South Suburban College is a

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South Holland, Illinois South Holland is a village and south suburb of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States, within Thornton Township. The population was 21,465 at the 2020 census. History The area currently occupied by South Holland, Illinois, was first ...

. It has a second campus in

Oak Forest, Illinois Oak Forest is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The city is out south-southwest of downtown Chicago in Bremen Township. Per the 2020 census, the population was 27,478. History Human habitation in Oak Forest began during the ea ...

History

South Suburban College was founded in 1927 as Thornton Junior College. At that time, the college was an extension of

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Harvey, Illinois Harvey is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 20,324 at the 2020 census. Harvey is bordered by the villages of Dixmoor and Riverdale to the north; Dolton, Phoenix, and South Holland to the east; East Hazel C ...

. The Illinois Community College Act of 1965 created Community College District 510 and enlarged the area served to include Thornton Township High Schools District 205, Thornton Fractional Township High School District 215, and Bremen High School District 228. In 1969, the name was changed to Thornton Community College to emphasize the comprehensive mission of the college. The college moved into its existing main campus facilities in South Holland in 1972. In June 1988, the college's board of trustees voted to change the name of the institution to South Suburban College to more accurately reflect the geographic location of the college. To serve the western portion of the district and provide opportunities for district residents to complete a four-year degree, the Oak Forest Center was opened in Oak Forest in 1992.

Campus

The main campus is situated in

with a second campus, the Oak Forest Center located in

Athletics

Men's Athletics *

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* Soccer Women's Athletics *

* Soccer *

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Notable alumni

* Tom Baldwin - NFL player, New York Jets * Tim Byrdak, Major League Baseball player * Herb Coleman, American player of gridiron football * Ruth Johnson Colvin, Founder of the non-profit ''Literacy Volunteers of America, Inc.'', now called ''

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'' in Syracuse, New York in 1962 *

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, Rapper *

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, Major League Baseball player * Rob Mackowiak, Major League Baseball player * Ron Mahay, Major League Baseball player * Julius Matos, Major League Baseball player * Robert P. Regan, Illinois state representative and businessman * R. Bruce Waddell, Illinois state representative and businessman'Illinois Blue Book 1977-1978,' Biographical Sketch of R. Bruce Waddell, pg. 133

References

External links

* {{authority control Community colleges in Illinois Educational institutions established in 1927 Oak Forest, Illinois South Holland, Illinois Universities and colleges in Cook County, Illinois NJCAA athletics 1927 establishments in Illinois