Harper College

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Harper College
William Rainey Harper College Harpercollegewordmark.png
Type Public community college
Established1965;60 years ago (1965)
Endowment $25.4 million (2019) [1]
President Avis Proctor
Academic staff
201 full-time and 437 part-time [2]
Administrative staff
810 full and part-time
Students13,477 [2]
Location
Palatine
,
Illinois
,
United States

42°04′52″N88°04′16″W / 42.081°N 88.071°W / 42.081; -88.071
CampusUrban
Colors Blue and Silver   
Sporting affiliations
MascotHawk
Website www.harpercollege.edu

William Rainey Harper College is a public community college in Palatine, Illinois. It was established by referendum in 1965 and opened in September 1967. It is named for William Rainey Harper, a pioneer in the junior college movement in the United States and the first president of the University of Chicago. [3]

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Campus

Harper College's Performing Arts Center Performing Arts Center tower - Harper College.jpg
Harper College's Performing Arts Center
The Avante Center Entrance to Avante - Harper College.jpg
The Avanté Center

Harper College has a 200-acre (80.9 ha) campus, approximately 25 miles (40 km) northwest of downtown Chicago, in the suburb of Palatine, Illinois.

Harper also offers classes and services at other locations:

Service area

Harper College District 512 comprises these communities: Arlington Heights, Barrington, Barrington Hills, Elk Grove Village, Hoffman Estates, Inverness, Lake Barrington, Mount Prospect, North Barrington, Palatine, Prospect Heights, Rolling Meadows, Schaumburg, South Barrington, Tower Lakes, Wheeling and small portions of Buffalo Grove, Carpentersville, Deer Park, Des Plaines, Fox River Grove, Hanover Park and Roselle. [5]

Athletics

Football

The football program was eliminated in January 2012.

Cross country

Track and field

Wrestling

Women's basketball

Women's volleyball

Notable alumni

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