Trine University is a private university in Angola, Indiana, and Fort Wayne, Indiana, with education centers in Detroit and Phoenix. It was founded in 1884 and 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, 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 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 education centers throughout northern and central Indiana. The education center programs were eventually moved to online-only. Campus Trine’s Angola, Indiana, campus covers 450 acres (1.8 km2). Campus facilities have been greatly expanded since 2000, with more than $176 million invested in building projects during that time. In addition to multiple residential facilities, recent additions have included the T. Furth Center for Performing Arts, a music education and concert venue, the Thunder Ice Arena, which allowed the university to launch hockey and skating teams and offer community skating programs, the MTI Center, serving basketball, bowling and esports, and the Steel Dynamics Inc. Center for