FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – After a week of teasers, Purdue University Fort Wayne officially shared details about its new display case at Walb Student Union. It contains PFW’s famous mastodon skeleton that has needed a permanent home on campus for more than a half-century.
PFW released the following:
It’s 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. Work on the impressive glass case where the skeleton is now displayed wrapped up last week, just days before the start of the fall semester.
Maybe the only thing as impressive as the finished product is the story that played out behind the scenes to make it all a reality. It featured all the key elements: expertise and guidance from faculty; vision and enthusiasm from students; creativity; and a whole lot of patience. Ultimately, it was a $200,000 allocation of funds from PFW’s Student Government Association during the 2022-23 academic year that helped set the stage for a final sprint that was 56 years in the making.
The display case is located in the hallway that leads to the International Ballroom and near the student union’s new Herd Hideaway. To help celebrate its completion, PFW released on Tuesday a video, feature story, and image gallery that explains in greater detail the history of the project while also introducing just a few of the key figures who have helped make it possible.
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