Indiana Institute of Technology (Indiana Tech) is a private university in

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. It was founded in 1930 as Indiana Technical College by John A. Kalbfleisch, who was also the school's first president. The university today is organized into three colleges. The university specializes in career-oriented degree programs in business, engineering, computer science, education, criminal justice, and others. 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. Beyond its main campus in Fort Wayne, Indiana Tech maintains regional classroom and enrollment centers in 13 locations, including Elkhart,

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, Fishers, Greenwood, Huntington,

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, Jeffersonville, Kendallville, Mishawaka, Munster, and Warsaw in Indiana; and

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and Fort Wright in Kentucky. Indiana Tech also has two enrollment centers in the Chicago area, located in

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and

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, Illinois. Student athletics, both organized and intramural, are an important part of student life. Indiana Tech fields eleven men's and eleven women's teams that compete in the NAIA, in which Indiana Tech is a member of the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference for all intercollegiate athletics.

History

The Indiana Institute of Technology was founded as Indiana Technical College in 1930 as a for-profit private technical college by John A. Kalbfleisch, a former president of

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, a for-profit business school. Indiana Tech was formally incorporated in 1931 and opened for classes that same year. The school was rechartered in August 1948 as a non-profit, endowed college. In 1953, Indiana Tech purchased the campus of Concordia College, east of downtown Fort Wayne, from the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod as that school was being replaced by

Concordia Senior College Concordia Senior College was a liberal arts college located in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and affiliated with the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS). It was founded in 1957 and closed in 1977. The senior college was a new type of institution for th ...

in a new suburban location north of the city. In 1963, Indiana Tech's name was changed from Indiana Technical College to Indiana Institute of Technology.

Academics

Indiana Tech offers associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Indiana Tech is organized into the following colleges: * College of Business * Talwar College of Engineering and Computer Sciences * College of Arts and Sciences

Former law school

Indiana Tech Law School began classes in the Fall semester of 2013. The

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(ABA) granted provisional accreditation to Indiana Tech Law School as of March 12, 2016. Indiana Tech had to maintain provisional accreditation for a minimum of two years prior to seeking full ABA accreditation. However, due to the stated loss of nearly $20 million in operating losses with anticipated higher losses in the future, the Indiana Tech Board of Trustees voted unanimously to cease operation of the law school effective June 30, 2017.

Accreditation

Indiana Tech is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, while the biomedical, mechanical, computer and electrical engineering programs are also accredited by the

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(ABET), the College of Business has received specialized accreditation for its business programs through the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE), and the Health Information Technology and Health Information Management Programs are accredited by the

Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education The Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM) is the accrediting organization for degree-granting programs in health informatics and health information management Health information managemen ...

(CAHIIM).

Athletics

The Indiana Tech athletic teams are called the Warriors. The school's colors are orange and black with white accent. The university is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), primarily competing in the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) for most of its sports since the 1998–99 academic year; while its women's wrestling team competes in the

Mid-South Conference The Mid-South Conference (MSC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Member institutions are located in Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee. The league is headquartered in Lou ...

(MSC); and its ice hockey team competes in Varsity Division and Division III of the

American Collegiate Hockey Association The American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) is a college ice hockey association. The ACHA's purpose is to be an organization of collegiate affiliated non-varsity programs, which provides structure, regulates operations, and promotes qualit ...

(ACHA). The Warriors previously competed in the

Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference The Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Its 14 members are located in the Midwestern United States. In many sports, the ...

(CCAC) from about 1978–79 to 1997–98; and in the Mid-Central College Conference (MCCC; now currently known as the Crossroads League since the 2012–13 school year) from 1959–60 to 1977–78. Indiana Tech competes in 25 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, bowling, cross country, golf, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, tennis, track & field, volleyball and wrestling; while women's sports include basketball, bowling, cross country, golf, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, softball, tennis, track & field, volleyball and wrestling; and co-ed sports include eSports.

Accomplishments

Indiana Tech athletes have achieved notable success at the individual and team levels. Warrior teams have won 11 national titles, including in women's lacrosse and most recently in men's and women's track and field, with the Warrior men earning four straight NAIA national titles starting with the 2013 outdoor national championship. The women's track and field team has been similarly dominant, with the team earning back-to-back outdoor NAIA national titles in 2013 and 2014. Over the years, Indiana Tech teams have collectively earned 99 national tournament appearances, 34 WHAC regular season championships, and 17 WHAC tournament championships. Individually, the university has produced 451 All-Americans, 308 Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athletes, and 32 NAIA Individual National Champions.

Esports

In August 2016, Indiana Tech announced the launch of a varsity eSports program that began competition during the fall 2017 academic year. The program competes in the

National Association of Collegiate Esports The National Association of Collegiate Esports (NACE) is a North American collegiate esports association founded in 2016. It is a nonprofit membership association organized by and on behalf of its members. With its members they are developing struc ...

(NACE), of which Indiana Tech is a founding member. Indiana Tech has eSports teams for four games:

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, League of Legends,

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, and Hearthstone.

Student life

Indiana Tech has a variety of activities and organizations contributing to student life on campus, including many events organized each year through its office of Student Life. The main campus features a movie theater showing free weekly features; a performing arts theater for live performances; a rec center with a bowling alley, video gaming, pool and ping-pong tables and more; an art gallery featuring three or four new exhibits each year; and two main dining facilities, including a cafe featuring Starbucks coffee in its new Academic Center, as well as a third option in the new Max's Bistro, located in Summit Hall. Indiana Tech also regularly hosts outside performing arts groups and notable speakers from diverse backgrounds in education, business, public service, law and more. Indiana Tech is also home to a variety of clubs, honor societies, student professional organizations, a local sorority and a national fraternity. Greek organizations * Sigma Phi Epsilon national fraternity * Delta Alpha Nu local sorority Clubs *

Alpha Chi Alpha Chi National College Honor Society (or ) is an American collegiate honor society recognizing achievements in general scholarship. It was formed in 1922 by nineteen schools in the state of Texas. Since then it has expanded to 300 chapters ...

Honor Society * Cyber Defense Team *

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Career-Focused Honorary Society *

Fellowship of Christian Athletes The Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) is an international non-profit Christian sports ministry founded in 1954 and based in Kansas City, Missouri. It has staff offices located throughout the United States and abroad. History FCA was foun ...

* Sport Recreation and Leisure Society * Green Club * Book Club * Beach Volleyball Club * Flix' Movie Club * Math Club * Multicultural Club * Psychology Club Professional organizations *

Association for Computing Machinery The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is a US-based international learned society for computing. It was founded in 1947 and is the world's largest scientific and educational computing society. The ACM is a non-profit professional membe ...

* Society of Automotive Engineers * Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers *

Society for Human Resource Management The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) is a professional human resources membership association headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia. SHRM promotes the role of HR as a profession and provides education, certification, and networking to ...

American Society of Mechanical Engineers The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) is an American professional association that, in its own words, "promotes the art, science, and practice of multidisciplinary engineering and allied sciences around the globe" via " continuin ...

Society of Manufacturing Engineers SME (previously the Society of Manufacturing Engineers) is a non-profit student and professional association for educating and advancing the manufacturing industry in North America. History SME was founded in January 1932 at the height of the ...

* Society of Women Engineers *

National Society of Black Engineers The National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) is a society that was founded in 1975 at Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana. It is one of the largest student-run organizations in the United States, with core activities centered o ...

Phi Epsilon Kappa Phi Epsilon Kappa () is a national professional fraternity for persons engaged in or pursuing careers in the fields of physical education, health, recreation, dance, human performance, exercise science, sports medicine and sports management. Histo ...

* Biomedical Engineering Society * Indiana Student Education Association * Collegiate Cyber Defense * Society of Future Accountants * Pre Law Society

Notable alumni

* Rodney Bartholomew, professional basketball player * JuJuan Cooley, professional basketball player *

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, Major League Baseball pitcher

References

External links

*
Official athletics website
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