Rockford College is a private American liberal arts college in Rockford, Illinois. It was founded in 1847 as Rockford Female Seminary and changed its name in 1892. The college is known as the alma mater of Nobel Peace Prize winner Jane Addams, who was a member of the class of 1881.

Contents

• 1 History
• 2 Academics
  • 2.1 Departments
  • 2.2 2003 Incident with Chris Hedges and the Iraq War
  • 2.3 Honor societies
• 3 Athletics
• 4 Board of trustees
• 5 Further reading
• 6 References
• 7 External links