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William Rainey Harper College

Palatine, IL

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About William Rainey Harper College

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.

Campus
Harper College's Performing Arts Center The Avanté Center Harper College has a 200-acre (80.9 ha) campus, about 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 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 parts of Buffalo Grove, Carpentersville, Deer Park, Des Plaines, Fox River Grove, Hanover Park, and Roselle. [ 5 ]
Athletics
Football The football program was eliminated in January 2012. 2003 NJCAA Division III National Champions 2004 NJCAA Division III National Champions 2008 NJCAA Division III National Champions Notable coaches, John Eliasik [ 6 ] (member of NJCAA and Region IV Halls-of-Fame) and Dragan Teonic (2008 National Champions).
Cross country
NJCAA National Division III Champions 2011 [ 7 ] NJCAA National Division III Champions 2012 [ 8 ] NJCAA National Division III Champions 2013 [ 9 ] NJCAA National Division III Champions 2014 NJCAA National Division III Champions 2015 [ 10 ] NJCAA National Division III Champions 2016 [ 11 ] NJCAA National Division III Champions 2017 [ 12 ] NJCAA National Division III Champions 2018 [ 13 ] NJCAA National Division III Champions 2023 [ 14 ]

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