History
Rockford College was founded in 1847 as Rockford Female Seminary. It was the sister college of Beloit College, which had been founded the year before. The seminary's initial campus was on the east side of the Rock River, south of downtown Rockford. In 1890, the seminary's trustees voted to offer a full college curriculum, which led to the name changing to Rockford College in 1892. Men were first granted admission to the college at the beginning of the 1955-56 school year. At about this time, the school requested that the City of Rockford close parts of a street adjoining the campus.
In January, 2008, Dr. Robert Head was named the College's seventeenth president effective July 2008. On October 2nd, 2012, the college's board of trustees voted unanimously for Rockford College to become Rockford University. This was done to accurately reflect the fact that they have many different academic departments. The switch to university status will occur on July 1st, 2013.
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