Student Access, Transition and Success Programs
Purdue University
128 Memorial Mall Drive
Stewart G77
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Phone: (765) 494-9328
TTY/TDD: (765) 496-1373
(TTY/TDD for hearing impaired use only)
Fax: (765) 496-6752
Email: sats@purdue.edu
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Purdue began with President Lincoln signing the Morrill Land Grant Act on July 2, 1862. Three years later, the General Assembly of Indiana voted to take advantage of the public land for colleges to teach agriculture and mechanical arts and on May 6, 1869, accepted John Purdue’s donation of land and money for Purdue University. Six instructors taught 39 students when school opened on September 16, 1874. The first president was Richard Owen. The first graduating class had 14 students. Current enrollment now exceeds 38,000 students on the West Lafayette campus and a total system-wide enrollment of more than 69,000 on all campuses and Statewide Technology locations.
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