Purdue University Northwest senior helps fight food insecurity on campus

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Purdue Northwest Food Pantry president Mya Bell speaks about a recent food drive as she stands in the campus food pantry on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Debbie Bachmann has worked at Purdue University Northwest for more than 20 years, but she’s met few students like Mya Bell.

“I can’t say enough about her,” said Bachmann, administrator of honors student leadership and programming at the university. “She’s just one of those students you’re never going to forget.”

Bachmann met Bell when she was a freshman admitted to the school’s Honors College. From the beginning, she saw that the student wanted to be involved with PNW’s food pantry.

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Purdue Northwest Food Pantry president Mya Bell sorts pasta in the campus food pantry as she participates in a student government meeting via phone on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Bell, a PNW senior majoring in political science and human development and family science, is president of the university’s Food Pantry Committee, a student-run organization. Bell started doing social media for the pantry and became more involved by providing support to students throughout her school years, Bachmann said…

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