Trine University
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. 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. 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. 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. Campus. Trine's main campus covers 450 acres (1.8 km) in Angola, Indiana. 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. Affiliations. Trine is a member of Midwestern Undergraduate Private Engineering Colleges (MUPEC) and accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCACS). 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 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, and a Master of Science in Speech Language Pathology in fall 2022. 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. 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". Fraternities on the campus include: Active Fraternities Fraternities whose names changed Dormant Fraternities Sororities on the campus include: Active sororities Sororities whose names changed Dormant sororities Honor and professional fraternities Trine University hosts a number of honor societies. These include: The school also features a Christian Campus House ministry. Athletics. Trine sports teams are known as the Thunder. Trine has been a  member of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III 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 37 varsity sports, and added men's and women's hockey in the fall of 2017. 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. Trine's Zollner Golf Course hosted the 2012 NCAA Division III Women's Golf National Championships. Trine