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Chicago State University
Chicago State University (CSU) is a state university in Chicago, Illinois.
HistoryThe university was founded in Blue Island, IL 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. The college location at that time was on 71st Street and Normal Avenue, just a few blocks from Englewood High School. Although now at the heart of Chicago's Black community, at that time it was 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 once again received a name change, this time as Illinois Teachers College: Chicago South (the Chicago South portion was soon dropped). 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 on 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] SportsThe school's sports teams are called the Cougars and team colors are green and white. CSU participates in 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 at that time. Prior to gaining NCAA 1 status; the university enjoyed memberships in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics and NCAA Division 2. Melvin Bland is 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 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. The CSU Men?s Basketball Team in 1984 captured 3rd.place at the NAIA National Championships. The teams performance through the tournament as follows: Chicago State (Ill.) 79, Franklin Pierce (N.H.) 62 Chicago State 105, Kearney State 104 2OT Chicago State 68, Chaminade 66 (Quarterfinals) Fort Hays State 86, Chicago State 84 OT (Semifinals) Chicago State 86, Westmont 82 OT (3rd) NAIA honors athletes and All-Americans
BuildingsEmil and Patricia A. Jones Convocation CenterEmil and Patricia A. Jones Convocation Center is a 7,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Chicago, Illinois on the campus of Chicago State University. The arena houses 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. Jacoby Dickens CenterThe 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 also home of the university?s Health and Physical Education Department. LibraryThe University's library, dedicated in October 2006, features a state of the art robotic 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.[2] Notable alumni
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