Knox College is a four-year coeducational private liberal arts college located in Galesburg, Illinois.

• Not to be confused with Knox College, Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. [1]
• Knox College is also the name of a Toronto School of Theology (TST) and University of Toronto affiliated theological college located in Toronto, Ontario. [2]

History

Knox College was founded in 1837 by anti-slavery social reformers, led by George Washington Gale . One founder, Rev. Samuel Wright , actively supported the Underground Railroad. The original name for the school was "Knox Manual Labor College", but has been known by its present name since 1857.

Knox was the site of the fifth debate between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas in 1858. The "Old Main" building is the only site from the debates that still exists today.

U.S. Senator Barack Obama is the scheduled commencement speaker for the Class of 2005.

Students and faculty

Student Profile

• Size: 1,205
• Points of Origin: 46 states; 41 countries
• Credentials: 66 percent graduated in the top quarter of their high school class; 32 percent graduated in the top tenth.
• Diversity: 55 percent women; 45 percent men; 15 percent students of color (5 percent African American, 5 percent Asian American, 5 percent Latino, <1 percent Native American); 8 percent international.

Faculty Profile

• Size: 119 (91 full-time, 28 part-time)
• Student-faculty ratio: 12:1
• Qualifications: 95 percent have Ph.D. or equivalent degree
• Average Class Size: 17

Fraternities

• Beta Theta Pi
• Phi Gamma Delta
• Sigma Nu
• Tau Kappa Epsilon

Sororities

• Delta Delta Delta
• Pi Beta Phi

Alumni

• Amy Carlson - former star on the weekly NBC television series Third Watch, currently a cast-member of Law & Order: Trial by Jury
• John Huston Finley - former editor of The New York Times
• Jack Finney - author Invasion of the Body Snatchers
• Robert Hanssen - FBI agent convicted of spying for the Soviet Union
• Bob Jamieson - ABC news correspondent
• James Kilts - CEO of Gillette
• Ismat Kittani - former United Nations Ambassador of Iraq and U.N. Secretary-General who also helped start Knox's Honor System
• Edgar Lee Masters - author The Spoon River Anthology
• S.S. McClure - founder of McClure's Magazine, muckraking journalism pioneer.
• John Podesta - Chief of Staff for President Clinton
• Rose Polenzani - independent folk musician (quit before graduating)
• Hiram Revels - first black U.S. Senator
• Barnabas Root (also known as Fahma Yahny ) - probably the first black man to receive a college degree in Illinois
• Ellen Browning Scripps - Newspaper Magnate, Philanthropist, Scripps College named in her honor

Facilities

Knox College has 42 academic and residential buildings on its 82-acre campus.

The college also has the Green Oaks Field Study Center, a 760-acre ecological field station and nature preserve located roughly 20 miles northeast of campus. Students can also participate in the Green Oaks Term, an interdisciplinary off-campus program offered biennially.

Libraries

Main library name: Seymour Library (2 others on campus)

• 185,923 books, serial backfiles, and government documents (titles)
• 1,037 current serials (titles), including periodicals, newspapers, and government documents
• 96,952 microforms (titles)
• 6,336 video and audio titles

The Honor System

Knox College introduced the Honor System by students in 1951. All students are held responsible for the integrity of their own work, and students are required to abide by the system. Because of this unique policy, tests are not proctored, and in many cases students may take their exams in any open, public place within the same building. Any cases of students caught disobeying the system are evaluated through the Honor Board, consisting of two seniors, two juniors, two sophomores, and two faculty members.

References

• Knox College 2004-2005 Catalog
• Knox College Student Handbook 2004-2005

External links

• Knox College official website
• WVKC, Knox College radio station official website
• Knox College English Department
• Knox College Math Department
• Knox College Department of Anthropology and Sociology