Company Profile
Company Overview
The Walter E. Helmke Library
The Helmke Library and Learning Commons sits at the heart of the IPFW campus. The library employs 11 librarians and 16 support staff. The library’s collection budget, which includes interest income from a library endowment fund, is over $1 million dollars. The library plays an active role on campus partnering with faculty for information literacy teaching, collaborating with academic and student affairs units to promote library services and resources for student academic success and providing expertise in digital collection building, scholarly communication, open access, and copyright.
During 2016, the 44-year old building is undergoing an $11 million infrastructure and architectural renovation. The renovation, to be completed by January 2017, includes the addition of group study rooms, a quiet study/reading room, a high-end computer lab, a media wall, and new furnishings. Learning Commons partners from CASA , ITS, the IPFW Honors Program and Studio M will have space in the 2nd floor Learning Commons.
Company History
The Fort Wayne Region
IPFW is located in Indiana's second-largest city, Fort Wayne, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 475,000. The city enjoys a diverse, active, and well-supported arts community, is home to several minor league sports teams, and has miles of pathways and trails that highlight the city and the three rivers that flow through it. Fort Wayne has been named an "All-American City” three times and is consistently cited for the high quality of life, low cost of living and warm hospitality. The Fort Wayne Children's Zoo, which just celebrated its 50th birthday, has been rated one of the top ten zoos in the country for children. Visit www.ipfw.edu/about/fort-wayne/
The University
Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) is the largest institution of higher learning in Northeast Indiana and the fifth-largest public 4-year university in the state, offering more than 200 degrees and certificates. More than 12,000 students of diverse ages, races, and nationalities pursue their education on our beautiful 688-acre campus that encompasses 40 buildings and structures. The university's commitment to service makes it an economic, cultural, and societal leader in the region. IPFW's mission is to provide local access to globally recognized baccalaureate and graduate degrees, as well as continuing education programs that will drive the intellectual, social, economic, and cultural advancement of our students and our region. IPFW offers a transformative learning environment characterized by intense mentoring, excellence in faculty scholarship and knowledge creation, integration of life and work experiences, and community engagement, all of which prepares our graduates to improve the quality of life in their communities as well as compete locally, regionally, and globally. The university's commitment to access and to excellence was recently reaffirmed in PLAN 2020, the new 2014-2020 Strategic Plan.
Benefits
Salary and benefit package is competitive.