Trinity International University

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Trinity International University
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Former names
Swedish Bible Institute of Chicago (1897–1925)
Norwegian-Danish Bible Institute and Academy (1910–????)
Swedish Evangelical Free Church Bible Institute and Seminary (1925–1949)
Trinity Seminary and Bible Institute (????–1949)
Trinity Seminary and Bible College (1949–1961)
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and Trinity College (1961–1995)
MottoEntrusted with the Gospel
Type Private (includes Seminary and Law School)
Established1897 [1]
Religious affiliation
 Evangelical Free Church of America
President Kevin Kompelien
Students1,242 [2]
Undergraduates 450 [2]
Address
2065 Half Day Road Bannockburn, IL 60015
,
Bannockburn
,
Illinois
,
U.S. [3]
CampusSuburban [1] , 111 acres (45 ha)
Colors Blue & White
   
Website www.tiu.edu

Trinity International University (TIU) is an evangelical Christian university headquartered in Bannockburn, Illinois. [3] It comprises Trinity College, a theological seminary (Trinity Evangelical Divinity School), a law school (Trinity Law School which is located in Santa Ana, California), and a camp called Timber-lee. [4] The university also maintains campuses in North Lauderdale, Florida and Miami, Florida; the camp is located in East Troy, Wisconsin. TIU is the only university affiliated with Evangelical Free Church of America in the United States and enrolls 1,242 students. On February 17, 2023, TIU announced it was moving the undergraduate program to online modalities only and closed the residential campus at the end of the Spring 2023 semester. [5] [6] The online undergraduate program is ending at the end of the Spring 2024 semester.

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History

Tracing its roots to 1897, TIU formed in the late 1940s as the result of a merger of two schools:

By 1949, the Minneapolis-based school moved to Chicago and the unified schools became known as Trinity Seminary and Bible College. In 1961 the school moved to a new campus in Bannockburn, Illinois, in Bannockburn, Illionis and a year later was renamed Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (TEDS) and Trinity College. The school grew from an enrollment of 51 in 1961 to 1,400 in 1990. In 1995, TEDS became part of Trinity International University, along with Trinity College in Deerfield, Illinois, and Trinity College in Miami, (formerly Miami Christian College which was obtained through a merger of the two institutions). In 1997 Trinity Law School, located in Santa Ana, California, was incorporated into Trinity International University, and the Trinity Graduate School was founded.

In 2014, David S. Dockery was elected unanimously as the 15th president of Trinity. He was inaugurated in October of that year. [7] Nicholas Perrin was elected as the 16th president in June 2019. [8] Kevin Kompelien succeeded Perrin as president on April 1, 2024. [9]

Trinity Graduate School closed in 2024, along with the academic programs at TIU-Florida. Trinity College Online will close in May 2025. The undergraduate program for prisoners in Fox Lake, Wisconsin remains open. Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and Trinity Law School are operational.

Approvals, accreditations and memberships

Trinity International University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. [10] [11] The divinity school is also programmatically accredited by the Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada (ATS). [12]

TIU's law school, located in Santa Ana, California, is accredited by the Committee of Bar Examiners (CBE) of the State Bar of California (CALBAR). [13] The normative nationwide USDE- and CHEA-approved accreditor of law schools is the American Bar Association (ABA). Within the state of California, though, law schools are also accredited by CALBAR CBE, which is neither USDE- or CHEA-approved. Graduates of non-ABA accredited program are not recognized outside of the state of California. [14] TIU's Trinity Law School (Santa Ana campus only) is also included as part of TIU's regional accreditation by the USDE- and CHEA-approved NCA-HLC. [10]

Trinity International University is exempt [15] from the need to be approved to operate in Illinois by the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE), which lists it as a "private NFP (not-for-profit) institution". [16] Its educational programs for K-12 teachers are approved by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) [17] so that TIU's graduates from said programs may obtain state-issued teaching credentials. TIU is, further, approved by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) (formerly the Illinois State Scholarship Commission (ISSC)) [18] Monetary Award Program (MAP) so that TIU's students may receive Illinois educational grants and scholarships. [19]

Prior to 2003, TIU's athletic trainer program was accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP); however in 2003 the accreditation of such programs was taken over by the Joint Review Committee on Athletic Training (JRC-AT); and in 2006 JRC-AT became the Committee for Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE). TIU's undergraduate athletic training educational program [20] claims CAATE accreditation on its website.

TIU is also a member of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU), [21] the Christian College Consortium (CCC), and the Christian Adult Higher Education Association (CAHEA). [22]

Athletics

The Trinity International athletic teams were called the Trojans. [23] Prior to the move to an all-online undergraduate academic format in 2023, the university university was a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), primarily competing in the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) for most of its sports from 1996–97 until its move after 2022–23; while its football program competed in the Mideast League of the Mid-States Football Association (MSFA). [23] They were also a member of the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA), primarily competing as an independent in the North Central Region of the Division I level.

Trinity International competed in nine intercollegiate varsity sports. Men's sports included baseball, basketball, football, soccer and volleyball. Women's sports included basketball, soccer, softball and volleyball. [24]

Accomplishments

In 2022, women’s volleyball claimed the NCCAA D1 National Championship, making the title a program first and last.

Notable faculty

Notable alumni

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  2. 1 2 "College Navigator – Trinity International University-Illinois".
  3. 1 2 "Deerfield Campus". TIU Website. Trinity International University. Archived from the original on 2008-05-11. Retrieved 2008-05-16.
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  7. ↑ "Trinity Celebrates the Inauguration of David S. Dockery". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  8. ↑ "Nicholas Perrin elected 16th president of Trinity International University". Archived from the original on 2019-06-07. Retrieved 2019-06-07.
  9. ↑ Chamberlain, Dale (March 5, 2024). "Kevin Kompelien To Step Down as EFCA President To Lead Trinity International University Amid 'Budget Challenges'". churchleaders.com. Retrieved 2024-10-05.
  10. 1 2 "The Higher Learning Commission Database". Accreditation information page for Trinity International University. Higher Learning Commission . Retrieved October 13, 2012.
  11. ↑ "The Higher Learning Commission Database". The Trinity Evangelical Divinity School accreditation information page. Higher Learning Commission . Retrieved October 13, 2012.
  12. ↑ "Database of Member Institutions". The Trinity Evangelical School's accreditation information page. Association of Theological Schools . Retrieved October 13, 2012.
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