Roosevelt University

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Roosevelt University
Roosevelt University seal.png
Former names
Roosevelt College (1945–1954)
Motto"Dedicated to the enlightenment of the human spirit"
Type Private university
EstablishedApril 24, 1945;79 years ago (1945-04-24)
Accreditation HLC
Academic affiliations
NAICU [1]
Endowment $161.2 million (2021) [2]
President Ali Malekzadeh [3]
Academic staff
216 (Spring 2022) [4]
Students4,015 (Fall 2023) [5]
Undergraduates 2,413 (Fall 2022) [4]
Postgraduates 1,312 (Fall 2022) [4]
Location, ,
United States

41°52′34″N87°37′31″W / 41.87600260°N 87.62518060°W / 41.87600260; -87.62518060
CampusLarge city, 34 acres (0.14 km2) [6] [7] (total)
Other campuses Schaumburg
NewspaperThe Torch
Colors Green and white
   
Nickname Lakers
Sporting affiliations
MascotFala the Laker
Website www.roosevelt.edu OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Roosevelt University Logo.svg

Roosevelt University is a private university with campuses in Chicago and Schaumburg, Illinois. [6] Founded in 1945, the university was named in honor of United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. The university enrolls around 4,000 students between its undergraduate and graduate programs. Roosevelt is home to the Chicago College of Performing Arts.

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The university's newest academic building, Wabash, is located in The Loop of Downtown Chicago. It is the tallest educational building in Chicago, the second tallest educational building in the United States, and the fourth-largest academic complex in the world. [9]

History

The university is named in honor of both the late President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Franklin D Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt 1920.jpg
The university is named in honor of both the late President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.

The university was founded in 1945 by Edward J. Sparling, the former president of Central YMCA College in Chicago. He refused to provide Central YMCA College's board with the demographic data of the student body, fearing the board would develop a quota system to limit the number of African Americans, Jews, immigrants, and women at the school. Sparling resigned under protest and took with him many faculty and students to start a new college. Faculty voted in favor 62 to 1, and students 488 to 2 for the school. [10] [11] In the beginning, the university had no library, campus, or endowment.

The new college was chartered as Thomas Jefferson College on March 28, 1945, and had financial backing from Marshall Field III, the Julius Rosenwald Foundation, the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, and numerous other individuals and organizations. Two weeks later, President Franklin D. Roosevelt died. The college obtained his widow Eleanor's permission to rename the institution as Roosevelt College in his memory. [12]

In 1947, the college purchased the Auditorium Building for one dollar, and it became the permanent home. The college was rededicated to both Franklin and Eleanor in 1959. Early advisory board members included Marian Anderson, Pearl Buck, Ralph Bunche, Albert Einstein, Thomas Mann, Gunnar Myrdal, Draper Daniels, and Albert Schweitzer. In August 1996, the university opened its Albert A. Robin Campus in Schaumburg, after a donation from Albert A. Robin, an entrepreneur and immigrant.

Robert Morris University Illinois merged with Roosevelt University in 2020. The integrated university continued under the name of Roosevelt University. Robert Morris added its majors to Roosevelt's large portfolio of programs under the name Robert Morris Experiential College, now one of several colleges of Roosevelt University. [13]

University Presidents
Dr. Ali Malekzadeh [14] [15] 2015–Present
Dr. Charles R. Middleton 2002–2015
Dr. Theodore L. Gross1988–2002
Dr. Rolf Weil [16] 1965–1988
Dr. Robert Pitchell [17] 1963–1964
Dr. Edward J. Sparling1945–1963

Campus

Downtown Chicago campus

Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University RU Auditorium Building.jpg
Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University
Roosevelt University Wabash Tower is a skyscraper in the Chicago Loop RU Wabash Building.jpg
Roosevelt University Wabash Tower is a skyscraper in the Chicago Loop

Chicago classes are held within Roosevelt's historic Auditorium Building at 430 S. Michigan Avenue, blocks from the Magnificent Mile. The Auditorium Building houses the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University and numerous administrative offices for the university. Pro football's 2015 NFL Draft was held in the Auditorium on April 30, 2015, the league's first time hosting the draft in Chicago in more than 50 years.

The Wabash Building for the downtown campus was completed in 2012. The 32-story vertical campus is the second-tallest higher-education building in the United States and the sixth tallest in the world. It serves as a multipurpose building: housing student services, classrooms, contemporary science labs, administrative offices, and student residences. [18] Student residences are on the top floors (14-32), with a shared lounge overlooking Lake Michigan on each floor. The university held an open house in the summer of 2012, with classes beginning in the new addition during the fall 2012 semester. [19] The Lillian and Larry Goodman Center, [20] the first stand-alone facility for college athletics in Chicago's Loop, is the latest addition to Roosevelt University's downtown Chicago campus and serves as the home for Roosevelt Lakers athletics.

Albert A. Robin Campus, Schaumburg

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Roosevelt University's campus in Schaumburg, Illinois

Roosevelt University's campus in Schaumburg is the largest four-year university in Chicago's Northwest suburbs, serving approximately 2,500 students. The campus is located in the former headquarters office building of the Pure Oil Company. Roosevelt converted the building into a comprehensive campus in 1996. The Albert A. Robin Campus is home to the Doctor of Pharmacy program, which accepted its inaugural class in July 2011. [21]

Located on 30 acres, the Schaumburg Campus is on the north side of Golf Road Illinois Route 58 across from the Woodfield Mall and near the intersection with Meacham Road ( 42°03′15″N88°02′19″W / 42.05417°N 88.03861°W / 42.05417; -88.03861 ). Recently, campus administrators have created prairies on sections of the land for environmental and educational purposes. [22]

Academics

The university offers undergraduate and graduate degrees through six colleges:

Chicago College of Performing Arts (Music Conservatory), Chicago College of Performing Arts (Theatre Conservatory), College of Arts & Sciences, College of Education, College of Pharmacy, and the Heller College of Business. [23] [24] In addition, the university operates a variety of centers and institutes: [25] St. Clair Drake Center For African And African-American Studies, [26] The Mansfield Institute for Social Justice and Transformation, [27] Roosevelt University Cyber Security Center, [28] The Center for New Deal Studies, [29] Policy Research Collaborative, [30] The Montesquieu Forum, [31] The Marshall Bennett Institute of Real Estate, [32] The Institute for Politics, [33] and The Institute of Tourism Studies [34]

Social justice, a cornerstone of Roosevelt's history and development, has been purposefully embedded into the school's curriculum and is part of every student's academic experience. Topics previously covered have included such issues as public versus private rights to use city parks, the impact of gentrification following urban modernization projects, and the impact one can have to preserve the earth's natural resources. Student-led research projects and theses have also touched areas such as gender equality and the effects of minimum wage on the economy. [35]

Rankings

For 2024, U.S. News & World Report ranked Roosevelt tied at #390 out of 439 in National Universities and tied at #174 out of 434 in Top Performers on Social Mobility. [36]

Student life and residence life

Roosevelt University currently has three residence hall options, including the new vertical campus. The new Wabash building serves as housing for all incoming freshmen and transfers. The University Center of Chicago is the other main residence hall, with apartment style options. [37] It was officially opened in the fall of 2004 and is located at 525 S. State Street. The UCC houses students from Roosevelt University, DePaul University, and Columbia College Chicago, totaling 1700 residents from these three schools combined. The second residence hall is Fornelli Hall, with apartment-only options, located in the Pittsfield Building at 55 E. Washington Street, Chicago. It opened in the fall of 2008. [38] It provides apartment-style housing for upperclassmen from Roosevelt University. [39]

The Herman Crown Center, located at 425 S. Wabash Avenue, Chicago, was the main residence hall for Roosevelt until it was closed in the spring of 2008. [40] Like the Herman Crown Center, the new 32-story vertical campus is connected to the Auditorium Building and provides direct access between the two buildings. [41]

Student activities

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Roosevelt University Wabash Building entrance

There are many active student organizations at both of the Roosevelt University campuses. [42]

Athletics

The Lillian and Larry Goodman Center serves as the home for Roosevelt Lakers athletics. Roosevelt University, Lillian and Larry Goodman Center.jpg
The Lillian and Larry Goodman Center serves as the home for Roosevelt Lakers athletics.

The Roosevelt athletic teams are called the Lakers. The university is a member of the NCAA Division II ranks, primarily competing in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) since the 2023–24 academic year. The Lakers previously competed in the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) from 2010 to 2011 (when the school revived its athletics program and joined the NAIA) to 2022–23.

Roosevelt competes in 25 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, bowling, cross country, football, golf, ice hockey (D-I & D-II), soccer, tennis, track & field and volleyball; while women's sports include basketball, bowling, cross country, ice hockey, soccer, softball, tennis, track & field and volleyball; and co-ed sports include cheerleading, dance, eSports performing arts. [46]

Move to NCAA Division II

On August 1, 2022, Roosevelt announced that it would move to the NCAA Division II and join the GLIAC, starting in the 2023–24 school year as a provisional member, before competing in full GLIAC membership in 2024–25. [47]

Athletic expansion

The Lakers announced in April 2020 their addition of football and men's/women's ice hockey for the 2020–21 academic year, having been acquired from Robert Morris when they competed as the Eagles. The ice hockey teams joined the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) and inherited the Eagles' former ACHA affiliation. [48] [49] [50]

Roosevelt University revived its athletic program after a 20-year absence in 2010. Roosevelt added women's volleyball for the 2011–12 academic year, followed by men's golf, men's and women's soccer, and softball for the 2012–13 academic year. [51]

The 20,000-capacity SeatGeek Stadium was previously the home of the Roosevelt Lakers soccer teams. [51] The team currently plays at Morris Field in Arlington Heights. [52]

The expansion of the university's athletics has brought the number of sport offerings from the initial seven sports to fourteen. [46] After the 2020 merger, Roosevelt completed its acquisition of Robert Morris's football and men's/women's ice hockey teams.

The Lillian and Larry Goodman Center is located at 501 S. Wabash Avenue, which is the southeast corner of the intersection known as Ida B. Wells Drive and Wabash Avenue. The Goodman Center is a two-story, 27,834-gross-square-foot field house featuring a multi-purpose gymnasium on the second floor and first-floor space containing offices, meeting rooms, a team lounge, locker rooms, an athletic training room, and a strength and conditioning center. [53]

Men's teams

Roosevelt Lakers men's sports teams [52]
SportVenue
Baseball Ozinga Field in Crestwood
BasketballGoodman Center in Chicago
BowlingDiversey River Bowl in Chicago
Football Morris Field in Arlington Heights
Golf Flossmoor Golf Club in Flossmoor
Ice hockey Edge Ice Arena in Bensenville
SoccerMorris Field in Arlington Heights
TennisXS Tennis in Chicago
VolleyballGoodman Center in Chicago

Women's teams

Roosevelt Lakers women's sports teams [52]
SportVenue
BasketballGoodman Center in Chicago
BowlingDiversey River Bowl in Chicago
Ice hockey Edge Ice Arena in Bensenville
Soccer Morris Field in Arlington Heights
Softball Ballpark at Rosemont in Rosemont
Spirit ProgramsGoodman Center in Chicago
TennisXS Tennis in Chicago
VolleyballGoodman Center in Chicago
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Roosevelt University Auditorium Building

The lobby stairwell of the Auditorium Building (430 S. Michigan Avenue) was featured in the film The Untouchables (1987). [54] The lobby was also the set of a nightclub scene in the 2009 film Public Enemies . [55] In the summer of 2005, the Murray-Green Library on the 10th floor of the Auditorium Building was used as a set for the film The Lake House , in which the room doubled as an architect's office.

Notable people

The university's alumni include many entertainers, academics, and politicians such as Robert Lamm, Anthony Braxton, Jacques Paul Klein, Danitra Vance, and Harold Washington.

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