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Illinois College is a liberal arts college with an enrollment of 1,029 (2022) students. [10] Over 80 different programs and majors are offered at the college, including Combined Degree Programs in Biology with Medical Technology, Biology with Occupational Therapy, Nursing (Leading to Master’s), and Physics with Engineering.
Beecher Hall is the oldest building on the campus of Illinois College in Jacksonville, Illinois. Built in 1829–30, it was the first college building erected in the state of Illinois. The building has served many functions for Illinois College, including housing the first medical school in Illinois in 1843. [2]
MacMurray College was a private college in Jacksonville, Illinois, United States. Its enrollment in fall 2015 was 570. [ 1 ] Founded in 1846, the college closed in May 2020.
He served during the American Civil War as Lieutenant Colonel of the 145th Illinois Volunteers, called out for 100 days in 1864. In May 1866, he founded Jacksonville Business College. [1] In 1870 he assumed the financial management of Illinois College; and in 1877 he was made acting President, and held this position for four years.
Two-year College Greenville University: Greenville: 1892 1,088 Master's Illinois College: Jacksonville: 1829 1,029 Baccalaureate Illinois Institute of Technology: Chicago: 1890 6,943 Research University Illinois Wesleyan University: Bloomington: 1850 1,527 Baccalaureate Judson University: Elgin Rockford: 1913 973 Master's Knox College ...
James R. Reilly was born January 31, 1945, in Springfield, Illinois. He moved to Jacksonville, Illinois in 1962. He graduated from Illinois College in 1967 and from the University of Chicago Law School in 1972. He returned to Jacksonville and served as its city attorney.
Sigma Pi (ΣΠ) is one of the four male literary societies of Illinois College. It is the oldest literary society at Illinois College and one of the oldest literary societies in the United States, having been founded on Saturday, June 24, 1843. Sigma Pi is headquartered in Beecher Hall, the oldest college building in Illinois.
The district includes the campuses of two prominent Jacksonville educational institutions: Illinois College and the Illinois School for the Deaf. Illinois College, the first college in Illinois to grant a degree, was founded in 1829; its first building, Beecher Hall, is the oldest building in the district.