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.Sports10 varsity teamsMascotTalon theWebsiteIllinois Institute of Technology ( Illinois Tech or IIT) is a private in,. Tracing its history to 1890, the present name was adopted upon the merger of the Armour Institute and Lewis Institute in 1940. The university has programs in,. Its historic roots are in several 19th-century engineering and professional education institutions in the. In the mid 20th century, it became closely associated with trends in modernist architecture through the work of its Dean of Architecture, who designed its campus. The Institute of Design, Chicago-Kent College of Law, and Midwest College of Engineering were also merged into IIT. Contents.History The Sermon and The Institute In 1890, when advanced education was often reserved for society's elite, Chicago minister delivered what came to be known as the 'Million Dollar Sermon.'
From the pulpit of his South Side church, near the site Illinois Institute of Technology now occupies, Gunsaulus said that with a million dollars he could build a school where students can learn to think in practical not theoretical terms; where they could be taught to 'learn by doing'.Inspired by Gunsaulus' vision, (1832–1901) gave $1 million to found the Armour Institute—and Armour, his wife, Malvina Belle Ogden Armour (1842–1927) and their son J. (Jonathan) Ogden Armour (1863–1927) continued to support the university in its early years.
When Armour Institute opened in 1893, it offered professional courses in engineering, chemistry, architecture and library science.Illinois Tech was created in 1940 by the merger of Armour Institute and Lewis Institute. Located on the west side of Chicago, Lewis Institute, established in 1895 by the estate of hardware merchant and investor Allen C. Lewis, offered liberal arts as well as science and engineering courses for both men and women. At separate meetings held by their respective boards on October 26, 1939, the trustees of Armour and Lewis voted to merge the two colleges. A Cook County circuit court decision on April 23, 1940 solidified the merger. Mergers and changes The Institute of Design (ID), founded in Chicago by in 1937, merged with Illinois Tech in 1949.Chicago-Kent College of Law, founded in 1887, became part of the university in 1969, making Illinois Institute of Technology one of the few technology-based universities with a law school.Also in 1969, the Stuart School of Management and Finance—now known as the Stuart School of Business – was established thanks to a gift from the estate of Lewis Institute alumnus and Chicago financier. The program became the Stuart School of Business in 1999.The Midwest College of Engineering, founded in 1967, joined the university in 1986, giving Illinois Tech a presence in west suburban Wheaton with what is today known as the Rice Campus —home to Illinois Tech's School of Applied Technology.In December 2006, the University Technology Park at Illinois Institute of Technology, an incubator and life sciences/tech start-up facility, was started in existing research buildings located on the south end of Main Campus.
As of April 2014, the University Tech Park at Illinois Institute of Technology is home to many companies.Today, IIT is a private, Ph.D.-granting university with programs in engineering, science, human sciences, applied technology, architecture, business, design and law. It is one of 16 institutions that comprise the (AITU).Growth and expansion. On the Illinois Institute of Technology campus. Designed by in 1956, it was designated a in 2001.IIT continued to expand after the merger. As one of the first American universities to host a during the school saw a large increase in students and expanded the Armour campus beyond its original 7 acres (2.83 ha). Two years before the merger, German architect joined the then Armour Institute of Technology to head both Armour's and the 's architecture program.
The Art Institute would later separate and form its own program. Mies was given the task of designing a completely new campus, and the result was a spacious, open, 120-acre (48.6 ha) campus set in contrast to the busy, crowded urban neighborhood around it.
The first Mies-designed buildings were completed in the mid-1940s, and construction on what is considered the 'Mies Campus' continued until the early 1970s.Engineering and research also saw great growth and expansion from the period until the early 1970s. IIT experienced its greatest period of growth from 1952 to 1973 under President, a whose research accomplishments included work on early development of the and a seat on the.
This period saw IIT as the largest engineering school in the United States, as stated in a feature in the September 1953 issue of magazine. IIT housed many research organizations: (formerly Armour Research Foundation and birthplace of wire and tape as well as audio and ), the, and the American Association of Railroads, among others. IIT dormitoriesThree colleges merged with IIT after the 1940 Armor/Lewis merger: in 1949, in 1969, and Midwest College of Engineering in 1986.
IIT's was founded by a gift from alumnus in 1969, and joined Chicago-Kent at IIT's Downtown Campus in 1992; it phased out its undergraduate program (becoming graduate-only) after spring 1995. (An undergraduate business program focusing on technology and entrepreneurship was launched in fall 2004 and was for a while administratively separate from the Stuart School. It is now part of the school, but remains on Main Campus.) The Institute of Design, once housed on the Main Campus in, also phased out its undergraduate programs and moved downtown in the early 1990s.Although not used in official communication, the nickname 'Illinois Tech' has long been a favorite of students, inspiring the name of the student newspaper; (renamed in 1928 from Armour Tech News to TechNews), and the former mascot of the university's collegiate sports teams, the Techawks. During the 1950s and 1960s, the nickname was actually more prevalent than 'IIT.' This was reflected by the 's station at 35th and being named 'Tech-35th', but has since been changed to '35th-Bronzeville-IIT.' In the 2010s, school administrators began a move to reintroduce the 'Illinois Tech' nickname, to decrease confusion with the that share the IIT abbreviation and with whose abbreviation is similar. Several buildings on the Illinois Institute of Technology main campus, such as Machinery Hall pictured here, have been designated as and.The main campus is located at 10 West 35th Street in Chicago's neighborhood and houses all undergraduate programs and graduate programs in engineering, sciences, architecture, communications, and psychology.
The downtown campus at 565 West Adams Street in Chicago houses, and the graduate programs in Public Administration. Is located at 350 North LaSalle Street in Chicago.
Campus in houses the School of Applied Technology and degree programs in Information Technology and Management. This 19-acre (7.69 ha) campus opened its doors in January 1991.
Moffett Campus in, is home to the. Moffett Campus was donated to IIT by in 1988.VanderCook College of Music shares IIT's Main Campus: and offers cross-registration for IIT students. Galvin Library, designed by architect in 1962. It is named for the founder of.The 120-acre (48.6 ha) IIT main campus is centered around 33rd and State Streets, approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) south of the in the historic Bronzeville neighborhood on the of Chicago, part of the. Also known as the Black Metropolis District, the area is a landmark in African-American history. Following rapid growth during the of African-Americans from the south between 1910 and 1920, it became home to numerous African-American owned businesses and cultural institutions and offered an alternative to the race restrictions that were prevalent in the rest of the city. The area was home to author, civil rights activist, bandleader, pilot and many other famous African-Americans during the mid-20th century.
The nine extant structures from that period were added jointly to the in 1986 and designated a in 1998.In 1941, the began erecting massive public housing developments in the area. By 1990, the IIT campus was encircled by high-rise housing projects rife with crime. The projects were demolished beginning in 1999, and the area began to revitalize, with major renovations to King Drive and many of the historic structures and an influx of new, upscale, housing developments.
Neighborhood features include, home of the, and on the waterfront, and historical buildings from the heyday of the Black Metropolis era, including the, the, and the. The campus is bordered on the west by the, which runs parallel to Lake Michigan north to and south to 95th street.
The bisects the campus and runs north to the Loop and then west to the near west suburbs and south to the and the.Today IIT continues to support the Historic Bronzeville area by sponsoring non-for-profits such as The Renaissance Collaborative. Architecture. Icons of male figures in action are placed throughout the building; several are visible at the lower left.The campus, roughly bounded between 31st and 35th streets, and the, was designed by architect, 'one of the great figures of 20th-century architecture', who chaired the IIT School of Architecture from 1938 to 1958. Van der Rohe's master plan for the IIT campus was one of the most ambitious projects he ever conceived and the campus, with twenty of his works, is the greatest concentration of his buildings in the world. The layout of the campus departs radically from 'traditional college quadrangles and limestone buildings'. The materials are inspired by the factories and warehouses of Chicago's South Side and 'embody 20th century methods and materials: steel and concrete frames with curtain walls of brick and glass.'
The campus was landscaped by van der Rohe's close colleague at IIT, 'the last representative of the of landscape architects.' Known as 'the nature poet', Caldwell's plan reinforced van der Rohe's design with 'landscaping planted in a free-flowing manner, which in its interaction with the pristine qualities of the architecture, introduced a poetic aspect.' On the west side of Main Campus are three buildings that were original to Armour Institute, built between 1891 and 1901. In 1938, began his 20-year tenure as director of IIT's School of Architecture (1938–1959). The university was on the verge of building a brand new campus, to be one of the nation's first federally funded urban renewal projects. Mies was given carte blanche in the large commission, and the university grew fast enough during and after World War II to allow much of the new plan to be realized. From 1943 to 1957, several new Mies buildings rose across campus, including the, which houses the architecture school, and was designated a in 2001.Although Mies had emphasized his wish to complete the campus he had begun, commissions from the late 50s onward were given to (SOM), prompting Mies to never return to the campus that had changed architecture the world over.
SOM architect designed a few buildings, including the new library that Mies had wished to create, all of them similar to Mies's style. By the late 1960s, campus addition projects were given to SOM's, who had worked with Mies during his education at IIT and thus was able to design several new buildings to harmonize well with the original campus.
In 1976, the recognized the campus as one of the 200 most significant works of architecture in the United States. The, designed by, and a new state-of-the-art residence hall designed by, State Street Village, opened in 2003. These were the first new buildings built on the Main Campus in 32 years.In 1976, named the IIT campus one of the 200 most significant works of architecture in the United States. The IIT Main Campus was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. Sustainability In 2010, IIT received 's highest rating among universities in Illinois, tied with the. Notable buildings S.
Crown Hall S. Crown Hall, erected in 1955, was considered by Mies to be one of his greatest architectural achievements. To provide for a flexible, columnless interior, he suspended the roof from four steel girders supported by eight external columns spaced 60 feet apart.
Crown Hall, home to Illinois Tech's College of Architecture, has been described as an 'immortal contribution to the architecture of Chicago and the world.' Crown Hall was granted National Historic Landmark status in 2001. A $15 million renovation, completed in August 2005, modernized the structure with energy-saving mechanicals and windows, along with needed technology upgrades for computers and the Internet—all while carefully preserving the architectural integrity of the building, inside and out. Additional improvements were completed in 2013.
State Street Village (SSV) (SSV), a student residence hall designed by Murphy/Jahn architects on the southeast corner of 33rd and State Streets just south of the campus center, was completed in August 2003. Helmut Jahn, who studied architecture at IIT under Mies van der Rohe in the late 1960s, is responsible for the innovative design of the residence hall. The structure is composed of three separate five-story buildings, joined by exterior glass walls that muffle noise from passing trains on the adjacent 'L' tracks. SSV houses 367 students in apartment-style and suite-style units.McCormick Tribune Campus Center (MTCC) The at 33rd and State Streets opened in September 2003. Designed by Dutch architect, considered one of the '10 most influential living architects by the American Institute of Architects,' the campus center arranges various areas around diagonal pathways, resembling interior streets, that are extensions of the paths students use to cross the campus. The design includes a concrete and stainless steel tube that encloses a 530-foot stretch of the Green Line elevated commuter rail ('L') tracks, passing directly over the one-story campus center building.
The tube dampens the sound of trains overhead as students enjoy food courts, student organization offices, retail shops, a recreational facility and campus events.Ed Kaplan Family Institute for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurship. Main entrance of the Kaplan InstituteThe newest addition to the Mies Campus will come from Chicago architect John Ronan who was selected to design the Ed Kaplan Family Institute for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurship. Ronan's building, the first new academic building in more than forty years, is scheduled for completion in 2018. Campuses Illinois Institute of Technology has four campuses in the Chicago area. A portion of the 120-acre Main Campus, identified as the Illinois Institute of Technology Academic Campus, was entered onto the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. The complete 120-acre campus, also known as the Mies Campus, was designed by, universally considered one of the 20th century's most influential architects and the director of the architecture program at Illinois Tech from 1938 to 1958.
In 1976, the American Institute of Architects recognized the Illinois Tech main campus, centered at 33rd and State Streets in Chicago, as one of the 200 most significant works of architecture in the United States. Crown Hall, home of Illinois Tech's College of Architecture, was named a National Historic Landmark in 2001.The Illinois Institute of Technology Academic Campus undertook a series of projects with Peter Lindsay Schaudt Landscape Architecture, Inc. (now Hoerr Schaudt) in 2000 to revitalize the historic campus. Keeping in spirit with the original design of landscape architect (1903-1998) who worked closely with van der Rohe, the at Peter Lindsay Schaudt played upon his concept of horizontality and favored a native plant palette.
The projects created cohesive formal and informal spaces for students and faculty to relax and gather that honor the connection between the original architecture. The projects included State Street Boulevard, Crown Hall, Federal Street, State Street Village, a planting restoration for Crown Hall, the IITRI Tower Renovation, and the IIT Research Park. Upon their completion in 2005, the firm Peter Lindsay Schaudt submitted the projects as a single entry for the National design competition, winning the General Design Award of Honor.The ten-story Downtown Campus at 565 West Adams Street, designed by Gerald Horn of Holabird & Root and built by IIT in 1992, is home to Illinois Tech's Chicago-Kent College of Law and Institute of Design (ID), as well as the downtown campus for the Stuart School of Business. ID will re-locate to the Ed Kaplan Family Institute for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurship on the Mies Campus when the building is completed.The 19-acre Daniel F. Rice Campus in west suburban Wheaton, designed by Solomon Cordwell Buenz & Associates, Inc.
For Illinois Tech and dedicated in 1990, offers graduate programs, upper-level undergraduate courses, and continuing professional education.The five-acre Moffett Campus in southwest suburban Bedford Park was designed in 1947 by Schmidt, Garden, and Erickson and was donated to IIT in 1988. It houses the Institute for Food Safety and Health (IFSH), which includes the National Center for Food Safety and Technology, a unique consortium of government, industry, and academic partners.Student life. See also:There are numerous student organizations available on campus, including religious groups, academic groups, and student activity groups.Three of Illinois Tech's major student organizations serve the entire student body: the Student Government Association (SGA), the Student Union Board (UB), and TechNews.
SGA is the governing student body and acts as a liaison between university administration and the student body, serves as a forum to express student opinion, and provides certain services to student organizations such as official recognition and distribution of funds. Union Board serves as the main event programming group and plans more than 180 on- and off-campus events for students annually.
Founded in 1938 UB is responsible for the emergence of the school spirit and booster group Scarlet Fever. TechNews is the campus paper and serves as a news outlet for campus interests and as another outlet for student opinion in both a weekly paper edition and online format; it has existed since at least the 1930s.Illinois Tech hosts a campus radio station, with a radio studio in The McCormick Tribune Campus Center. In September 2007 the university opened a nine-hole course which weaves around the academic buildings on Mies (Main) Campus and is the first disc golf course to appear within the Chicago city limits.In anticipation of the opening of The, the on-campus pub and bowling alley known as 'The Bog' ceased operations in 2003. However, in response to students, faculty, and staff who missed the former campus hangout, The Bog reopened in February 2007 and is now open every Thursday and Friday night offering,. The Bog is also home to the campus bar, which serves and, and hosts weekly events such as comedians, live bands, or karaoke nights on its stage.In fall 2007, the third generation of groups was formed, The TechTonics, a coed group of students.
Within a year the organization expanded and now includes an all-male group, the Crown Joules, and an all-female group, the X-Chromotones. IIT A Cappella performs a variety of shows on campus as well as off campus and in the midwest. They perform shows at the end of each semester which showcase everything they have learned.Illinois Institute of Technology Mies (Main) Campus has an established Greek System, which consists of seven Illinois Tech fraternities (and one VanderCook College of Music fraternity) and three sororities. Fraternities, and fraternity and sororities, and have chapter houses on The Quad. The Omega Delta fraternity do not.Athletics. This section needs additional citations for. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: – ( December 2013) Illinois Tech's athletic teams, known as the Scarlet Hawks, features men's baseball, basketball, cross country, lacrosse, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, tennis, and volleyball; women's sports are basketball, cross country, lacrosse, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, and volleyball.
The Scarlet Hawks athletic program completed the transition to Athletics in 2018.The university previously competed in the (NAIA) at the NAIA Division I level in the (CCAC) until the 2012–13 season.Illinois Tech discontinued its men's and women's basketball programs after the 2008–09 season, but reinstated them beginning with the 2012–13 season. The men's basketball team played in its first United States Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Championship in March 2017. Although the team lost to Concordia Alabama, the Scarlet Hawks finished the season at 22–6. Illinois Tech also has a team as a part of non-varsity sports level that competes in Division II of the.Illinois Tech joined the in 2018, coinciding with the program's acceptance as a full NCAA Division III member.
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