Illinois Central College

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name = Illinois Central College
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established = 1966
type = Community
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faculty = 649
president = Dr. John S. Erwin
dean = Dr. John Avendano
students = 11,804 (Fall 2007)
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city = East Peoria
state = Illinois
country = United States
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colors = Blue & Gold
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mascot = Cougar
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website = http://www.icc.edu/

Illinois Central College, often called ICC, is a large Illinois community college with its main campus in northern East Peoria, Illinois. Its district, Illinois Community College District 514, is a convert|2322|mi2|km2|adj=on area across most of 4 counties and parts of 6 others.cite web | url = http://www.icc.edu/v1.11/eLibrary/institutionalResearch_essentialsFactSheet2007.pdf | type = PDF | title = ICC Essentials, Fall 2007 | publisher = Illinois Central College | date = 2007-10-30 | accessdate = 2008-10-06]

As of Fall of 2007, ICC had an enrollment of 11,804 students, with a full-time equivalency of 6,829 students, and served 20,152 individual students across the entire fiscal year. 91.3% of students were in-district residents.

Academic facilities

As of 2007, ICC offers 67 transferable Associate in Arts & Sciences programs, 85 Associate in Applied Science programs, and 95 occupational certificate programs. There are approximately 3000 classes offered each semester, and the average class size is 13. Its educational accreditation is from the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, which accredits most of the colleges and universities in the central United States.

ICC has three major sites:
* Main campus at 1 College Drive in East Peoria
* Downtown campus, consisting of the Perley and Thomas buildings on Adams Street in Peoria
* ICC North campus, at 5407 North University, also in Peoria

The main campus has a branch of the University of Illinois at Springfield [cite web | url=http://www.icc.edu/insideIcc/collegeCommunity.asp | title = Inside ICC - College & Community | publisher = Illinois Central College | accessdate = 2008-10-06] that allows students to take junior and senior level university classes while still using the ICC campus.

A fourth site is under construction in Pekin, Illinois for courses in welding, machining, HVAC, refrigeration, and green energy. [cite news |url=http://www.pjstar.com/news/x1816443032/ICC-campus-in-Pekin-gets-OK
title=ICC campus in Pekin gets OK |first=Kevin |last=Sampier |date=2008-07-21 |work=Peoria Journal Star |publisher=GateHouse Media, Inc. |accessdate=2008-10-04]

Campus life

ICC has over 40 official student clubs and organizations. [cite web | url = http://www.icc.edu/campusLife/clubsOrganizations.asp | title = ICC - Campus Life - Clubs & Organizations | publisher = Illinois Central College | accessdate = 2008-10-06] Academic clubs include the QUEST program for transfer students, and 4 honor societies: Sigma Kappa Delta, Lambda Beta, Phi Rho Pi, and Phi Theta Kappa. [cite web | url = http://www.icc.edu/quest/ | title = QUEST | publisher = Illinois Central College | accessdate = 2008-10-07] [cite web | url = http://www.icc.edu/campusLife/honorSocieties.asp | title = ICC - Campus Life - Honor Societies | publisher = Illinois Central College | accessdate = 2008-10-07]

The "Harbinger" is the student newspaper and is distributed six times per year at no charge. Newspaper work can be arranged as academic credit or as an extra-cirricular activity. The "ICC ARTS Journal", featuring student writing and artwork, is published annually. [cite web | url = http://www.icc.edu/campusLife/studentPublications.asp | title = ICC - Campus Life - Student Publications | publisher = Illinois Central College | accessdate = 2008-10-07]

There is an apartment complex, named Woodview Commons, on the ICC campus. The property is owned by a limited liability company subsidiary of the Illinois Central College Educational Foundation, and managed by the Texas company Century Campus Housing Management Corporation. [cite web | url = http://www.campushousing.com/icc/PDF/icc_lease_packet.pdf | title = ICC Lease Packet | date = 2007-03-05 | publisher = Educational Foundation Student Residence, L.L.C. | accessdate = 2008-10-07]

ports

ICC is a member of the National Junior College Athletic Association and participates in intercollegiate NJCAA basketball (Division II), cross country (I), soccer (I), men's baseball (II), men's golf (II), women's fast-pitch softball (II), and women's volleyball (II).cite web | url = http://www.icc.edu/campusLife/athletics.asp | title = ICC - Campus Life - Athletics | publisher = Illinois Central College | accessdate = 2008-10-07] cite web | url = http://www.njcaa.org/schmain.cfm?sid=34&divid=0&gender=w&slid=11&menu=11&cid=1573&schmenu=6| title = NJCAA - College Home Page For Illinois Central College | publisher = National Junior College Athletic Association | accessdate = 2008-10-07] Intercollegiate participation is only open to full-time students with a 2.0 grade point average.

Intramural sports include basketball, bowling, flag football, tennis, and volleyball. [cite web | url = http://www.icc.edu/athletics/intramuralSports.asp | title = ICC Athletics - Intramural Sports | publisher = Illinois Central College | accessdate = 2008-10-07] In 2008, an intramural "card series" was established with spades, euchre, and Uno tournaments. [cite web | url = http://www.icc.edu/campusLife/intramuralSports.asp | title = ICC - Campus Life - Intramural Sports | publisher = Illinois Central College | accessdate = 2008-10-07]

Chamionship teams

The six-time national champion women's basketball program is well known. Lorene Ramsey's 33 years coaching the team brought them 887 wins to 197 losses (.818), and five NJCAA Women's Basketball Championship titles in Division II: 1992, 1993, 1998, 1999, and 2003. [cite news | url = http://www.icc.edu/iccNews/sportsNews_display.asp?id=1412 | title = Always at home at nationals | last = Duvall | first = Adam | date = 2008-03-24 | work = Peoria Journal Star | accessdate = 2008-10-07] After Ramsey's retirement, the team achieved a sixth championship win in 2006. Famous players from the women's basketball team include Christelle N'Garsanet (2003), who was signed by the New York Liberty in the WNBA, and Cindy Ellis, who played for the Milwaukee Does in the Women's Professional Basketball League and was in the trials for the 1976 Olympic team. [cite web | url = http://www.icc.edu/athletics/basketballW/allTimeRecords.asp | title = ICC Athletics - Women's Basketball - All-Time Records | publisher = Illinois Central College | accessdate = 2008-10-07]

The ICC softball team has also been national champions twice: 1982, and 1998 as Division I.

Alumni

*Jim Thome — Major League Baseball player [cite web |url=http://mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=123272 |title=Jim Thome Stats, Bio, Photos, Highlights |publisher=MLB Advanced Media, L.P. |accessdate=2008-10-04 ]

References

External links

* [http://www.icc.edu/ Illinois Central College] — official site