The Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons, formerly known as the IPFW Mastodons and Fort Wayne Mastodons, are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Purdue University Fort Wayne (PFW). The school's athletic program includes 16 varsity sports teams. Their mascot is a Mastodon named Don, and the school colors are black and gold.

Student body adopts the mastodon as a mascot. Why a mastodon? A mascot 10,000 years in the making. Two and a half million years ago, mastodons roamed what we now call North America, from Canada to Mexico and from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

Purdue Fort Wayne is the only university in the country with a mastodon as a mascot. It’s a distinction that we are quite proud of. But how did we become the Mastodons? Mastodons—stocky versions of modern elephants—roamed the southern Great Lakes region of North America more than 10,000 years ago.

Purdue University Fort Wayne (PFW) is a public university in Fort Wayne, Indiana. A campus of Purdue University, Purdue Fort Wayne was founded on July 1, 2018, when its predecessor university, Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne formally split into two separate institutions: Purdue University Fort Wayne and Indiana University Fort ...

It has been a long time coming, but mastodon bones discovered on a farm just south of Angola in 1968 have finally found a permanent home at Walb Student Union on the campus of Purdue University Fort Wayne. . .

Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) was a public university in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Founded in 1964, IPFW was a cooperatively managed regional campus of two state university systems: Indiana University and Purdue University.

Feb 19, 2024 · The official mascot of Purdue Fort Wayne was and is the mastodon. All of the mastodons were on display at Headwaters Park and then each one was auctioned off and found their home at the place of...

Aug 20, 2024 · After sleeping for approximately 13,000 years before being discovered on a Steuben County farm in 1968, the mastodon bones that give Purdue University Fort Wayne its nickname are now standing tall in Walb Student Union.

Aug 20, 2024 · In 1969, a year after Donna's discovery, students at PFW voted in favor of making the mastodon the school's mascot. The bronze mastodon statue on Purdue Fort Wayne's campus is a two-thirds size created by studying the skeletons of mastodons around the country and modern day elephants.

Feb 2, 2024 · FORT WAYNE — After sleeping for approximately 14,000 years before being discovered on a Steuben County farm in 1968, the mastodon bones that give Purdue University Fort Wayne its mascot have been tucked away for the last half-decade.