Illinois Institute of Technology. Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Campus

Organization

Staff Only

Biography

In 1988 the Rice Foundation gave to Illinois Institute of Technology a 19-acre tract of land on Butterfield Rd. in Wheaton, Ill. This property became IIT's Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Campus with the Dec. 4, 1990 dedication of the new 54,000 sq. ft. building built there to accommodate academic programs for non-traditional students. Initially known as "IIT WEST," the campus opened in 1986 in temporary quarters in Glen Ellyn on the campus of College of DuPage (this had followed the 1986 merger of Midwest College of Engineering, founded in Lombard by Alva C. Todd in 1967, with IIT). The campus was opened to establish IIT's presence in Chicago's western suburbs along the Illinois Research and Development Corridor (Interstate 88). Initially offering evening and weekend classes, the Rice Campus came to serve as a satellite campus of IIT's Main Campus in Chicago, catering to working professional graduate and upper-level undergraduate students with course offerings in information technology and management, manufacturing technology and management, computer science, engineering, science, business, and information technology.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

IIT Update collection, 1989-1997

Collection

Identifier: 040.01.06

Description of the Collection IIT Update was a periodical publication of "news and schedules of Illinois Institute of Technology suburban programs" offered at the Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Campus in Wheaton, IL, extension courses at Harper College, and televised courses over William F. Finkl Interactive Instructional Television Network (IIT/V). Register of issues as follows: Fall 1989 (3 copies), Winter and Spring 1990 (5 copies), Spring 1990 (1 full size photocopy), Summer and Fall 1990 (3 copies), Summer and Fall 1991...

Dates: 1989-1997

Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections

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