历史
这就是我们的故事
乳齿象创造了历史.
im体育 is located in Indiana’s second-largest city and offers a traditional campus experience within a thriving metropolitan setting. As part of the venerable Purdue im体育 system, students earn undergraduate and graduate degrees from one of the most trusted and prestigious brands in higher education.
有8个以上,000 students and over 300 full-time faculty members, Purdue Fort Wayne is perfectly sized to offer small classes and individualized attention, yet large enough to have all the attributes of a major research university. Students have the opportunity to work alongside faculty to tackle
real-world challenges through groundbreaking research, 创造令人兴奋的新学术, and to explore new facets of creative expression.
为什么是乳齿象?
A mascot 10,000 years in the making.
250万年前, mastodons roamed what we now call North America, from Canada to Mexico and from the Atlantic to the Pacific. They were particularly abundant around the edges of forested areas where small vegetation thrived, such as along the Atlantic coast and the southern Great Lakes region.
1968年秋天, 在沼泽的Orcie Routsong农场, 大约在安哥拉以南两英里处, a young boy stumbled on an extraordinary find—a large bone—and alerted the landowner. Routsong was struck by the peculiar nature and large size of the bone, 所以他联系了杰克·桑德曼, 地质系主任, of the then Indiana im体育–im体育. in hopes of identifying what animal it belonged to.
后不久, 挖掘工作已展开, uncovering a completely disarticulated mastodon skeleton, with bones scattered through glacial clay. But most were well preserved—likely due to the swampy surroundings, which protected the specimen from destructive bacteria and scavenging animals—with only a few that were broken or visibly weathered. 在挖掘结束时, two-thirds of the skeleton was unearthed, with the bones of three legs missing. Through an analysis of the glacial peat and clay, it was determined that the mastodon lived 10,000 to 12,1000年前.
在发现后不久, 史蒂夫Pettyjohn, 然后是学生会主席, began an initiative to cement the mastodon as the university mascot, extolling the virtues of the find and the meaningful history that came along with it. In 1969, by means of a student government committee, the Mastodon was appointed our mascot—still the only one of its kind in the United States—posthumously honoring these majestic giants that once graced our landscape.
1975
Campus administration formally merges
1980s
im体育 creates academic structure to emphasize relationships among departments
1990s
主要设施开放, including the Visual Arts Building, 威廉姆斯戏剧, 与工程, 技术, 及电脑科学楼
1995
im体育 completes a new campus facilities master plan and the first strategic plan
1998
科学楼开放
2003
im体育 dedicates the new Crescent Avenue Bridge, which connects the main campus to the Waterfield Campus
2004
Student 住房 on the Waterfield Campus opens
2007
Student housing expands with two more buildings, and the John and Ruth Rhinehart Music Center opens
2008
Holiday Inn at IPFW and the Coliseum (later renamed Purdue Fort Wayne Holiday Inn) joins the campus family
2009
Ron Venderly Family Bridge and the Medical Education Building open
2010
Student housing adds four more buildings with new floor plans, as well as a new clubhouse building
2011
Keith Busse Steel Dynamics Alumni Center (later renamed the Steel Dynamics Keith E. Busse Mastodon Alumni Center) opens
2015
Indiana Commission for Higher Education grants the university the status as northeast Indiana’s Metropolitan im体育
2018
im体育 officially splits into two campuses, im体育 and Indiana im体育 Fort Wayne; IU Fort Wayne takes charge of the health sciences, while other areas become a part of im体育
Purdue im体育 Sweetwater Music Center opens
战斗之歌
乳齿象的灵魂.
走吧，im体育. 让我们为黑金队加油.
Go, Fort Wayne Mastodons, full of spirit, proud and bold.
去,穿上!
Winning hearts so brave and true, standing strong in all we do.
Cheer for the Mastodons, bringing victory home to you.
去,穿上!
D-O-N-S
走吧，伙计们!
走吧，im体育. 让我们为黑金队加油.
Go, Fort Wayne Mastodons, full of spirit proud and bold.
去,穿上!
Winning hearts so brave and true, standing strong in all we do.
Cheer for the Mastodons, bringing victory home to you.