Knox College - Definition and Overview

Knox College is a four-year coeducational private college located in Galesburg, Illinois.

• Not to be confused with Knox College, Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. [1] (http://www.knoxcollege.ac.nz/)
• Knox College is also the name of a Toronto School of Theology (TST) and University of Toronto affiliated theological college located in Toronto, Ontario. [2] (http://www.utoronto.ca/knox/)

History

Knox College was founded in 1837 by anti-slavery social reformers. One founder, Rev. Samuel Wright, actively supported the Underground Railroad. The original name for the school was "Knox Manual Labor College", but has been known by its present name since 1857.

Knox was the site of the fifth debate between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas in 1858.

Students and faculty

Student Profile

• Size: 1,127
• Points of Origin: 46 states; 50 countries
• Credentials: 68 percent graduated in the top quarter of their high school class; 35 percent graduated in the top tenth.
• Diversity: 53 percent women; 47 percent men; 14 percent students of color (4 percent African American, 5 percent Asian American, 4 percent Latino, 1 percent Native American); 9 percent international.

Faculty Profile

• Size: 127 (94 full-time, 33 part-time)
• Student-faculty ratio: 12:1
• Qualifications: 94 percent have Ph.D. or equivalent degree
• Average Class Size: 17

Fraternities

• Beta Theta Pi
• Phi Gamma Delta
• Sigma Nu
• Tau Kappa Epsilon

Sororities

• Delta Delta Delta
• Pi Beta Phi

Alumni

• Barnabas Root (also known as Fahma Yahny) - probably the first black man to receive a college degree in Illinois
• Amy Carlson - former star on the weekly NBC television series Third Watch
• Bob Jamieson - ABC news correspondent
• Rose Polenzani - independent folk musician (quit before graduating)
• Robert Hanssen - FBI agent convicted of spying for the Soviet Union

Facilities

Main library name: Seymour Library (2 others on campus)

• 185,923 books, serial backfiles, and government documents (titles)
• 1,037 current serials (titles), including periodicals, newspapers, and government documents
• 96,952 microforms (titles)
• 6,336 video and audio titles

External links

Knox College official website (http://www.knox.edu/)