Trine University

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Trine University
Trine University Angola seal.jpg
Former names
Tri-State Normal College (1884–1906), Tri-State College (1906–1975), Tri-State University (1975–2008)
MottoIt's a Trine thing
TypePrivate university
Established1884
Academic affiliations
Space-grant
Endowment$25.1 million (2015)
PresidentEarl D. Brooks II, Ph.D.
Students2,204 main campus (5,074 total)
Location
Angola
,
Indiana
,
United States

41°37′56″N 85°00′20″W / 41.63222°N 85.00556°W / 41.63222; -85.00556
CampusRural, 450 Acres (1.8km²)
ColorsNavy blue, white and Vegas gold[1]
     
AthleticsNCAA Division III
NicknameThunder
Sports36 intercollegiate teams, with 27 competing in the MIAA conference and NCAA Division III.
Mascot"Storm", a white tiger
Websitewww.trine.edu
Trine University logo.gif

Trine University is a private university in Angola, Indiana. It was founded in 1884 and offers degrees in the arts and sciences, business, education, and engineering. Trine University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.

History[]

Trine was founded in 1884 as Tri-State Normal College and retained the reference to the "tri-state" area for more than 120 years because of its location in Indiana and proximity to Michigan and Ohio. In 1906, the school was renamed Tri-State College, and in 1975 Tri-State University.

The school served its regional population, first as a teachers and engineering school with flexible evening and weekend courses and then broadening into a multidisciplinary institution with an expansion of daytime classes, an athletics program and more robust student life offerings. On June 1, 1963, Tri-State succeeded in achieving its initial regional accreditation. It has remained an accredited institution since that time, most recently extending its Level V accreditation until the next (2026) evaluation visit. Further, the Ketner School of Business was reaffirmed by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) on February 26, 2019.[2][3]

In 2002 the school joined the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA), and, coinciding with the opening of the $650,000 Ketner Sports Complex, in Tri-State attained NCAA Division III provisional membership.[3]

Already with over 100 years of teaching engineering courses, in 2005 the University graduated its first class of Master of Science in Engineering Technology students.[3]

In 2008, the school's name was changed to the Trine University, in honor of alumnus Dr. Ralph Trine and his wife Sheri. The dropping of the "tri-state" identifier reflected a desire to brand the school as a nationally competitive private university, not to be mistaken for state-funded or associated with businesses or organizations nationwide also using the term "tri-state". During the 1990s, the university opened several satellite campuses throughout northern and central Indiana.[4]

Campus[]

Trine's main campus covers 450 acres (1.8 km2) in Angola, Indiana.[5] Programs in the university's College of Health Professions are housed at Trine's education centers in Fort Wayne. There also are education centers in Detroit, Michigan and Phoenix, Arizona.[6]

Affiliations[]

Trine is a member of Midwestern Undergraduate Private Engineering Colleges (MUPEC) and accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCACS).[7]

Academics[]

Trine offers associate's degrees, bachelor's degrees, master's degrees and a doctorate in more than 50 fields of study (39 traditional undergraduate degrees) and has a 17:1 student-to-faculty ratio. It launched a Master of Physician Assistant Studies degree in fall 2018[4][8] and is continuing to expand its health sciences programs, launching an online RN-to-BSN in 2020, a Master of Science in Nursing in fall 2021,[9] and a Master of Science in Speech Language Pathology in fall 2022.[10]

Student life[]

More than 2,000 students live on the main campus which hosts approximately 100 varied campus groups from professional or major-specific clubs, recreational sports, religious affiliated groups, and an array of hobby or interest clubs.[11]

Greek life[]

Fraternities and sororities have been a visible presence on the Trine campus for 100 years. The campus hosts ten honor societies which recognize scholastic achievement, complimenting 13 active undergraduate social fraternities and sororities. Local societies had been predominate during the earlier, non-accredited era of campus growth, but beginning in 1947, national fraternities and then sororities colonized and now make up the majority of chapters. Tri-State's first men's social fraternity, Sigma Mu Sigma formed in 1921, and its first women's social sorority, Sigma Alpha Gamma (local) formed in 1926. As of 2018, 26% of male and 19% of female undergraduates are involved in these groups. Chapters are listed in order of date established, with active groups in bold and inactive groups in italics.[12]

Honor and professional fraternities
Trine University hosts a number of honor societies. These include:

The school also features a Christian Campus House ministry.[11]

Athletics[]

Trine sports teams are known as the Thunder. Trine has been a member of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III[11] and the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA), the nation's oldest athletic conference, since 2004. It has more than 600 student athletes who compete in 36 varsity sports, and added men's and women's hockey in the fall of 2017.[54] Men's volleyball, which had last played at the varsity level in 2002, returned to full varsity status for the 2019 season (2018–19 school year) and plays in the Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League.[55]

Trine's Zollner Golf Course[56] hosted the 2012 NCAA Division III Women's Golf National Championships.

Notable alumni[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Thunder Sports Information". Trine University.
  2. ^ All according to Human Resources MBA, graduate studies resource. Accessed 28 Oct 2020.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c School growth catalogued by the school's website. Accessed 28 Oct 2020.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "History and Tradition | Trine University". www.trine.edu. Retrieved 2017-07-12.
  5. ^ "Trine University – Points of Pride". Trine University.
  6. ^ "Statement of Accreditation Status". Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  7. ^ "Academics". www.trine.edu. Retrieved 2017-07-12.
  8. ^ "Trine maps course for health sciences expansion". trine.edu. Trine University. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  9. ^ "Trine University enrolling Master of Science in Nursing students". trine.edu. Trine University. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Turnstone, Trine partnering to enhance region's speech therapy services". trine.edu. Trine University. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Campus Life | Trine University". www.trine.edu. Retrieved 2017-07-12.
  12. ^ "Trine University Student Life". US News & World Report. US News & World Report, LP. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  13. ^ Began as a local chapter in 1924, which joined Alpha Delta Alpha in 1930 as its Eta chapter, and at that national's demise, joined Alpha Kappa Pi in 1935 as its Alpha Beta chapter. That second, smaller national merged into Alpha Sigma Phi in 1946, becoming its Beta Omicron chapter.
  14. ^ Jump up to: a b Trine University's first ΤΚΕ chapter was originally the founding chapter of Sigma Mu Sigma fraternity, established on March 25, 1921, which over a decade spread to nine campuses. It was originally limited to Master Masons. With conditions worsening in the Great Depression, its small national organization voted in the Fall of 1934 to merge with ΤΚΕ, but the Tri-State Alpha chapter remained independent, likely due to non-accreditation. In 1936 it became the Psi chapter of Alpha Lambda Tau. That small non-NIC national would itself merge into ΤΚΕ in 1947 in another merger. Following this, the NIC demanded that ΤΚΕ revoke the charter for the group at Tri-State if they wanted to remain in the NIC because Tri-State College was still non-accredited. Hence, ΤΚΕ revoked the charter of its Beta-Epsilon chapter at its next Conclave. The chapter then affiliated with Kappa Sigma Kappa in 1952. When small Kappa Sigma Kappa merged into Theta Xi in 1962, likewise an NIC fraternity, the chapter was again ineligible for the merger due to the accreditation status of Tri-State University. So the chapter petitioned Kappa Sigma and became a chapter of that fraternity in 1966, enduring until the accreditation turmoil had passed. This is the short history of the Trine University Kappa Sigma chapter. Decades after Tri-State University became accredited, ΤΚΕ established a new chapter on the campus in 1989. The new chapter retained the Beta-Epsilon chapter designation and honors the founding date of the original ΤΚΕ chapter, even though that original campus group is now a chapter of Kappa Sigma.
  15. ^ Jump up to: a b c Beta Sigma Tau merged with Pi Lambda Phi in late 1960. The Trine chapter did not follow the merger, and reverted into a local called Beta Sigma Chi, which then joined ΤΚΕ in 1966 as a merger into an existing chapter or revival according to the Baird's Manual Online Archive. However, TKE records indicate a re-chartering in 1989, with no detail on the absorption of ΒΣΧ in the two decades prior. Their connection should be reviewed for purposed of editing this article.
  16. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x William Raimond Baird; Carroll Lurding (eds.). "Almanac of Fraternities and Sororities (Baird's Manual Online Archive)". Student Life and Culture Archives. University of Illinois: University of Illinois Archives. Retrieved 15 May 2021. The Baird's Manual is also available online: The Baird's Manual Online Archive homepage.
  17. ^ This chapter's history dates to March 25, 1921 as the founder of Sigma Mu Sigma; it severed ties with the resulting small national it had formed as of 1934, and after several stages, eventually found Kappa Sigma.
  18. ^ Jump up to: a b Note, the Baird's Manual Online Archive shows this chapter as forming in 1943 out of a prior local called Alpha Gamma Omega, but the dates appear in error. Perhaps the local was dormant for a time, and then revived? The Phi Kap website clearly says its Indiana Alpha Gamma chapter was installed October 1, 1966.
  19. ^ Trine University's Acacia chapter was originally formed when an alumnus of Sigma Mu Sigma, Clyde E. Shaw who was a faculty member at Tri-State, revived "his" fraternity of ΣΜΣ in 1940. This was four years after the original chapter had merged into Alpha Lambda Tau. This new Alpha chapter changed membership requirements to allow non-Masons to join. Alpha chapter was the only active chapter of ΣΜΣ from 1940-1952. In August 1952, Sigma Mu Sigma made the decision to merge with Sigma Alpha Chi, which was another Masonic fraternity originally known as Square and Compass. The resulting union, called Sigma Phi Sigma - Square and Compass, would eventually form 12 chapters. It dissolved in the 1960s, with the Trine chapter going on to join Acacia Fraternity in 1967. This chapter became dormant in 1980, and re-colonized in 2012.
  20. ^ This chapter originated on December 17, 1927, when it was established as the Delta Epsilon chapter of Phi Sigma Chi. On May 8, 1949 the chapter affiliated with Alpha Gamma Upsilon as ΑΓΥ's Lambda chapter. It became Indiana Theta chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon on May 4, 1968.
  21. ^ Jump up to: a b c d From ΔΧ's Trine chapter history, accessed 9 Jan 2021.
  22. ^ Arguably the most prolific chapter of any fraternity, this local chapter birthed three successor chapters on the Trine campus and twice, a surviving, small national fraternity. Originally a Masonic-themed organization, see reference notes for these three resulting campus chapters.
  23. ^ Jump up to: a b c Noted in the 1956 Modulus yearbook, the Trine chapter of ΑΣΦ emerged out of an original local, then ΑΔΑ, then ΑΚΠ, and finally becoming ΑΣΦ.
  24. ^ In those pre-accreditation days, was this original chapter a unit of the preparatory school fraternity, Phi Sigma Chi? Or was it a local with the same name?
  25. ^ Baird's Manual Archive Online notes this group formed in 1922. Latter date supported by other sources.
  26. ^ This chapter grew out of the "Club Hispano-Americano," a local chapter founded in 1921 at Tri-State. Joining Phi Lambda Alpha in 1929 and later joined by ΓΗΑ, this chapter continued for an unknown period. The national would soon merge into Phi Iota Alpha, which remains a member of the NALFO and the NIC. It ceased operations in 19xx.
  27. ^ This was the Delta chapter, and only surviving chapter after 1956, of this small national.
  28. ^ Originally ΦΛΤ local. The Eta chapter of this small national fraternity that dissolved in 1934. Successor was ΑΚΠ.
  29. ^ Kadimah was a Zionist society.
  30. ^ Baird's archive notes this predecessor, but it ought to be traced to understand how it connects with the other fraternities or if the reference is in error. The Trine University listing in the Archive also shows a Tau Kappa Sigma, similarly lasting from 1949-1952, which appears to be a typo. Or was this a one-letter change for a local that stemmed from breaking away from ΤΚΕ?
  31. ^ Most chapters of ΑΓΥ were absorbed by ΑΣΦ; a few scattered to other nationals, as did the Tri-State chapter, which became a chapter of ΣΦΕ.
  32. ^ ΚΣΚ was a junior NIC member which merged with Theta Xi national in 1962. Trine's chapter reverted to local status due to the accreditation problem that would persist for another year. Seven chapters of ΚΣΚ formed a schismatic junior-college focused third reinvention of Kappa Sigma Kappa, which persisted for a few years after the merger, and which claimed the Tri-State chapter, but once the accreditation matter was resolved, in 1966, the Tri-State chapter would petition and join Kappa Sigma. The Baird's Manual Online Archive notes it again used the name ΚΣΚ prior to 1966.
  33. ^ Formerly a chapter of ΦΛΑ, this chapter continued for an unknown period.
  34. ^ This was the short-lived Kappa chapter of this dormant national.
  35. ^ This was the last chapter of small national Sigma Delta Rho to form prior to that fraternity's dissolution in 1935.
  36. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Noted by KPC News.com on 2 Nov 2008, accessed 17 Mar 2021. This group began as the little sisters of ΤΚΕ.
  37. ^ Not to be confused with Phi Sigma National Biological Sciences Honor Society.
  38. ^ Originally established as Zeta Theta Epsilon (local) in 1998.
  39. ^ Appears to have been the Zeta Upsilon chapter of ΦΣΣ, reverting to local status.
  40. ^ This was the Zeta Theta chapter of ΣΚ.
  41. ^ This was the Alpha Alpha chapter of ΚΒΓ.
  42. ^ This is the Trine chapter of ΧΕ.
  43. ^ This is the Tri-State Delta Delta chapter of ΠΤΣ.
  44. ^ This is the Indiana Epsilon chapter of ΤΒΠ.
  45. ^ This is the Zeta Phi chapter of ΗΚΝ.
  46. ^ This is the Gamma Theta chapter of ΔΜΔ. Baird's says it formed in 1977, while the school summary page says 2004. Using older date.
  47. ^ This is the Alpha Nu chapter of ΩΧΕ.
  48. ^ This is the Xi Beta chapter of ΔΜΔ.
  49. ^ This is the Mu Xi chapter of ΠΣΑ.
  50. ^ This is the Trine University chapter of ΦΗΣ.
  51. ^ This is the Alpha Alpha Gamma chapter of ΣΤΔ.
  52. ^ This is the Phi Lambda chapter of the Order of Omega.
  53. ^ This is the Tau Alpha Omicron chapter of ΛΑΕ.
  54. ^ http://www.trine.edu/news/2016/big-announcement.aspx
  55. ^ "Trine Men's Volleyball Team to Compete in MCVL" (Press release). Trine Thunder. October 4, 2017. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
  56. ^ Zollner Golf Course
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  61. ^ "Eric Watt wins Gagliardi Trophy". D3 Football. 16 December 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  62. ^ "Final 2008 MIAA Baseball Report". Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association. 1 June 2008. Retrieved 8 June 2020.

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