ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY

'Roosevelt University' is a four-year, private institute of higher education with full service campuses in Chicago's Loop and northwest suburban Schaumburg. It also offers classes in communities, schools, and corporations, and has the mission of being a metropolitan university and an asset to the surrounding communities.
Roosevelt University currently offers 126 Doctor's, Master's, Bachelor's degree and certificate (Post-Master's, Postbaccalaureate, Less-than-2-years, Less-than-1-year) programs in the arts, sciences, business, and education.
The university includes the Evelyn T. Stone University College, a continuing education school; Chicago College of Performing Arts, a music and theatre program; Walter E. Heller College of Business Administration, a business school; the College of Arts and Sciences; and the College of Education.

Contents

History

Academics and majors

'Colleges'

Programs and departments

Institutes and centers

Campuses

Downtown Chicago Campus

Albert A. Robin Campus, Schaumburg

Student life

Student housing and residence life

Traveling between campuses

Groups and activities

Distinguished alumni

External links

History

The school was founded in 1945 when Edward J. Sparling, then president of the YMCA College in Chicago, refused to provide his board with the demographic data in his student body. There were quota systems in place that limited the number of blacks, Jews, immigrants, and women that were allowed to receive higher education. Sparling was fired and a number of faculty and students left with him, voting to start a new college with a vote of 62 to 1 for faculty and 488 to 2 with the student body. [1] The school had no library, campus, or endowment.
The new college was chartered as Thomas Jefferson College on March 28, 1945 and had financial backing from Marshall Field III, the Julius Rosenwald Foundation, the International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union and other organizations and individuals. Two weeks later, President Franklin D. Roosevelt died, and with his widow Eleanor's permission the college was renamed Roosevelt College in his memory. In 1947, the Auditorium Building was sold to the university for one dollar and became the permanent home of Roosevelt University. The college was rededicated to both Franklin and Eleanor in 1959. Early advisory board members included Marian Anderson, Pearl Buck, Ralph Bunche, Albert Einstein, Thomas Mann, Gunnar Myrdal, and Albert Schweitzer. In August 1996 the Albert A. Robin campus was opened in Schaumburg, started in large part by a donation from entrepreneur and immigrant, Albert A. Robin.

Academics and majors

There are more than 60 undergraduate majors and pre-professional programs, 40 master’s degree programs, and selected doctoral programs.

'Colleges'

Departments and programs are organized in 5 colleges.

★ College of Arts and Sciences

★ College of Business

★ College of Education

★ Chicago College of Performing Arts

★ Evelyn T. Stone University College

Programs and departments

★ Adult Students

★ Asian Programs

★ Bachelor of General Studies/Bachelor of Professional Studies

★ Biological, Chemical, and Physical Sciences

★ Career Services

★ Communication

★ Computer Science and Telecommunications

★ Economics

★ English Composition Program

★ English Language Program (offering English as a Second Language (ESL) classes)

★ English Program

★ External Studies Program

★ History, Art History, and Philosophy

★ Hospitality and Tourism Management

★ Literature and Languages

★ Mathematics and Actuarial Science

★ Paralegal Studies Program

★ MBA Program

★ Political Science and Public Administration

★ Psychology

★ Scholars Program (Honors)

★ Sociology and Anthropology

★ Training and Development

★ Women's and Gender Studies

Institutes and centers

A strong supplement to the university's colleges is its centers and institutes that extend the learn and research opportunities available to students and faculty.

★ Career Services

★ Center for New Deal Studies

★ Center for Tourism Studies

★ Education Alliance

★ Institute for Continued Learning

★ Institute for Metropolitan Affairs

★ Institute of Real Estate

★ Mansfield Institute for Social Justice

★ Metropolitan Institute for Teaching and Learning

★ St. Clair Drake Center for African and African American Studies

★ The Stress Institute

Campuses

Downtown Chicago Campus

The majority of all Chicago classes are held within Roosevelt's historic Auditorium Building at 430 S. Michigan Avenue just blocks from the Magnificent Mile. A second downtown campus building is the Gage Building, known as the Center for Professional Advancement, located at 18 S. Michigan Avenue. It is also the home of the Paralegal Studies Program and the School of Communication.
Neighbors include the Art Institute of Chicago, the Field Museum, and Soldier Field. The 430 S. Michigan Avenue campus overlooks Buckingham Fountain, Grant Park, Michigan Ave., Columbus Drive, Lake Shore Drive, and Lake Michigan and the Center for Professional Advancement overlooks Millennium Park on Chicago's lakefront.

Albert A. Robin Campus, Schaumburg

Roosevelt University's campus in Schaumburg is the largest four-year university in Chicago's Northwest suburbs, serving roughly 3,000 students. The campus is located in the former regional office building of the Unocal Corporation. Roosevelt converted the building into a full-service campus in 1996.

Student life

Student housing and residence life

Roosevelt University has two dormitories located less than two blocks from one another, housing over 500 Roosevelt students. The Herman Crown Center is located at 425 S. Wabash and houses nearly 200 residents. It is connected to the Auditorium Building (a panorama of the Auditorium Building Lobby) and provides direct access to classrooms, the university's Murray-Green Library, music practice rooms, the university's gym and fitness center: the Marvin Moss Student Center (MMSC), and other facilities including the Office of Student Activities, the Student Government Association, Student Organization office spaces, and the Academic Counseling Center.
The University Center of Chicago is the newest dormitory in the area and was officially opened in the fall of 2004. Located at 525 S. State Street the UC houses students from Roosevelt University, DePaul University, and Columbia College Chicago, totaling 1700 residents from these three schools combined.

Traveling between campuses

Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) buses and Elevated "L" trains. (the principal urban heavy rail and metro serving in Chicago) serve to both downtown Roosevelt locations.
In Schaumburg, PACE (the suburban bus division of RTA: the Regional Transportation Authority) also operates the bus lines to the Albert A. Robin campus.
Intercampus vans are also regularly scheduled to commute between the Chicago and Schaumburg campuses.

Groups and activities

There are many active student organizations at both of the Roosevelt University campuses.

★ 'Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity': Roosevelt's largest on campus Greek organization

★ 'WRBC-AM': Roosevelt's student radio station

★ 'The Torch': Roosevelt's student newspaper (7,500/weekly)

★ 'Oyez Review': Roosevelt's national and award winning literary journal.

★ 'Student Government Association'

★ 'Alpha Sigma Sorority': Roosevelt's newest sorority

★ 'Gamma Theta Chi Sorority': Gamma Theta Chi is a multicultural sorority founded November 1, 2004. Its founding members are from Roosevelt University, DePaul University and Columbia College. The sorority is guided by its principals of community, diversity, friendship, and teamwork.

★ 'Intramural Sports Club': Dedicated to returning a comprehensive athletics program to Roosevelt through student recognition and involvement.

★ 'Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance': Roosevelt's campus feminist organization committed to achieving equality for women and men

Distinguished alumni

★ Tony Alcantar: an American actor

★ Edsel Albert Ammons (B.A., 1948): a Bishop of the United Methodist Church

★ Peri E. Arnold: Chairman, Department of Government and International Studies, University of Notre Dame

★ Andrew Barrett: Former Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission

★ Melissa Bean: Politician (U.S. Congressman, Illinois 8th 2005)

★ Ira Berkow: Sportswriter, New York Times

★ Anthony Braxton: Jazz composer and performer

★ Jesse Brown: U.S. Secretary of Veteran's Affairs 1993-97

★ Clark Burrus: Former Senior Vice President, First National Bank of Chicago

★ Merle Dandridge: Broadway and Television Actress.

★ Sylvia Flanagan: Senior Editor, Jet Magazine

★ Brenda Gaines: President & CEO, Diners Club North America

★ Karen Gibbs: Co-anchor, Wall $treet Week with FORTUNE

★ Charles V. Hamilton: Political science professor and co-author of the book "Black Power"

★ Wallce S. Sayre: Professor of Government, Columbia University

★ Mark Handler: Former President, Macy's Department Stores

★ Patricia Harris: Assistant Vice President of Diversity for McDonald's Corporation

★ Donald Jacobs: Retired Former Dean, Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University

★ Howard Johnson: Former chairman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

★ Ambassador Jacques Paul Klein ( '63, '71): Special representative of the Secretary-General and Coordinator of United Nations Operations in Liberia with the rank of Under-Secretary-General.

★ Mort Kondracke: American political commentator and journalist on the Fox News Network; he is also co-host of The Beltway Boys, also the author of the "Saving Milly: Love, Politics, and Parkinson's Disease (2001, nonfiction)" book

★ Basil Kromelow: President, Gold Coast Group of Hotels

★ Ramsey Lewis: Jazz musician, Host, Legends of Jazz and The Ramsey Lewis Morning Show, WNUA-FM Radio

★ John Licht: President, CEO and Chairman of Duraco Products the largest manufacturer and marketer of decorative plastic planters, birder feeders and garden accessories.

★ Blanche Manning: Judge, U.S. District Court Judge for the Northern District of Illinois

★ LeRoy Martin: Chief of Police for the State of Illinois, Central Management Services

★ Robert Mednick: Retired Managing Partner, Professional and Regulatory Matters at Andersen Worldwide

★ Eugene Morris: Chairman and CEO, E. Morris Communications

★ Steven Nasatir: President, Jewish Federation / Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago / JFMC Facilities Corp

★ Terry Peterson: CEO, Chicago Housing Authority

★ Bobby Rush: Politician and Congressman, Illinois 1st since 1993

★ William Sheldon: Chicago broadcaster

★ Harold Washington: Late mayor of Chicago and the first African American to hold the office. Elected class president his senior year.

★ Reginald Weaver: President, National Education Association

★ Berel Wein: Orthodox rabbi, scholar, lecturer, and writer.

★ David Woolridge: Retired Corporate Vice President, Motorola

External links

★ Official website

★ OnLine programs website

★ Biography of University President Charles Middleton [2]

★ Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University[3]

★ College and University Profiles[4]

★ Encyclopedia of Chicago[5]

★ Thomson & Peterson's College Close-Up[6]

★ USNews.com: America's Best Colleges 2006: Roosevelt University. At a Glance[7]

★ NNDB: tracking the entire world (Roosevelt University)[8]