Groundbreaking celebrates building of Reiners Residence Hall at Trine

October 02, 2014

Reiners groundbreaking

A ceremony late this morning (Friday, Oct. 4) celebrated the groundbreaking for the Larry and Judy Reiners Residence Hall on the campus of Trine University.

“It’s a special time to have you on our campus,” Earl D. Brooks II, Ph.D., Trine president, told those at the ceremony. Enrollment growth brings the need for a new residence hall and “we are here to recognize those who have helped that happen.”

Reiners Residence Hall, expected to be completed in fall 2015, is named for Larry Reiners, a Trine University trustee and alumnus, and his wife, Judy. The 170-bed, apartment-style residence hall will feature two-bedroom units with private baths, air conditioning and a common living space and kitchen.

The Reiners Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is also named in their honor.

Cutline: From left: Michael Bock, senior vice president, Trine; Jim Ingledue, owner, Jim Ingledue Construction, Inc. (JICI); Earl D. Brooks II, Ph.D., president, Trine; Larry Reiners, Trine trustee and 1965 alumnus; Austin Gurley, freshman civil engineering major from Collinsville, Okla., and grandson of Larry and Judy Reiners; Judy Reiners, wife of Larry Reiners; Ken Wilson, JICI, holding umbrella for Mrs. Reiners; Hayden Zimmer, senior civil engineering major from Lincoln, Ill., and cousin of Austin Gurley; Jonathan Tinkey, president of Trine Student Senate, Akron, Ind., sophomore majoring in criminal justice; Rick L. James, chair, Trine board of trustees and 1977 alum; and Richard Oeder, Trine trustee and 1965 alum. Photo by Dean Orewiler, Trine photographer.

News Information

Read More

All News
Group of professionally dressed people standing in front of a brick building

Trine Marketing and Communications projects win CASE awards

November 11, 2026

Four projects completed by staff in Trine University’s Office of University Marketing and Communications were recently recognized with 2026 Best of District V Awards by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).

1/3
Four students with banner. The student at right is holding an award shaped like the state of Indiana.

Trine team wins physician assistant Student Challenge Bowl

November 9, 2026

A team of Trine University master of physician assistant studies (MPAS) defeated other physician programs around the state to win the Student Challenge Bowl at the Indiana Association of Physician Assistants (IAPA) conference.

2/3