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IPFW - Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne

After many years of offering courses at separate locations in Fort Wayne, Indiana University and Purdue University opened the combined campus of Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne in 1964.

July 7, 2016 post by Hofer and Davis, Inc. Land Surveyors on Facebook:

For "Throwback Thursday" we dig out the ol' scrapbook and share this article for the groundbreaking at IPFW from the October 19, 1962 edition of the Fort Wayne Journal - Gazette. By the way.... Hofer and Davis provided the survey for the Foundation when they purchased the property.

November 23, 2016 post by Hofer and Davis, Inc. Land Surveyors on Facebook:

Hey Hey Hey!!! It's Wall of Fame Wednesday Baby! This is the artist's sketch of Kettler Hall from the FORT WAYNE JOURNAL -GAZETTE on January 1, 1963. BTW... Hofer and Davis did the boundary surveying for the Foundation when they purchased the property at State Road 37 and Coliseum.... and the Fort Wayne (IPFW) Mastodons had their biggest basketball victory last night beating Indiana University (Ranked #3 in the country) in overtime at The War Memorial Coliseum! Congrats to the "Dons"!

January 14, 2016 post by Purdue University Fort Wayne on Facebook:

This aerial view of the IPFW campus in 1970 shows the Education Building, later renamed Kettler Hall. Can you spot Allen County War Memorial Coliseum? #IPFWtbt #ThrowbackThursday

While these students may look like they plan to do a lot of studying, they’re actually carrying books from the old...

Posted by Purdue Fort Wayne Library on Thursday, September 19, 2024

Thursday, September 19, 2024 post by Purdue Fort Wayne Library on Facebook:

While these students may look like they plan to do a lot of studying, they’re actually carrying books from the old library in Kettler Hall to the new Helmke Library. Students, faculty, and staff hand-carried over 100,000 books during the two-day event, September 20-21, 1972.

Have you mastered where everything is on campus yet? It would have been a bit more straightforward in 1973 when this...

Posted by Purdue Fort Wayne Library on Thursday, August 24, 2023

Thursday, August 24, 2023 post by Purdue Fort Wayne Library on Facebook:

Have you mastered where everything is on campus yet? It would have been a bit more straightforward in 1973 when this aerial view of our campus was taken! For more historical pictures of PFW, check out our University Archives Gallery in mDON: University Archives Gallery #ThrowbackThursday

  1. For more than a century, Indiana University has provided higher education opportunities for northeast Indiana in Fort Wayne (1917 to 1964)
  2. Purdue University Fort Wayne History THIS IS OUR STORY
  3. Indiana and Purdue Universities were officially split into two compuses July 1, 2018 into Indiana University Fort Wayne and Purdue Fort Wayne.
  4. Process of changing IPFW to Purdue Fort Wayne ramping up gradually by Kevin Kilbane published March 29, 2018 in The News-Sentinel newspaper.
  5. Indiana University Fort Wayne, Purdue University Fort Wayne, and Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne on Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.
  6. See our Purdue University Fort Wayne section.

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