Harper College

William Rainey Harper College
Type	Public community college
Established	1965 (1965)
Endowment	$25.4 million (2019)[1]
President	Avis Proctor
Academic staff	201 full-time and 437 part-time[2]
Administrative staff	810 full and part-time
Students	13,477 [2]
Location	Palatine , Illinois , United States 42°04′52″N 88°04′16″W / 42.081°N 88.071°W / 42.081; -88.071
Campus	Urban
Colors	Blue and Silver
Mascot	Hawk
Website	www.harpercollege.edu

William Rainey Harper College is a public community college in Palatine, Illinois. It was established by referendum in 1965 and opened in September 1967. It is named for William Rainey Harper, a pioneer in the junior college movement in the United States and the first president of the University of Chicago.^[3]

Campus

Harper College's Performing Arts Center

The Avanté Center

Harper College has a 200-acre (80.9 ha) campus, approximately 25 miles (40 km) northwest of downtown Chicago, in the suburb of Palatine, Illinois.

Harper also offers classes and services at other locations:

• Harper College Learning and Career Center in Prospect Heights, Illinois
• The Harper Professional Center in Schaumburg, Illinois
• Harper College works in partnership with the Illinois Small Business Development Center (ISBDC), which is part of the Harper Professional Center in Schaumburg.
• Harper College works in partnership with the North Suburban Cook County American Job Center in Wheeling, Illinois^[4]

Service area

Harper College District 512 comprises these communities: Arlington Heights, Barrington, Barrington Hills, Elk Grove Village, Hoffman Estates, Inverness, Lake Barrington, Mount Prospect, North Barrington, Palatine, Prospect Heights, Rolling Meadows, Schaumburg, South Barrington, Tower Lakes, Wheeling and small portions of Buffalo Grove, Carpentersville, Deer Park, Des Plaines, Fox River Grove, Hanover Park and Roselle.^[5]

College sports

Notable alumni

• Angelo Dawkins, WWE professional wrestler, One half of the tag team, The Street Profits.
• Quincy Black, linebacker for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers^[18]
• Curtis Blaydes (attended), professional Mixed Martial Artist, current UFC Heavyweight Contender^[19]
• Will Brooks, football player, MMA fighter for the PFL, formerly with the UFC and former Bellator MMA Lightweight Champion^[20]
• Mauro Fiore, class of 1984, cinematographer^[21] In 2010, Fiore won the Academy Award for Cinematography for "Avatar."^[22]
• Jason^[23] and Clay Guida,^[24] professional mixed martial arts fighters
• Dave Kingman, 1968, Major League Baseball Player - 440 Career Home Runs.
• Charlie Kirk, 2015, activist and talk show host (attended)^[25]
• E. E. Knight, class of 1985, science fiction and fantasy author^[26]
• Al Levine (born 1968), Major League Baseball pitcher
• John Loprieno, class of 1980:^[27] actor, writer, director^[28]
• Marlee Matlin,^[29] actress. In 1986 she won both the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama for her role in Children of a Lesser God.^[30]
• Rosemary Mulligan, Illinois state legislator, class of 1982^[31]
• Steve Octavien, linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys
• Haley Reinhart, singer-songwriter and actress^[32]
• Mike Rio, junior college national wrestling champion at 149 lbs; current MMA fighter; formerly for the Ultimate Fighting Championship^[33]
• Christopher J. Schneider, professor of sociology at Wilfrid Laurier University.^{[34][35][36][37]}
• Rob Sherman (1953–2016), political activist, perennial candidate, and businessman

References

External links

• Official website
• Harper College Athletics