Purdue University phone number, Location/Address ,Email Address & Social Media

Purdue University phone number, Location/Address ,Email Address & Social Media; Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and money to establish a college of science, technology, and agriculture in his name.

President Abraham Lincoln signs the Morrill Land Grant Act, which turned public lands over to any state that agreed to use the land sale proceeds to maintain a college teaching agriculture and the “mechanic arts.”

The Indiana General Assembly votes to participate in the plan and takes steps to establish such an institution.

The Indiana General Assembly chooses the Lafayette area for the new institution and accepts a $150,000 gift from John Purdue, as well as $50,000 from Tippecanoe County and 100 acres from local residents. The legislature names the new school Purdue University.

Groundbreaking for the first campus buildings.

The first buildings on campus include the Boiler and Gas House, the Military Hall and Gymnasium, the Ladies Hall, Purdue Hall, and the Pharmacy Building. All of these building were completed by 1874, and none of them remain today.

In 1877 University Hall (known as the Main Building) is completed, becoming the central building on the Purdue campus. Today, it remains the oldest building on campus.

In 1886 The University Band is established.

In 2017 Purdue reaches another record year of sponsored research funding, reaching $418.3 million in fiscal year 2017.

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