College Sports in Illinois - College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin, College Sports in Chicago, Illinois, Eastern Illinois Panthers (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 46. Chapters: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin, College sports in Chicago, Illinois, Eastern Illinois Panthers, Illinois Fighting Illini, Illinois State Redbirds, Northern Illinois Huskies, SIU Edwardsville Cougars, Southern Illinois Salukis, Western Illinois Leathernecks, Wheaton College, Chief Illiniwek, Illinois Wesleyan University, Great Rivers Athletic Conference, List of college athletic programs in Illinois, Augustana College, North Central College, Elmhurst College, Millikin University, North Park University, Carthage College, UIC Flames, Bob Guelker, Michael Franks, University of Illinois men's ice hockey team, University of Illinois Ice Arena, Midwest Lacrosse Conference, Mid-West Athletic Conference, Hanson Field, National Women's Lacrosse League, Illinois N4C Conference, Saluki Sports Network, New Trier Swim Club, Chick Evans Field House, Redbird Field. Excerpt: Wheaton College is a private, evangelical Protestant liberal arts college in Wheaton, Illinois, a suburb 25 miles (40 km) west of Chicago in the United States. The college was founded in 1860 by prominent abolitionist and pastor Jonathan Blanchard. Drawing 2,400 undergraduates from all 50 United States, 50 countries, and 55+ church denominations, Wheaton offers 40 majors in the arts and natural sciences. Wheaton is noted for its "twin traditions of quality academics and deep faith" according to TIME and is ranked 20th among all national liberal arts colleges in the number of alumni who go on to earn PhDs. Wheaton's influence is seen in fields ranging from government (former U.S. Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert), to business (the CEO of John Deere), to the arts (film director Wes Craven), to education (Wake Forest University President Nathan O. Hatch), to global ministry (Rev. Billy Graham). Wheaton College is listed in Loren Pope's Colleges Tha...