Rockford College
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| Motto | Decus et Veritas (Honor and Truth) |
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| Established | 1847 |
| Type | Private undergraduate and graduate liberal arts |
| President | Richard Kneedler, Ph.D. |
| Location | Rockford, IL, USA |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Athletics | National Collegiate Athletic Association, Upper Midwest Athletic Conference |
| Colors | Purple on White |
| Nickname | Regents |
| Mascot | Reggie the Reggent |
| Website | www.rockford.edu |
Rockford College is a private American liberal arts college in Rockford, Illinois. It was founded in 1847 as Rockford Female Seminary and changed its name in 1892. The college is known as the alma mater of Nobel Peace Prize winner Jane Addams, who was a member of the class of 1931.
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[edit] History
Rockford College was founded in 1847 as Rockford Female Seminary. It was the sister college of Beloit College, which had been founded the year before. The seminary's initial campus was on the west side of the Rock River, south of downtown Rockford. In 1890, the seminary's trustees voted to offer a full college curriculum, which led to the name changing to Rockford College in 1892. Men were first granted admission to the college at the beginning of the 1955-56 school year. At about this time, the school requested that the City of Rockford close parts of a street adjoining the campus.
[edit] Academics
In addition to its undergraduate programs, the college offers pre-professional programs in Law,Medicine,related areas and two graduate programs: Master of Arts in Teaching and Master of Business Administration.
[edit] Departments
- Anthropology & Sociology
- Art
- Biology
- Chemistry/Biochemistry
- Classics
- Computer Science
- Economics, Business & Accounting
- Education
- English
- History
- Mathematics
- Modern Languages
- Nursing
- Performing Arts
- Philosophy
- Physical Education
- Physics
- Political Science
- Psychology
[edit] Honor societies
- Phi Beta Kappa - Scholastics
- Eta Sigma Phi - Classics
- Omicron Delta Epsilon - Economics
- Phi Alpha Theta - History
- Phi Sigma Iota - Foreign Language
- Pi Lambda Theta - Education
- Psi Chi - Psychology
[edit] Athletics
The Rockford College Regents are Division III members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Teams compete independently or as members of the Northern Athletics Conference. The football team is a member of the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference.
The college fields men's teams in Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Soccer, Tennis, and Track and Field, and women's teams in Basketball, Cross Country, Soccer, Softball, Tennis, Track and Field, and Volleyball.
Recreational and intramural club sports (including basketball and dodgeball) are also available on campus.
[edit] External links
| Northern Athletics Conference |
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| Alverno • Aurora • Benedictine • Concordia Chicago • Concordia, Wisconsin • Dominican University • Edgewood • Lakeland (WI) • Maranatha Baptist Bible • Marian College (WI) • MSOE (provisional) • Rockford • Wisconsin Lutheran |
| Upper Midwest Athletic Conference |
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| Bethany Lutheran‡ • Blackburn† • Crown • Maranatha Baptist Bible† • Martin Luther • Minnesota Morris • Northland‡ • Northwestern C. • Presentation‡ • Principia† • Rockford† • St. Scholastica‡ • Trinity Bible† • Westminster† † football-only member • ‡ non-football member |
