Indiana Institute of Technology
Coordinates: 41°4′39.96″N 85°7′1.84″W / 41.0777667°N 85.1171778°W
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| Established | 1930 |
| Type | private coeducational |
| Endowment | $28.1 million[1] |
| President | Arthur E. Snyder |
| Academic staff | 160 |
| Students | 4,500 |
| Location | Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States |
| Campus | urban: 42 acres (0.15 km²) |
| Athletics | 20 NAIA teams, called Warriors |
| Colors | Orange and black |
| Website | www.indianatech.edu |
The Indiana Institute of Technology (commonly referred to as Indiana Tech) is a small, private college located in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States. The university specializes in career-oriented degree programs in business, engineering, computer science, education, criminal justice and more. In addition to the traditional semester-long class format, Indiana Tech also offers accelerated degree programs and online programs via its College of Professional Studies.
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[edit] Student life
Indiana Tech has a variety of activities and organizations contributing to student life on campus. The Student Board sponsors weekly activities, and the university invites a wide range of guest speakers to campus. Guests in the last few years have included Paul Helmke, formally the Mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana; the location of the school's main campus, and past president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence; Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charlie Savage, former Indiana University football coach Bill Mallory; and U.S. Representative Mark Souder.
Indiana tech is home to a variety of clubs, honor societies, student professional organizations, a local sorority and two national fraternities.
Fraternities:
Sorority
Clubs
- Alpha Chi Honor Society
- Collegiate Cyber Defense Team
- Delta Epsilon Iota Career-Focused Honorary Society
- Fellowship of Christian Athletes
- Sport Recreation and Leisure Society
Professional Organizations
- Association for Computing Machinery
- Society of Automotive Engineers
- Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
- Society for Human Resource Management
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- Society of Manufacturing Engineers
- Society of Women Engineers
- National Society of Black Engineers
- Phi Epsilon Kappa
- Biomedical Engineering Society
- Indiana Student Education Association
- Collegiate Cyber Defense
[edit] Athletics
The Athletic teams for Indiana Tech are known as the Warriors, their colors are orange and black with white accent. The university currently has 21 intercollegiate athletic programs and is a member of the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Indiana Tech added Men's and women's lacrosse programs in 2009 and currently compete as independent teams against NCAA Division III and MCLA teams as the WHAC does not sponsor lacrosse.[2] In the fall of 2009, the university added a student-run sports broadcasting network. The Indiana Tech Sports Network provides access to live play-by-play action via the internet. In 2011, Josh Judy became the first ever baseball player reach the major leagues after being drafted out of Indiana Tech. Judy was selected in the 34th round (1034th overall) of the 2007 MLB Draft.[3] He was the 2nd player ever draft out of Indiana Tech, the other being Jesse Hoover, who was selected in the 5th round (159th overall) in the 2004 MLB Draft.
Indiana Tech currently sponsors the following sports:
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[edit] Academics
Indiana Tech offers associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees.
Indiana Tech is organized into the following colleges:
- College of Business
- College of Engineering & Computer Sciences
- College of General Studies
- College of Professional Studies
- The School of Law is currently slated for opening for the Fall, 2013; accepting applications in 2012
College of Business The College of Business offers degrees in accounting and business administration. The business administration programs offer students the opportunity to choose concentrations that fit their career goals including health care administration, human resources, management, management information systems, marketing, and sports management.
College of Engineering and Computer Sciences The College of Engineering and Computer Sciences offers a variety of degrees for student interested in technology careers. Engineering majors include biomedical, computer, electrical, energy, industrial & manufacturing, and mechanical engineering. Majors in computer science include digital graphics & design, network management, web development, information systems, computer security and investigations, networking, and software engineering.
College of General Studies The College of General Studies rounds out the university's degree offerings with additional career-oriented degrees. This college includes the School of Education and the Center for Criminal Sciences. Other majors include communication, psychology, recreation management, and therapeutic recreation.
College of Professional Studies The College of Professional Studies adapts selected majors from the other three colleges for an accelerated format. Courses for undergraduate students are generally in 5 week sessions, while graduate classes are generally 6 weeks in length; notating that specific accounting and mathematics courses are extended to 10 and 12 weeks, respectively. Classes meet once a week at classroom locations around Indiana, or can be taken online. The College of Professional Studies includes all of the university's graduate programs.
Indiana Tech is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, while the mechanical and electrical engineering programs are also accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), and its business programs by the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education [1] (IACBE).
The university is approved and officially recognized by the U.S. Office of Education and the U.S. State Department and is approved by the State Approval Agency for the enrollment of veterans and eligible persons. Additionally, the university is a member of the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) and adheres to its policies and practices.
[edit] History
| Indiana Technical College | Established | 1930 | Type | for-profit |
| Opened | 1931 | |||
| Rechartered | 1948 | Type | non-profit | |
| Indiana Institute of Technology | Renamed | 1963 |
Indiana Technical College was founded in 1930 as a for-profit private technical college by John A. Kalbfleisch, a former president of Indiana Business College, a for-profit business school. Formally, Indiana Tech was incorporated in 1931 and opened for classes that same year. Indiana Tech was rechartered during August 1948 as a non-profit, endowed college.
In 1953, Indiana Tech purchased the 20-acre (81,000 m2) campus of Concordia Theological Seminary’s campus east of downtown Fort Wayne from the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, as Concordia was moving to its suburban location north of Fort Wayne. In 1963 the name was changed from Indiana Technical College to Indiana Institute of Technology.
[edit] Noteable Alumni
- Josh Judy, Major League Baseball pitcher
[edit] References
- ^ As of June 30, 2009. "U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2009 Endowment Market Value and Percentage Change in Endowment Market Value from FY 2008 to FY 2009" (PDF). 2009 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments. National Association of College and University Business Officers. http://www.nacubo.org/Documents/research/2009_NCSE_Public_Tables_Endowment_Market_Values.pdf. Retrieved February 16, 2010.
- ^ Indiana Tech lacrosse shining in first season
- ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?year_ID=2007&draft_round=34&draft_type=junreg&query_type=year_round
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Official athletics website
- Campus map
- Sigma Phi Epsilon
- SigEp at Indiana Tech
- Indiana Tech Sports Network
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