Rockford University is a private university in Rockford, Illinois , United States. It was founded in 1847 as Rockford Female Seminary and changed its name to Rockford College in 1892, and to Rockford University in 2013.
11-594: Defunct NCAA Division III athletic conference For other uses, see Northern Illinois Conference . The Northern Illinois-Iowa Conference ( NIIC ) was a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division III level. Member schools transitioned from the NAIA ranks during the early 1980s. The conference
22-582: A highschool athletics conference See also [ edit ] North Conference (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Northern Illinois Conference . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Northern_Illinois_Conference&oldid=996784863 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
33-470: A street adjoining the campus. In 1984, Rockford College founded Regent's College in London, now Regent's University London . On October 2, 2012, the board of trustees voted unanimously to rename the college as a university. The trustees did so because the institution has many different academic departments. On July 1, 2013, the institution officially became Rockford University . Patricia Lynott has served as
44-481: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Rockford University Rockford Female Seminary was founded in 1847 as the sister college of Beloit College , which had been founded the year before. The seminary's initial campus was on the east side of the Rock River , south of downtown Rockford. Anna Peck Sill served as principal for the first 35 years. In 1890,
55-1154: Is now competing as the Pride since the 2017–18 school year. ^ Currently an NAIA athletic conference. Former members [ edit ] Institution Location Founded Affiliation Enrollment Nickname Joined Left Subsequent conference(s) Current conference George Williams College Williams Bay, Wisconsin 1890 Nondenominational N/A Indians 1970 1971 N/A Judson University Elgin, Illinois 1963 Evangelical Christian 1,231 Eagles 1973 1996 Chicagoland (CCAC) (1996–present) Olivet Nazarene University Bourbonnais, Illinois 1907 Nazarene 4,579 Tigers 1974 1996 Chicagoland (CCAC) (1996–present) Trinity International University Deerfield, Illinois 1897 Evangelical Christian 2,688 Trojans 1969 1996 Chicagoland (CCAC) (1996–2023) N/A Notes ^ Charter member. ^ George Williams closed and
66-619: The Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT), and a Master of Education (MEd). The university is organized into three colleges: The university offers an Honors Program in Liberal Arts & Sciences. Also housed within the university are the Center for Nonprofit Excellence and the Center for Learning Strategies. The Rockford University Regents are Division III members of
77-440: The 💕 (Redirected from Northern Illinois Conference (disambiguation) ) Northern Illinois Conference may refer to the following: Northern Illinois Conference (United Methodist) Northern Illinois Conference (athletic conference) , a highschool athletics conference Northern Illinois-Iowa Conference , a defunct NCAA Division III college athletics conference Big Northern Conference (Illinois),
88-462: The seminary's trustees voted to offer a full college curriculum, which led to the name changing to Rockford College in 1892. In 1896, Phebe Temperance Sutliff became the school's president, continuing in that role until 1901. Men were first granted admission to the university at the beginning of the 1955–1956 school year. At about this time, the school requested that the City of Rockford close parts of
99-542: The university's president since 2022. The University held a business summit June 29, 2023, that included presidents of the Rockford Hard Rock Casino and OSF St. Anthony Medical Center. The university offers approximately 80 majors, minors and concentrations, including the adult accelerated degree completion program for a B.S. in Management Studies. Through its Graduate Studies department, degree include
110-2295: Was formed in 1969. Member institutions were located in the Midwestern United States in the states of Illinois and Iowa. After the 2005–06 academic year, the NIIC merged with the Lake Michigan Conference to form a new league called the Northern Athletics Conference (now known as the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference). Member schools [ edit ] Final members [ edit ] Institution Location Founded Affiliation Enrollment Nickname Joined Left Subsequent conference(s) Current conference Aurora University Aurora, Illinois 1893 Nonsectarian 2,309 Spartans 1970 2006 Northern (NACC) (2006–present) Benedictine University Lisle, Illinois 1887 Catholic ( Benedictines ) 2,740 Eagles 1969 2006 Northern (NACC) (2006–present) Clarke University Dubuque, Iowa 1843 Catholic ( B.V.M. ) 1,075 Crusaders 1988 2006 NAIA Independent (2006–07; 2015–16) Midwest (MCC) (2007–15) Heart of America (HAAC) (2016–present) Concordia University Chicago River Forest, Illinois 1864 Lutheran LCMS 1,361 Cougars 1969 2006 Northern (NACC) (2006–present) Dominican University River Forest, Illinois 1901 Catholic ( Dominican ) 1,697 Stars 1990 2005 Lake Michigan (LMC) (2005) Northern (NACC) (2006–present) Eureka College Eureka, Illinois 1855 Disciples of Christ 680 Red Devils 1996 2006 St. Louis (SLIAC) (2006–present) Rockford University Rockford, Illinois 1847 Nonsectarian 1,272 Regents 1969 2006 Northern (NACC) (2006–present) Notes ^ Charter member. ^ Clarke
121-913: Was merged into Aurora University in 2000. ^ Currently an NAIA athletic conference. ^ Trinity International closed their residential campus after 2022–2023 school year and now it only have online modalities. References [ edit ] ^ "About the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference" . Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference . Retrieved 2020-11-11 . Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Northern_Illinois-Iowa_Conference&oldid=1240551090 " Categories : Defunct NCAA Division III conferences Sports organizations established in 1969 Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata Northern Illinois Conference (disambiguation) From Misplaced Pages,
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