ANGOLA - Trine University has received a $2.5 million commitment from alumnus and Board of Trustees member Larry Reiners and his wife Judy, of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

The donation will go toward a new 120,000-square-foot academic facility. The building will house programs in its College of Health Professions.

Larry and Judy Reiners have advocated for Tri-State and Trine University, and for higher education, for more than 45 years. They have supported the university annually for more than 20 years through the Fawick Hall master plan and the New Horizons, Vision for the Future and Invest in Excellence capital campaigns.

Opening in fall 2024, the $40 million Trine University Fort Wayne campus, developed in close partnership with Parkview Health, will employ 100 faculty and staff and serve nearly 700 students in Trine’s College of Health Professions (CHP), which currently includes its physical therapy, physician assistant, speech-language pathology, nursing and surgical technology programs. The new space will allow CHP to add new programs including occupational therapy, respiratory therapy, medical science and emergency medical sciences.