Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana Schools

Indiana Purdue Fort Wayne University

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. See our Purdue University Fort Wayne section.

Postcard 2000, Aerial View of Indiana University, Purdue University, IPFW, Fort Wayne, IN. FWFV00546A in the   Allen County Public Library Digital Collections at the Allen County Public Library.
Back of 2000 postcard: serves 12,000 students in 174 degree programs. More than 30,000 IU and PU degrees have been awarded at IPFW since 1964. Faculty are dedicated to teaching, scholarship, and service to northeastern Indiana. The St. Joseph River winds through the spacious 565-acre campus, home of one of the nation's top ten college mascots, the Mastodon. Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1409 (219 now 260-489-6100)

  1. For more than a century, Indiana University has provided higher education opportunities for northeast Indiana in Fort Wayne (1917 to 1964) from Indiana University Fort Wayne.
  2. From 1917 to 1964, the Indiana Extension Center in Fort Wayne provided opportunities for the Fort Wayne community to enroll in Indiana University extension classes in downtown Fort Wayne. October 18, 1961 IU and Purdue Universities broke ground for the new campus on 114 acres of land formerly known as the Old Oak Park Farm of the Fort Wayne State School just north-east of the Memorial Coliseum at the Fort Wayne city limit.
  3. Purdue University Fort Wayne History THIS IS OUR STORY from Purdue University Fort Wayne.
  4. Purdue Timeline at HISTORY THIS IS OUR STORY at Purdue University Fort Wayne pfw.edu. Purdue University Fort Wayne Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PurdueFortWayne
  5. Indiana-Purdue Regional Campus opened at Fort Wayne in 1964. Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne on Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.
  6. Why the Mastodon? - IPFW at IPFW - Indiana Purdue Fort Wayne. Purdue Exponent newspaper is online. See the Purdue Mastodon page.
  7. IPFW’s 50th anniversary Years in city celebrated University lauds growth, opportunities by Vivian Sade published August 24, 2014 in The Journal Gazette newspaper.
  8. Digital Special 50 Years of IPFW by The News-Sentinel newspaper.
  9. IPFW Celebrates 50 Years in Higher Education video on IPFW on YouTube.
  10. Over 1,200 issues of The Communicator student newspaper back to 1969 are on Internet Archive and back to 1948 on The Communicator -- The Student Newspaper of IPFW on their History Center Digital Collection on the mDON mastodon Digital Object Network.
  11. Purdue Exponent newspaper is online.
  12. July 1, 2018 officially seperated into Purdue University Fort Wayne and Indiana University Fort Wayne. Copied from For more than a century, Indiana University has provided higher education opportunities for northeast Indiana in Fort Wayne on the History page of IUFW.edu. Indiana University Fort Wayne Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IUFortWayne
  13. Indiana and Purdue Universities were officially split into two compuses July 1, 2018 into Indiana University Fort Wayne and Purdue Fort Wayne.
  14. Process of changing IPFW to Purdue Fort Wayne ramping up gradually by Kevin Kilbane published March 29, 2018 in The News-Sentinel newspaper.
  15. Indiana University Fort Wayne, Purdue University Fort Wayne, and Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne on Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.
  16. Purdue University Fort Wayne Home For The Holidays Concert WFWA TV39 PBS Fort Wayne Season 2021 Episode 1 | 1h 37m 26s | Video has closed captioning. Celebrate the joy and beauty of the season with this concert, recorded live December 6, 2021 at the Auer Performance Hall at the Rhinehart Music Center on the campus of Purdue University Fort Wayne. Featured Performances: The School of Music Choral Ensembles and the University and Community Orchestra with Kevin McMahon and William Sauerland, conductors; Jonathan Young and Natalie Young, soloists. Aired: 12/07/21 Rating: NR.

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"!

Shared November 23, 2022 on True Fort Wayne Indiana History on Facebook .

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

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