduced by Purdue President Mung Chiang during the Excellence Evolving leadership celebration at PNW鈥檚 Hammond campus.</p></figure></div></div></div><div class=module><div class="container card_container"><h2 class="headline__dash"><span>Excellence Evolving</span></h2><div class=grid><div class=card> <img width=363 height=454 src=https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/01/2023-PNW-Marketing-Branding-206_touched_363x454.jpg class=card__img alt="A PNW student stands outside a building" decoding=async srcset="https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/01/2023-PNW-Marketing-Branding-206_touched_363x454.jpg 363w, https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/01/2023-PNW-Marketing-Branding-206_touched_363x454-240x300.jpg 240w, https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/01/2023-PNW-Marketing-Branding-206_touched_363x454-350x437.jpg 350w" sizes="(max-width: 363px) 100vw, 363px"><h3 class="headline" style="text-transform: none">Quality Student Experience</h3><p>Recently PNW was <a href=https://www.pnw.edu/purdue-university-northwest-affirmed-as-doctoral-granting-institution-by-higher-learning-commission/ >elevated by the Higher Learning Commission to a doctoral-granting institution</a>, coinciding with <a href=https://www.pnw.edu/pnws-doctor-of-psychology-degree-earns-final-approval-from-higher-learning-commission/ >the approval of聽PNW鈥檚 third applied doctoral program, a Doctor of Psychology.</a></p></div><div class=card> <img width=363 height=454 src=https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/01/PurdueNorthwestCIVS-363x454-1.jpg class=card__img alt="A person wearing reflective goggles looks at a blast furnace simulation" decoding=async srcset="https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/01/PurdueNorthwestCIVS-363x454-1.jpg 363w, https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/01/PurdueNorthwestCIVS-363x454-1-240x300.jpg 240w, https://www.pnw.edu/leadership/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/01/PurdueNorthwestCIVS-363x454-1-350x437.jpg 350w" sizes="(max-width: 363px) 100vw, 363px"><h3 class="headline" style="text-transform: none">Robust Research</h3><p>PNW researchers are playing major roles in the advancement of the <a href=https://www.pnw.edu/purdue-university-northwest-to-play-significant-role-in-1-billion-midwest-hydrogen-hub/ >Midwest Hydrogen Hub</a>, the Quantum Corridor and <a href=https://www.pnw.edu/purdue-university-northwest-and-industrial-partners-celebrate-10-million-federal-grant-for-steel-decarbonization-research/ >steel decarbonization</a>.</p></div><div 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