 Malcolm X College in June 2016 | |
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| Motto | Education that Works |
| Type | Community college |
| Established | 1911; 115 years ago (1911) |
| Affiliation | City Colleges of Chicago |
| Chancellor | Juan Salgado |
| President | David Sanders |
| Location | , U.S. 41°52′41″N87°40′31″W / 41.87806°N 87.67528°W /41.87806; -87.67528 |
| Campus | Urban |
| Mascot | Hawks |
| Website | ccc |
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Malcolm X College is a public municipalcommunity college in theNear West Side community area in the west side ofChicago, Illinois, United States. It is part of theCity Colleges of Chicago system.[1]
The college was founded asCrane Junior College in 1911 and was the first of the City Colleges. Crane ceased operation during the Depression; their newspaper, the Crane College Javelin, was still being printed in May of 1932. It was reopened in 1934 asTheodor Herzl Junior College, located in theNorth Lawndale neighborhood on Chicago's West Side in. Needing a new campus in the late 1960s, Herzl's building was changed into an elementary school. In 1969, the school was named in honor ofcivil rights advocate and oratorMalcolm X on its move to a new campus in the Near West Side.
Malcolm X College works with healthcare and industry partners to provide students with career-oriented education in the healthcare field. The school's main corporate partner isRush University Medical Center, which helps the school write curriculum, teach, and place students in jobs.[2] The school also has 18 other healthcare and industry partners, includingWalgreens andGE Healthcare.[3]
Crane Junior College, the first city college in Chicago, was founded in 1911 to be ajunior college for the graduates of the nearbyCrane High School. During theGreat Depression, the financially strappedChicago Board of Education considered closing the school but after arguments fromClarence Darrow, it remained open as theTheodor Herzl Junior College, named for the founder of the modernZionism movement. DuringWorld War II, Herzl Junior College was leased by theUnited States Navy and used in training thousands of Navy personnel as a part of theElectronics Training Program.
In 1968, at the request of the local community, the school was renamed Malcolm X College and relocated to its present site at 1900 W. Jackson Blvd. The Douglas Blvd. site no longer serves as a college campus and is currently operated by theChicago Public Schools as Theodor Herzl Elementary School. In 1971 a modernist inspired campus building based on Miesian design standards was built by architect Gene Summers at 1900 West Van Buren. Gene Summers was an assistant to the esteemed Mies Van Der Rohe and as such the former Malcolm X college campus had a look similar to the IIT campus designed by Rohe. The campus was demolished in 2016 to make way for a Chicago Blackhawk's training facility.[4]
In 2016, the City of Chicago built a $251 million state-of-the-art facility and 1,500-space parking garage adjacent to theUnited Center, a facility to train students for careers in healthcare.[5] The 500,000 square-foot campus would offer healthcare and general education courses, a virtual hospital, simulated healthcare technology, a dental hygiene clinic, smart technology in every classroom, a conference center, a daycare center and a 1,500-space parking garage. The campus also housed the new City Colleges of Chicago School of Nursing.[6] The new facility was announced in 2012, completed in 2016, and opened on January 7, 2016.[7]
The college provides open admissions; all prospective students are admitted. Classes take place at both the main campus on Van Buren St. and at an auxiliary site, known as the West Side Learning Center, 4624 W. Madison St. Malcolm X College focuses on adult education and continuing education. The college offers a number of different degree choices, includingassociate degrees in arts, in general studies, in applied science, and in science. The associate in arts degree offers five different majors:business administration,English,history,psychology, andtheater arts. The associate in general studies degree offers four different majors:communication andfine arts,biology,natural andbehavioral sciences, andmathematics.
Through itsBeacon College for Health Science Education, Malcolm X College helps to meet the health care needs of the community. In that capacity, Malcolm X College offers the largest selection ofhealth science career degrees and certificate programs in Cook County. Located adjacent to one of the nation's largest medical centers, the Beacon College offers students clinical affiliations.
Malcolm X has both men's and women'scollegiate sports. The college has both men's and women's basketball andcross country teams as well as a men's soccer team and a women's volleyball team. There is alsointramural teams for men and women in basketball and weight lifting.
1900 W. Jackson Chicago, IL 60612
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