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Wheaton College was founded in 1860. Its predecessor, the Illinois Institute, had been founded in late 1853 by Wesleyan Methodists as a college and preparatory school. . Wheaton's first president, Jonathan Blanchard, was a former president of Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, and a staunch abolitionist with ties to Oberlin Co
*California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo was founded as a vocational high school. It became a vocational school in 1924, and then started awarding bachelor's degrees in 1940. It became a vocational school in 1924, and then started awarding bachelor's degrees in 1940.
Wheaton is a city in and the county seat of DuPage County, Illinois, United States. [5] It is located in Milton and Winfield Townships, approximately 25 miles (40 km) west of Chicago. As of the 2020 census, Wheaton's population was 53,970, making it the 27th-most populous municipality in the state. [6]
The Billy Graham Center, whose building is known as the Billy Graham Hall, was founded and opened in 1981 on the campus of Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. Named after Billy Graham, the center is the primary location for many of Wheaton College's bible and theology classes, as well as the graduate school's main headquarters, and host to ...
Wheaton College (Massachusetts), a private secular, coeducational, liberal arts college in Norton, Massachusetts Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about schools, colleges, or other educational institutions which are associated with the same title.
J. Richard Chase (1930–2010) was the sixth president of Biola University in California from 1970 to 1982 and the sixth president of Wheaton College in Illinois from 1982 to 1993. Early life and education
Wheatland is the second-largest city by population in Yuba County, California, United States. The population was 3,456 at the 2010 census , up from 2,275 at the 2000 census. Wheatland is located 12.5 miles (20 km) southeast of Marysville .
The auditorium itself seats almost 2400; the facility also includes support space for the auditorium, separate event spaces in its East Wing, and instructional space for the College's music program. The facility is located at the northeast corner of Washington and Franklin Streets in Wheaton; its tower is visible for miles around.