Kishwaukee College

Kishwaukee College
Established 1968
President Laurie Borowicz[1]
Academic staff
 253
Administrative staff
 206
Students 10,500
Location Malta, Illinois, United States
41°56′17″N 88°52′52″W / 41.938°N 88.881°W / 41.938; -88.881Coordinates: 41°56′17″N 88°52′52″W / 41.938°N 88.881°W / 41.938; -88.881
Nickname Kougars
Website www.kish.edu

Kishwaukee College, located west of Malta, Illinois, is the community college for Illinois Community College district 523. It serves most of DeKalb County, much of Lee and Ogle Counties, and small parts of other adjoining counties.[2][3]

History

The college was founded in 1968.

Campus

The campus is rural in nature, and is surrounded on all four sides by corn fields.

Academic profile

The college is fully accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. The student population is approximately 11,000.

Student life

Kishwaukee College publishes the Kamelian, a literary and arts magazine, each spring. The Kamelian, first published in 1968, is the only Illinois literary arts magazine to have won three awards in the Community College Humanities Association National Literary Magazine Competition since 2000.

Sport

The Kishwaukee College sports teams compete as the Kougars. The Kougars have won national championships in baseball (1999) and volleyball (2001,2002,2006,2007,2008).

Notable people

Lou Collier played baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates among others.

References

  1. ↑ "Borowicz named 5th President of Kishwaukee College" (Press release). Kishwaukee College. 10 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "Illinois Community College Districts" (PDF). Illinois Community College Board. Retrieved 2017-05-09.
  3. ↑ "Kishwaukee College Board of Trustees". Archived from the original on 2014-07-25. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
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