Chicago State University
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| Established: | September 2, 1867 |
| Type: | Public |
| Endowment: | $3,763,212 |
| President: | Dr. Frank G. Pogue (Interim) Wayne Watson (Incoming) |
| Faculty: | 470 |
| Students: | 7,131 |
| Undergraduates: | 4,531 |
| Postgraduates: | 2,304 |
| Location: | Chicago, Illinois, USA 41°43′04″N 87°36′35″W / 41.717646°N 87.609744°WCoordinates: 41°43′04″N 87°36′35″W / 41.717646°N 87.609744°W |
| Campus: | Urban |
| Colors: | Evergreen and White |
| Nickname: | Cougars |
| Athletics: | NCAA Division I |
| Affiliations: | Great West Conference |
| Website: | www.csu.edu |
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Chicago State University (CSU) is a state university of Illinois, located in Chicago.
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[edit] History
The university was founded in Blue Island, Illinois in 1867 and became permanently established in its original location as the Cook County Normal School in 1870. In 1897, the school was renamed Chicago Normal School, which became the Chicago Normal College in 1913. Between 1913 and 1936, the school changed its name once again and became known as the Chicago Teachers College.
At that time, the college was located on 71st Street and Normal Avenue, just a few blocks from Englewood High School. Although this neighborhood is now in the heart of Chicago's Black community, it was previously a predominantly Irish and white ethnic working class community. In 1968, the year that Martin Luther King Jr and Robert F. Kennedy were assassinated, the state of Illinois acquired the institution and it once again underwent a name change, this time as Illinois Teachers College: Chicago South, later, simply "Illinois Teachers College".
In 1967, the institution became known as Chicago State College and finally, gained university status and its current name in 1971. In 1971, the old campus was torn down and moved to its present location at 9501 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, at the south edge of Chatham, which had become a dynamic Black middle class enclave by the 1970s.[1]
The school has recently been the target of many controversies. After university president Elnora Daniel resigned under allegations of unjustified spending, the board of trustees began a search for her replacement. Several faculty members who served on the search committee resigned in protest feeling their concerns were not addressed. Part of their concerns include a graduation rate of only 16.2% (as of 2007) and a grossly inadequate infrastructure.[2] On April 29, 2009, the board of trustees appointed retiring City Colleges of Chicago chancellor Wayne Watson as Chicago State's new president. The decision was protested by several students and faculty, who openly booed the announcement, claiming that Watson's appointment was motivated by political considerations rather than the good of the students and faculty.[3]
[edit] Sports
The school's sports teams are called the Cougars and the team colors are green and white. CSU participates in the Great West Conference of the NCAA's Division I. From 1994 until June 2006, CSU was a member of the Mid-Continent Conference, but withdrew and took independent status before joining the Great West Conference, in which it will begin play in 2009-2010. Prior to gaining NCAA 1 status, the university enjoyed memberships in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and NCAA Division 2.
Melvin Bland was the first CSU student athlete to gain NAIA All-American status in 1974 as a wrestler. Tyrone Everhart also was a NAIA Honorable Mention All-American wrestler the same year. The first NAIA District #20 Championship Team in any sport was the 1975 wrestling team, which captured the NAIA District #20 Championship coached by Dr. James G. Pappas. The Cougar Wrestling Team also won District #20 titles in 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1980.
In 1984, the CSU Men’s Basketball Team captured third place at the NAIA National Championships.[4] The team's performance throughout the tournament was as follows:
Chicago State (Ill.) 79, Franklin Pierce (N.H.) 62
Chicago State 105, Kearney State (Neb.) 104 2OT
Chicago State 68, Chaminade (Hawaii) 66 (Quarterfinals)
Fort Hays State (Kan.) 86, Chicago State 84 OT (Semifinals)
Chicago State 86, Westmont (Calif.) 82 OT (3rd)
[edit] National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics honors and All-Americans
- 1974 - Melvin Bland - All-American - Third Team Wrestling
- 1975 - Fred Evans - All-American - Men's Swimming & Diving
- 1976 - Fred Evans - All-American - Men's Swimming & Diving
- 1976 - Scott White - All-American - Men's Swimming & Diving
- 1977 - Fred Evans - All-American - Men's Swimming & Diving
- 1977 - John Ebito - All-American - Men's Swimming & Diving
- 1978 - Ken Cyrus - All-American - Second Team Men's Basketball
- 1979 - Chandler Mackey - All-American - Wrestling
- 1979 - Joseph Curtis - All-American - Men's Indoor Track & Field
- 1979 - Joseph Curtis - All-American - Men's Outdoor Track & Field
- 1979 - Mike Eversley - All-American - Second Team Men's Basketball
- 1980 - Chandler Mackey - All-American - Wrestling
- 1980 - Derrick Hardy - All-American - Wrestling
- 1980 - Ken Dancy - All-American - Second Team Men's Basketball
- 1981 - Eric Blackmon - All-American - Men's Swimming & Diving
- 1983 - Jon Jahnke Academic - All-American - Baseball
- 1983 - Sherrod Arnold - All-American - First Team Men's Basketball
- 1983 - Stanley Griffin - All-American - First Team Men's Outdoor Track & Field
- 1984 - Charles Perry - All-Tournament Team - First Team Men's Basketball
- 1984 - Denise Bullocks - All-American - Women's Outdoor Track & Field
- 1984 - Denise Bullocks - Outstanding Performer - Women's Outdoor Track & Field
- 1984 - Denise Bullocks - Scholar-Athlete - Women's Outdoor Track & Field
- 1984 - Learando Drake - All-American - Third Team Men's Basketball
- 1984 - Lionel Keys - All-American - Wrestling
- 1986 - Jimmy McGriff - All-American - Men's Indoor Track & Field
- 1987 - Chris Garrett - All-American - Men's Outdoor Track & Field
- 1987 - David Rogan - All-American - Men's Indoor Track & Field
- 1987 - David Rogan - All-American - Men's Outdoor Track & Field
- 1987 - Deanail Mitchell - All-American - Men's Indoor Track & Field
- 1987 - Deanail Mitchell - All-American - Men's Outdoor Track & Field
- 1987 - Denise Bullocks - All-American - Women's Indoor Track & Field
- 1987 - Denise Bullocks - All-American - Women's Outdoor Track & Field
- 1987 - Enos Watts - All-American - Men's Outdoor Track & Field
- 1987 - Ron Walton - All-American - Men's Outdoor Track & Field
[edit] Buildings
[edit] Emil and Patricia A. Jones Convocation Center
The Emil and Patricia A. Jones Convocation Center is a 5,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Chicago, Illinois on the campus of Chicago State University. The arena hosts the Chicago State University Cougars basketball teams. It replaces the Jacoby D. Dickens Athletic Center, which only had capacity to seat 2,500 persons. Among sporting events, the convocation center houses concerts, conferences, and special city-wide events. The convocation center is unique among Illinois university athletic projects, because Chicago State University did not have to raise any money for the project.
[edit] Jacoby Dickens Center
The Jacoby D. Dickens Center (JDC) is home of the Chicago State University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. The building was built in 1971 and was formerly known as the CSU Athletics Building until 1995, when it was dedicated to renowned Chicago businessman Jacoby D. Dickens. Inside the Jacoby D. Dickens Center is a 2,500-seat gymnasium, three swimming pools, a fitness center, eight locker rooms, three classrooms, a dance studio, an auxiliary and a multipurpose gymnasium. In addition, the building is home to CSU’s athletic department and the university’s Health and Physical Education Department.
[edit] Library
The University's library, dedicated in October 2006, features a state of the art Automated Storage and Retrieval System, which currently holds most of the library's material that was produced before 1991. The system is called ROVER (Retrieval Online Via Electronic Robot) and can retrieve five books in 2.5 minutes, on average; the average time for a student to retrieve five books is 2 hours. The system has a capacity of 800,000 volumes and its database is backed up in at least two offsite locations.[5]
[edit] Notable alumni
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference |
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| Edward Gardner | founder, Soft Sheen Products | ||
| Young Lottery | recording artist | ||
| Dr. Margaret Burroughs | noted author | ||
| Juba Kalamka | Black LGBT activist, emcee, curator and record producer | ||
| David Blackmon | restaurateur | ||
| Bob Janecyk | National Hockey League goalie, Chicago Blackhawks and Los Angeles Kings (1983-89) | ||
| Wayne Molis | 1962-64 | forward, New York Knicks (NBA) and Houston Mavericks (ABA), 1966-68 | |
| Dennis DeYoung, John Panozzo, Chuck Panozzo and John Curulewski | founding members of rock band Styx | ||
| Godfrey Danchimah | comedian and actor | ||
| Shondra Harris | First female president of Uribe, Jamaica and CEO of U.S Cellular Jamaica. | ||
| James "Chico" Hernandez | featured on a box of Wheaties Energy Crunch and is a FIAS World Cup Vice-Champion in Sombo Wrestling. | ||
| Rosalyn Bryant | competed for the United States in the 1976 Summer Olympic Games | ||
| Willye White | competed for the United States in five Olympic Games | ||
| Steven Whitehurst | Award winning author. | [6] | |
| Marlow H. Colvin | Illinois State Representative (2001–present) | ||
| Connie Howard | Illinois State Representative (1995–present) | ||
| Donne E. Trotter | 1988-93 (House); 1993–present (Senate) | ||
| Zelda Martin Whittler | First African American Female Undersheriff of Cook County (featured in jet magazine) |
[edit] Honorary degrees
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference |
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| Congressman Danny K. Davis | received an honorary Ph.D. from the university |
[edit] Notable faculty
| Name | Department | Notability | Reference |
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| Haki R. Madhubuti | Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program | director | |
| Donda West | English | Late-mother of Kanye West and author of Raising Kanye | |
| Pharez Whitted | Jazz Studies | jazz trumpet, composer, nephew of Slide Hampton | |
| Dorcas D. Williams-Davidson | Nursing | ||
| Michael A. Ogorzaly | History |
[edit] References
- ^ Chicago Architecture Foundation, 2001, "The Chicago Bungalow."
- ^ http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0425edit1apr25,0,3599845.story
- ^ http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-chicago-state-president-30-apr30,0,822333.story
- ^ "NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Championship History". NAIA. 2008-12-23. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/naia/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/MBBDIChampionshipHistory1223.pdf. Retrieved on 2009-04-01.
- ^ Erin Biba. "Biblio Tech". Wired (January 2007): 33.
- ^ WWW.STEVENWHITEHURST.COM
[edit] External links
- www.csu.edu Official web site
- www.gocsucougars.com Official athletics web site
- www.csu.edu/foundation Official advancement web site
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