Illinois College
Beecher Hall c.1934
Established	1829
Type	Private
President	Dr. Axel D. Steuer
Students	Approximately 1,000
Location	Jacksonville, Illinois, United States
Colors	Blue and White
Mascot	Blueboys and Lady Blues
Affiliations	United Church of Christ and Presbyterian Church (USA)
Website	www.ic.edu

Illinois College is a private liberal arts college affiliated with the United Church of Christ and the Presbyterian Church (USA); it is located in Jacksonville, Illinois. It is the oldest^{[citation needed]} college in Illinois, founded in 1829 (and the first to grant a degree - 1835) by one of the famous Yale Bands -- students from Yale University that travelled westward to found new colleges. It briefly served as the state's first medical school from 1843-1848, and became co-educational in 1903.

Beecher Hall, the first college building erected in Illinois, is named after its first president, Edward Beecher, sibling to Henry Ward Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe. The first floor of Beecher Hall is the international headquarters of Phi Alpha Literary Society. The second floor is the home to Sigma Pi Literary Society. The third floor of Mundinger Residence Hall is known as the Penthouse, where the legendary game of Dinger Dodge is played.

Illinois College has a Phi Beta Kappa chapter, one of only eleven in the state.

Illinois College has recently developed "The Illinois College Academic Honor Code".^{[citation needed]}

The college participates in an Intercultural Exchange program with Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan. Each spring 25 Japanese students come to Illinois College to live and study for five weeks. During this time, students live with families in the Jacksonville community for part of the time and with current IC students on campus in dorm rooms for the remainder of their stay.

Notable alumni

• John Wesley Powell, explorer, scientist, politician, 2nd director of U.S. Geological Survey
• William Jennings Bryan, orator and United States statesman
• William Jayne, first Governor of Dakota Territory
• Richard Yates, Illinois politician and governor
• Richard Yates, his son, also an Illinois politician
• Ralph Tyler Smith, Illinois politician
• Steven Workman, naval architect-engineer, yacht designer

External links and references

• Official website
• Official Forums
• Campus Webcam - View of the upper campus, facing southeast from Whipple Hall. Visible through the trees are Rammelkamp Chapel, Schewe Library, and Kirby Learning Center.
• Official athletics website
• Campus map
• Survey number HABS IL-25-11 - Illinois College, Beecher Hall, Jacksonville, Morgan County, IL

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