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A P P L I C AT I O N P R O C E S S STUDENT PROFILE To apply for admission to Knox, use the Common Size: 1,392 What sets Knox apart from other Application form, which is available online and can colleges and universities the way Points ofisOrigin: 48 states and territories, be used to apply to nearly 350 selective colleges 46 countries education happens here. Never mind and universities in the United States. An application those who believe college is a includes the Common Application and supplement, Credentials: 75% graduated in the top quarter conduit for received wisdom, where transcripts, counselor and teacher recommendations, of their high school class; 43% graduated in the you’re taught what to learn and think. and a personal statement. An admission interview top tenth. ACT Composite Mid-50% Range: 26-31; is strongly encouraged for all students. At Knox, you’ll discover how to learn SAT Mid-50% Range: 1150-1410.

You’ll both acquire knowledge and create it. Question assumptions as well as understand accepted truths. Explore ideas and places. Stretch your intellect and your talents. At times, debate passionately; at others, simply listen. But always, you’ll be challenged at Knox to think for yourself and to fully become the person you want to be.

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59%the women, 41% men; 21% students to do with ADMISSION CALENDAR FOR FALL ENROLLMENTwhat you wantDiversity: of color (7% African American, 8% Asian American, Early Action I deadline: November 1 knowledge and ideas you develop. 7% Hispanic, 2% Native American); 7% international. Early Action I notification: Rolling (14 days) It’s simple. The basic principle Early Action II deadline: December 1 FACULTY PROFILE happens at behind everything that Early Action II notification: December 31 Size: 120 (104 full-time, 16 Knox—both inside and outside of part-time) Regular Decision deadline: February 1 Student-Faculty Ratio: 12:1 the classroom—is to give students Regular Decision notification: March 31 Qualifications: 96% have Ph.D. or equivalent degree the freedom to flourish. It starts Transfer application deadline: April 1 Average Class Size: 17 Transfer notification: May 15 with your academic

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At Knox, you’ll blend thought with action. Fuse imagination with initiative. Join a community of students and faculty who are attracted to free inquiry, independent thought, and diverse perspectives—and who then put their ambitious ideas to the test in the real world (just as our abolitionist founders did back in the mid-1800s).

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TEST OPTIONAL The submission of SAT I or ACT scores is optional for most applicants. You can decide for yourself if your scores adequately reflect your abilities and potential for success in college. If you elect to submit your scores, they will be considered.

HOW YOU’LL LIVE

Knox is a place where you’ll see a bulletin board with a flyer about theatre auditions right alongside one recruiting rugby players. Where you’ll find both a physics club and a water polo club. Where you can attend a gospel choir performance as well as observe Ramadan with the Islamic Club. 2

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You’ll be challenged to grow and will emerge confident, discovering your ability to achieve at even higher levels than you expected. You’ll join Knox graduates who go into the world fully prepared—whether you choose to enter business, the arts, law, medicine, academia, or public service.

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You get to decide whether you are the kind of student who can appreciate the rigors and rewards of a liberal arts education—an education that lets you satisfy your intellectual curiosity. You get to decide whether all of the academic enterprises, inspired pursuits, and comforts of community—the things that say “this is Knox”—make it the right college for you.

For complete application instructions, to download forms, or to apply online, go to www.knox.edu/apply. TUITION AND FEES Tuition: Room and Board: Activity Fee: Total:

(2010-2011) $32,679 $ 7,341 $ 345 $40,365

FINANCIAL AID Paying for college can be a challenge for families of all financial means. Our financial aid office will provide you and your family with helpful information and counseling about college costs, student billing, and strategies to pay your share. We award merit scholarships to students who have taken challenging courses, have excelled in their classes, and have demonstrated a sense of integrity and willingness to learn. More information is available at www.knox.edu/financialaid .

program, which lets you and your faculty Off-campus study programs advisor craft a personalized degree AFRICA plan that meets your Tanzania specificBotswana interests and goals. The freedom to flourish extends beyond ASIA the classroom, to your ability to Bodh Gaya, India influence Beijing,the Chinapolicies of the College India and Pune, the activities that happen on Tokyo, Japan campus. And it branches out into the local community and the world, EUROPE asCopenhagen, you planDenmark service projects, London, England internships, research, and study Besançon, France abroad that Berlin, Germany let you explore your Flensburg, Germany passions and apply your knowledge.

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This UNITED STATES Knox College does not discriminate on the basis of sex, gender identity or expression, race, color, creed, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation or affectional preference, age, marital status, disability, or other irrelevant factors in admission, financial aid, employment, athletics, or any of its educational policies and programs. Questions and comments concerning this policy should be addressed to the Affirmative Action Officer.

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During your time at Knox, you, with the counsel and aid of a faculty advisor, will choose a selection of classes that span the arts, the natural and social sciences, and the humanities. These classes will expose you to the range of ideas and ways of thinking that make up a liberal arts education.

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At Knox, it happens through the creation of your own personalized education plan. Your educational plan begins with First-Year Preceptorial, an interdisciplinary course that all first-year students take to strengthen the skills of synthesis and intellectual flexibility needed for creative thinking and problem solving.

By the end of your sophomore year, you should be able to sharpen your focus enough to decide on a major field of study, plus a second field of concentration (which could be a minor, or it could be an additional major). You can choose from among our 62 courses of study or propose your own self-designed major or minor.

YOUR EDUCATIONAL PLAN As Larry Breitborde, dean of the college, likes to remind students, “The competence, confidence, and sense of proportion acquired through a Knox liberal arts education does not occur through the mere electricity of the president’s handshake as you receive your diploma. It happens somewhere between your first night on campus and that handshake.”

In many respects, the freedom to flourish is really a system of guided independence. The faculty and staff at Knox will encourage you to develop your own scholarly pursuits, initiate In 1917, Knox became the first college campus activities and events according to your own interests, in Illinois to receive a Phi Beta Kappa chapter. Phi Beta Kappa is the most and perhaps even design your own courses or major. In prestigious national academic honor fact, the freedom to choose your own path is built right society for the liberal arts. into our academic curriculum. Rather than giving you a set list of courses to check off, your faculty advisor will help you assemble just the right combination of classes, research or creative projects, internships, study abroad, and more to fit your intellectual goals. In short, you’ll develop your own educational plan.

Briana Goodwin, a senior from O’Fallon, Illinois, sums it up this way: “When you propose a project, you’ll never hear your professors say, ‘That’s a crazy idea.’ Instead, they say, ‘That just might work,’ and then they help you find a way to make it work.”

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To Randy Geary, a junior from Bourbonnais, Illinois, freedom to flourish brings to mind the positive learning environment that lets students discover who they really are: “I think of it as my complete freedom to delve into what I want to learn.”

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We’d much prefer that you hear this from one of our students—like Pamela Schuller, a junior from Fort Wayne, Indiana, who received a funding grant (and academic credit) from Knox to spend the summer developing a film project to get young kids excited about the arts. She admits, “Yes, ‘freedom to flourish’ can sound a little cheesy. (We do know that!) But you’ll understand it once you get here.”

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study abroad or other off-campus study, and community service activities.

Most personalized education plans at Knox culminate in a capstone project that lets you demonstrate your command of your field through a senior seminar, research project, or portfolio. Students even present their work at scholarly conferences, which shows graduate and professional schools, employers, and even national fellowship competition committees their capacity for high achievement.

Ask Eva what she thinks of Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega …

… or ask Andy what it’s like to do brain surgery.

Eva’s research and travels inspired her to work toward a career in women’s health in Latin American countries, and she will be studying abroad in Chile next fall. “The professors at Knox have been very supportive of my every endeavor,” she says. “They really make it feel like I could do anything I set my mind to. I don’t think I would have these great opportunities anywhere else.”

Eva Westley, a sophomore from Minneapolis, Minnesota, self designed her major in Latin American Health: Policy and Practice, and she’s pursuing minors in biology and Spanish.

Andy Arnold came up with the idea for his neuroscience independent study project after reading about a University of Southern California study of cigarette smokers who had suffered strokes. When damage was restricted to the part of the brain known as the insula, they didn’t crave cigarettes after they recovered. The insula also plays a role in cravings for food and sex. “When something is out of whack in the body, the insula tries to fix it. It assigns an emotional valence to bodily states,” Andy explains. Andy Arnold, a senior from Bloomington, Indiana, is majoring in neuroscience and completing minors in psychology and chemistry.

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Andy e-mailed the principal investigator of the study to see if anyone had done a rat study on this theory, and when he found out no one had, he applied for a Ford Fellowship from Knox to develop his own study. Using a process that involved having Andy conduct actual brain surgery on rats, he devised a way to measure drug-seeking behavior with or without an insula. He believes he’s found a new way to understand how drugs affect the brain and that the insula could be a potential site for clinical intervention for addicted individuals. Andy plans to attend graduate school in neuroscience and says that mentoring from his professors has made him feel confident in his abilities within the field. “Research is so collaborative, so hands on,” he says. “And at Knox, this drive to be cooperative and not competitive extends beyond academics. There’s an implicit feeling of community here, a sense that we’re all in it together.”

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EXPLORING YOUR INTERESTS This is the type of curriculum that lets senior Matt Andersson from Barrington, Illinois, do a psychology Honors project that draws on his internship at a domestic violence shelter and write a novel for a creative writing Honors project. It lets junior Julia Ricciardi of Seattle, Washington, go into the Galesburg elementary schools to analyze their social studies textbooks. It lets sophomore Oliwia Zurek of Mundelein, Illinois, go to Poland for winter break to research its health care system. And it can let you find the path that opens up both your mind and your possibilities for the future.

One of the great advantages of an education that provides the freedom to flourish is the opportunity to work closely with your professors on independent study projects. In fact, more than 90 percent of Knox students complete a research project or participate in a self-designed class before they graduate. You might work as a research assistant in a professor’s lab, study a subject not offered in the regular curriculum, or follow up a course subject you really loved with a more advanced research or creative project.

Not only can you study a topic in further depth, but Knox will also consider funding your independent study. Grants totaling more than $250,000 are awarded annually to support student research and creative projects. Funding from the Ford Foundation, the Richter Memorial Trust, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Ronald E. McNair Program, and other sources provide these grants to help cover your costs for materials, publications, and travel as you conduct your research. What’s more, on-campus resources for completing your independent study and research are extensive. With its leaded glass windows and oak-paneled

rooms, Seymour Library is a researcher’s dream. It provides access to thousands of scholarly journals, rare book and map collections, and expert staff. Our science labs offer an array of instruments, including a gas chromatograph mass spectrometer, transmission and scanning electron microscopes, a nuclear magnetic spectrometer, and a high performance liquid chromatograph. In the arts, you have 24-hour access to rehearsal spaces, costume and scene shops, a black box theatre, art studios, and special collections of art prints, drawings, and digital images, as well as extensive holdings of music scores and recordings.

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Eva spent the next summer in Nicaragua as a Eva Westley did an independent study during supervisor for Amigos de las Américas, a youth the spring of her first year at Knox. Titled “Health and Politics in Nicaragua,” her research volunteer organization, working with the Ministry of Health on public health in rural regions. “My culminated in a paper about how the political research gave me a much greater understanding changes of the 1970s, ’80s, and ’90s affected of the culture and the workings of the public women’s health policy in Nicaragua. She health system there, especially with respect to concluded that women’s health policies were women’s health,” Eva says. “The health system greatly affected by regime changes, whether I encountered in Nicaragua was not very effithey brought liberal reforms by the Sandinistas cient, and it seemed that only affluent families or more conservative cutbacks by the were able to receive consistent health care. governments that followed. Women’s health seemed to be almost taboo.”

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“I’ll never forget Jonathan Powers’ explanation of utility and price allocation through stories of him deciding whether to buy green peppers or red peppers in the grocery store. It was funny and at the same time an excellent real-world application of economic concepts.”

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“For the past two years, music professor Laura Lane has been one of the most influential people in my life as a teacher and mentor. She’s seen me on my best and worst days and has supported me through all of it, continually teaching me new ways to believe in myself.”

Quick-Quick-Quick-Quick-Quick witted FANTASTIC FACULTY Of course, all of this freedom to flourish wouldn’t be possible without the support of faculty members who are devoted to one-on-one mentoring. They’ll drop what they’re doing to talk with you anytime. As first-year student Arianna Timko of Homewood, Illinois, notes, “Our professors enjoy what they do. I’ve never seen one having a bad day. Surely they do, but I’ve never seen it!”

Encouraging

“In George Steckley’s European Civilization class, everything leads back to a point that he gets from Voltaire—that the goal in life is to ‘maximize pleasure and minimize pain.’ He randomly shouts it out in very excited outbursts. It’s hilarious!”

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“Besides being a great person to have coffee with, dance professor Jennifer Smith is really enthusiastic about supporting her students. She’s the person I call or text message when I have academic questions.”

Demanding “Liz Metz pushes us to our limits and back again during theatre class and encourages us to live according to our values. For example, she says that as artists it is our duty to go out and defend the rights of otherness.”

Always up for a bit of humorous sarcasm

Our faculty and staff make sure education at Knox is anything but passive. Classes are small (the average size is 17), so professors can engage students directly—and equally as important, encourage students to engage with one another. Impassioned discussion is the common way learning proceeds at Knox, and collaborative engagement in intellectual conversation frequently spills over beyond the

“When I was preparing a brief for my Constitutional Law course, Lane Sunderland’s questioning and probing of my arguments challenged me and truly prepared me to present my case in front of a federal judge.”

Colorfully quirky

“Jon Wagner was my First-Year Preceptorial professor, and he decided to take us to Green Oaks for the day we were doing a writing workshop. After making apple cinnamon pancakes for breakfast, we had individual meetings with him to discuss our papers, then went out in canoes to find beaver dams on the lake.”

Full of stories classroom into the dining halls (it’s not uncommon to see a professor sharing a meal with students), the basketball court (yes, some professors play intramural sports!), and even faculty living rooms (more than 90 percent of seniors report that they had been to a professor’s home as a guest). Knox professors are active scholar-teachers (60 percent had their work published or performed

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during the past two years) who go out of their way to involve students in their own scholarly, scientific, and creative projects. They’ll consider you a collaborator on the team engaged in the shared pursuit of knowledge. They’ll expect you to have ideas, to form and defend opinions, and to pull your intellectual weight—practices of the mind that will empower you for the rest of your life.m

Launching Points for Learning KNOX BY THE NUMBERS …

80.3% of Knox graduates did independent study projects 86.5% took interdisciplinary courses 95.4% studied with other students 92.6% were guests in a professor’s home 59.8% participated in intramural sports 62.6% took an ethnic studies course 77.3% visited an art gallery or museum 70.9% read the editorial page in the daily newspaper

ABLE = Allied Blacks for Liberty and Equality HRC = Human Rights Center IFC = Interfraternity Council IVCF = InterVarsity Christian Fellowship KARES = Knox Advocates for Recycling and Environmental Support LARC = Live Action Role–playing Club RA = Resident Advisor SASS = Students Against Sexism in Society TAP = TRIO Achievement Program TKS = The Knox Student (campus newspaper)

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86.9% of Knox students come from more than 100 miles away 76.0% come from public high schools 22.3% come from private high schools 91.5% perform volunteer work 91.1% intend to obtain a degree beyond their B.A. 85.5% are active in a club or organization 87% collaborated on a class project

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N AT I O N A L LY R E C O G N I Z E D Knox is routinely recognized in college guidebooks and other publications for the quality of our academic programs. Counted among the nation’s top liberal arts colleges by The Princeton Review, Washington Monthly, Forbes Magazine, and U.S. News & World Report, Knox is also one of only 40 colleges featured in Colleges That Change Lives by Loren Pope, former education editor of The New York Times.

McNair Fellows The Ronald E. McNair Program encourages students from ethnic or socioeconomic groups traditionally underrepresented in higher education to pursue graduate education toward the goal of a career in academia. McNair Fellows receive funding for summer research projects in their sophomore year and help in finding academic assistantships and internships.

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Selene Tello, a sophomore from Chicago, Illinois, is majoring in Spanish and biochemistry. As a first-generation college student with immigrant parents, she appreciates Knox’s diverse student body: “You don’t need to share the identity to be part of a cultural group—you can be a member simply by having an interest in it. Plus, at Knox there’s a feeling of respect for each other that’s genuine. The First-Year Preceptorial class cultivates it, because not only do we get to know our classmates well, but we learn to respect each others’ opinions and have heated discussions that are still conversations, and not disagreements.”

… and Joey is on a path toward saving the world.

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THE HONOR SYSTEM Knox students have been able to take their exams unsupervised—in public academic spaces such as classrooms or open lounge areas—since 1951. That’s when Ismat Kittani, a Knox international student from Iraq (who later went on to become Iraqi ambassador to and president of the General Assembly of the United Nations), first proposed an Honor Code. Since then, students have taken responsibility for their intellectual integrity, and they discipline themselves for any academic misconduct.

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Knox was established back in 1837 by a group of social reformers who believed deeply in the potential of every human being to grow and learn and contribute to the greater good of the community. They opposed slavery in all its forms—physical, spiritual, intellectual—and made it clear that the College would be accessible to students regardless of their financial means and regardless of their race and gender. As a result, Knox was one of the first colleges in the United States open to bo th women and people of color. And that pervasive spirit of equality on campus may have been what motivated Abraham Lincoln to use the occasion of his fifth debate with Stephen Douglas, held on the Knox campus in 1858, to denounce slavery on moral terms for the very first time. This abolitionist legacy lives on via an egalitarian spirit that thrives on campus still today. You can see it in the free exchange of ideas and the insistence of our students on having a place at the table when decisions are made—students participate as full voting members on College committees, representing their classmates in deliberations on a wide range of academic and residential issues, and elect representatives to the Student Senate, which spearheads studentsponsored initiatives that contribute to the evolution of the College. And you see it in the activism of our students—like senior Ellen Vessels of Overland Park, Kansas, who spent a term studying in India, where she helped young girls learn ways to avoid exploitation and assert their human rights.

HISTORIC LANDMARK In 1858, Abraham Lincoln had to climb through a window in Old Main to reach the stage for his debate with Stephen Douglas. “I can now say I have been through college,”quipped the self-educated Lincoln.

Egalitarian Spirit FROM OUR FOUNDERS WHO WERE ADVOCATES OF CHANGE … Knox’s early administrators lived out their commitment to social justice. V Our founder, George Washington Gale, was indicted for harboring fugitive slaves.

V Samuel Wright, a trustee of the College, wrote journal entries that chronicled his active participation in the Underground Railroad, sheltering and aiding runaway slaves for more than a decade. G.W. Gale

V Our first president, Hiram Kellogg, stood up against discrimination against women, and our second president, Jonathan Blanchard, was a nationally recognized anti-slavery orator. Samuel Wright

V Lydia Howard, one of our first deans, was instrumental in ending the practice of maintaining separate classes for men and women.

… TO OUR SCHOLARS WHO MAKE A DIFFERENCE TODAY.

The abstract of David Ferris’ Honors project.

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which the College was founded, it’s no wonder Knox is an engaging place.

SMALL VICTORIES: A PEASANT MOVEMENT CHALLENGES DEVELOPMENT IN NORTHEAST THAILAND As capitalism takes on global dimensions, there has been a tendency to view the capitalist system as an inevitable feature of modern life. This represents a dilemma for those interested in (theoretically or otherwise) challenging capitalist injustice. At the same time, social movements have recently benefited from the increasing ease of cross-cultural networking and the mobility of radical ideas. Capitalism and state power still loom ominously, however, casting shadows on optimistic alternative visions.

This study investigates a movement of Thai peasants who have mobilized to stop a potash mine. It treats the struggle as a case study

David Ferris, a senior from Tucker, Georgia, self designed his major in political economy of inequality, and his second major is anthropology and sociology. His Honors thesis grew out of an activist project he was involved with during his study abroad in Thailand when he was a junior, and he received financial support from Knox to return there the following summer. His faculty advisor, Steve Cohn, says David’s work represents “an exemplary combination of rigorous scholarship and a deep political engagement. It is in the best traditions of engaged learning at Knox.” Indeed, David is emulating Professor Cohn’s own active scholarship, which explores the intersection of psychology and corporate capitalism.

for understanding contemporary social movements with respect to rapidly developing capitalist economies. I use information gained from experience living and working with these farmers and interviews with different parties associated with the struggle to evaluate the movement’s strengths and weaknesses in the face of powerful state and capital actors. The examples from this struggle highlight the political nature and contingency of dominant economic forms and paradigms, opening them up to contestation and restructuring. The movement’s strategies demonstrate the value of insubordination, a combination of critical political discourse, oppositional tactics, and creative alternatives. Ultimately, the research tries to bear witness to the small victories of this peasant movement in spite of the odds and despite the likely outcome of the struggle.

Knox students lend a hand to benefit the local community … Members of the student service club Circle K pitch in to help FISH, the local food pantry. Letter carriers in the Galesburg area participate in an annual campaign that involves collecting non-perishable food items during their mail deliveries. Circle K volunteers spend a Saturday sorting and packaging the food brought in by the letter carriers so it can be redistributed to the needy residents of Knox County.

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... AND REACH OUT TO THOSE IN NEED ACROSS THE GLOBE. Knox’s Pre-Health Careers Club collaborates with Galesburg area hospitals and clinics to send health care supplies to developing nations. Under U.S. regulations, after any one-time-use medical equipment is opened, it is considered contaminated regardless of whether or not it has come into contact with a patient. But through a special program, volunteers can gather any opened but unused and non-contaminated medical supplies, sort and box them, and ship them off to developing nations where they are desperately needed.

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MEGA MEET-N-GREET Each academic year begins with a campus-wide tradition known as “Pumphandle.” On the evening before the first day of class, students, faculty, and staff form a meandering line on the lawn outside Old Main, with each person walking down the line shaking everyone’s hand. “It’s a great way to get to know Knox,” says one student. “My first year I was shaking hands with strangers. By senior year I was hugging old friends.”

A CULTURAL COLLAGE You can also see the legacy of our founders in the cultural diversity of our campus. Today Knox is recognized as one of the most diverse colleges in the United States—and certainly between the coasts. Our student body is a remarkable mix of races, religions, cultures, and life experiences, with students coming from many different ethnic groups, from a wide variety of economic backgrounds, from the biggest cities as well as the smallest farming communities, from all across the country and nearly 50 nations around the world. This rich variety

of perspectives brings a certain cosmopolitanism to the campus. But the broad social, political, and cultural spectrum does more than make Knox an interesting place to be. Because you will attend classes, share residence hall rooms, join study groups, and play sports with students from backgrounds different from your own, you are actively challenged to broaden your own point of view. Some of your ideas and attitudes will change, and others will deepen

and strengthen through reflection and debate. “Everyone does so many different things,” explains first-year student Liz Thomas of Boulder, Colorado. “You’ll meet someone in your photography club who plays Ultimate Frisbee, and he ends up introducing you to his teammate who also does Model UN, which leads you to meet a whole other set of people. Everyone mixes here.” Our remarkable diversity is sustained by many networks of support and through groups—such as

the Chinese Club, Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, Common Ground, Islamic Club, and many others— that celebrate and explore common identities, cultural values, and concerns. What’s more, the Center for Intercultural Life supports the needs of a diverse campus community, including students of color, gay and lesbian students, women, international students, and others. It also maintains the ABLE Center for Black Culture, Casa Latina, International House, and the Human Rights Center.

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Maurice Harris, a senior from St. Louis, Missouri, is double majoring in political science and history.

Maurice is involved with Knox College Republicans, Model UN, Student Senate, the Curriculum Committee (which reviews course proposals submitted by faculty), and Knox Ambassadors. And he’s a Resident Advisor. During campus tours, he tells visiting students about annual events (such as Homecoming or Flunk Day), but he also shares stories about his travels off campus (such as the trip he took to Montreal for a Model UN Conference) and milestones in his own life (such as being accepted to the University of Missouri Law School). “The best thing about activities that go on at Knox is that almost all of them are student-initiated,” Maurice says. He helped bring former (and sometimes controversial) Attorney General John Ashcroft to speak on campus and chuckles when he recalls that event: “The week leading up to it was non-stop excitement.”

Intellectual Exchange FULL IMMERSION Knox also has a legacy of service. Back when the College was first founded, students split their time between the classrooms and the fields, working on Knox’s farm to help pay for their educations. Today our students donate more than 7,000 hours per year of volunteer service, in Galesburg and beyond. Many academic departments include community service as part of their courses, especially in educational studies, anthropology and sociology, and psychology. And the Center for Community Service coordinates local volunteer activities involving students, clubs and organizations, fraternities and sororities, and faculty and staff.

But as vibrant and energized as the campus community is, the curiosity of Knox students simply can’t be contained in one place. Half of our students take advantage of our many opportunities for off-campus learning—studying theatre in London, history in Barcelona, tropical ecology in Costa Rica, mathematics in Hungary, social development in Tanzania, language and culture in Japan, political science in Washington, D.C., and a host of other subjects in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the United States. And our Center for Global Studies not only facilitates international study for students, but also brings guest lecturers to campus who provide a global perspective.m

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“Knox students get excited about what they do on campus, whether it’s the research they’re conducting or the activities they’re involved with outside of class,” says Maurice Harris. “That’s why I like being a tour guide—because I get to show just what it’s like to be a Knox student.”

Recent commencement speakers have included Madeleine Albright, Bill Clinton, Stephen Colbert, and Barack Obama. But more important is the fact that hardly a week goes by without a notable guest engaging students and challenging them to examine their ideas, priorities, and values. On one day you might hear His Excellency Zhou Wenzhong, Ambassador to the United States from the People’s Republic of China, argue that economic development is in the fundamental interests of both countries, then four days later you might listen to the reflections of poet Christina Pugh, then a few days after that you might catch documentary filmmaker Michael Renov discussing his interactive screenings of Jewish autobiographical films or former Attorney General John Ashcroft reflecting on his experience as the top law enforcement officer in the U.S.

... and diana shares her heritage and talents. While Diana Salemi was mapping out her self-designed minor in graphic design (her major is economics), the perfect opportunity for a project presented itself: producing a magazine to commemorate the annual International Fair on campus. An international student herself, Diana had been very involved with the International Club, which sponsors the I-Fair, so the project fit nicely with her extracurricular interests. Not only did producing the magazine involve gathering articles and photos, designing the cover art and the layout, and sending the magazine to press, but also raising funds to pay for its publication and negotiating the price to have it printed. “That’s what Knox is all about,” Diana says. “Economics and graphic design don’t seem to have anything to do with each other, but here you can find a way to connect them.” Diana’s goal with the design of the magazine was to reflect how Knox is a campus community that brings people together. She wanted to convey students’ recollections of their experiences studying abroad, as well as share the stories of students who come to Knox from other nations. “Knox is a very international campus, so tracking down stories wasn’t a problem,” she says. “Getting people to know more about other places around the globe is easy here.”

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Diana Salemi, a senior from Cartagena, Colombia, is majoring in economics, with a self-designed minor in graphic design.

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science. She is vice president of the Student Senate, president of Hillel, and an active participant in Circle K. And she has been a cast member in several theatre productions. Having gained hands-on experience interning for a summer in Chicago at LaSalle Bank, she’s already landed a job after graduation in corporate finance at Navigant Consulting in Chicago.

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focus on academic disciplines, others on identity, culture, religion, or politics. Still others provide an in the residence halls and nearby apartments; eat outlet for creative energy or gaming endeavors. The together in the student union; study in the libraries, one quality that binds them together is that they’re all labs, and classrooms; work in campus offices; and student-driven—students start and run organizations perform in the theatres, gymnasiums, recital halls, in response to their own passions and needs. and athletic fields. A key student organization involved in coordinating “It’s a lively place, where there’s always something campus entertainment is Union Board (UB), which to do,” says sophomore Maurice McDavid of DeKalb, schedules films, dances, speakers, comedians, Illinois, who is helping to form a multicultural fraternity concerts, and even Flunk Day. UB also organizes on campus. Some of our 100+ student organizations

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Ryan Cash, a senior from Frankfort, Kentucky, is majoring in English literature and minoring in journalism. He’s the general manager of 90.7 WVKC (the campus radio station), the sports editor for The Knox Student (the student newspaper), and the public relations director for the St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital “Up ’Til Dawn” project. After he graduates, Ryan intends to join the Teach For America program for two years and then hopes to obtain an M.B.A. degree before entering a career in creative marketing and advertising. excursions to plays and sporting events and recreational outings to amusement parks. If you’re drawn to playing sports yourself, you’ll like the fact that Knox fields 21 NCAA Division III varsity intercollegiate teams plus some club teams that compete against other colleges. And our intramural sports program will find you in spirited competition with your campus peers as well as with faculty/staff teams that often join the fray.

TOP LITERARY MAGAZINE First published in 1850, Knox’s literary magazine is the oldest continuously published, student-run college magazine of literature and arts in the nation. Catch has garnered national and international awards for its biannual collection of students’ creative works, including fiction, non-fiction, visual arts, poetry, drama, music, and theatrical design, receiving four awards during the past six years.

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A Vibrant Mix

...what to know about gaming at knox. DO > Attend SquirrelCon, a spring weekend event filled with video games, Guitar Hero and Magic tournaments, and much more > Brush up on your moves for the weekly Dance Dance Revolution nights on Sundays > Consult the gaming library or join the listserv if you want tips

WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT ULtimate frisbee at knox ...

DON’T > Confuse “Casual Mexican Dining” with eating in the Hard Knox Café (a.k.a. the Caf) on taco day—it’s actually the club’s team name > Intentionally foul an opponent, since it’s considered cheating and a gross offense against the spirit of sportsmanship > Be surprised if the team (which is co-ed) includes a male who competes in a kilt

A SENSE OF BELONGING Community is key to the residential life experience. More than 90 percent of our students live on campus. Some of them get restless if there’s not a flurry of activity and noise around. Others need to wrap their heads in a pillow just to hear themselves think. But whether you’re looking for quiet or camaraderie, like-minded roommates or a cross-cultural experience, you can choose from a wide variety of housing options to meet your needs. Most housing is arranged by suites, with a group of student rooms opening onto a common living area,

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which often becomes the site for informal social activities. Fraternity and theme houses are also popular residential options, and about 15 percent of our students—mostly juniors and seniors—live in College apartments. When you’re hungry, you can head to the Hard Knox Café and get all you can eat of menu items that change daily, complete with vegetarian dishes (including vegan), ethnic entrées, and free trade coffee. Or eat in the Oak Room, with its high ceiling and oak paneling that create a quiet, relaxed dining

DON’T > Confuse “GIN” with the beverage—it stands for the club’s official name, Gaming Information Network > Try to box the club into one category, because it involves console, tabletop, computer, rhythm, card, and board gaming > Be deterred by everyone talking in 1337-speak at meetings

As soon as the weather starts to warm up each spring, rumors run rampant about when this all-campus surprise party will happen. But you never know for sure until you wake up to people running around blowing whistles. All classes and meetings are cancelled, and instead there’s a day filled with music, food, and carnival games—and even a student vs. faculty softball game!

FLUNK DAY

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DO > Avoid hitting squirrels with the disc > Practice your throwing and catching, because even though it’s one of the most communal club sports on campus, the competition is intense > Be aware that the annual indoor Natalie Venetian Memorial Winter Whiteout Tournament might also involve a competition for who can bring the best mascot

atmosphere. Maybe your answer for lunch, when time is in short supply, is the Grab-n-Go Cart. And there’s always the Gizmo, our campus snack bar, which is a popular gathering place for students and faculty. In addition, the Out Post, a convenience store centrally located in the lobby of Post residence hall, offers a wide variety of food and beverages, toiletries, and over-the-counter medicines. To help you adjust to living away from home, our residence halls have upper-class resident advisors (RAs) who coordinate activities designed to foster

the kind of mutual support and peer learning that residential life is all about. The events range from dinners out in Galesburg and day trips in Chicago, to study breaks and group tutoring opportunities, to workshops on life skills and relationships. “But a lot of how we’re entertained just sort of spontaneously happens,” says first-year student Casey Patrick of Harleysville, Pennsylvania. “Like the time my suitemates and I built a fort out of cushions and boxes and stuff—if it had been planned, it wouldn’t have been so fun.”

Open Doors FROM THE CORNERS OF THE CONTINENTS …

… TO THE COMFORTS OF CAMPUS.

Fifty percent of Knox students participate in off-campus study, which includes more than 30 programs in the U.S. and around the world.

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In the common areas of the residence halls, where a sense of belonging and togetherness prevails, students have lively discussions about what they’re learning and doing.

GREEK LIFE About a quarter of Knox students are involved with the campus “Greek” organizations, which sponsor numerous social and community service events throughout the year. True to the Knox spirit of inclusiveness, the six social fraternities and five social sororities bring students of all different backgrounds and cultures together.

“THE BURG” The Knox community reaches out beyond the boundaries of the campus to take in the city of Galesburg, a regional center and county seat. Galesburg (population 35,000) is a classic Midwestern prairie city of red brick streets and Victorian homes. Knox is located downtown, just two blocks from Main Street, making its restaurants, shops, and coffeehouses an easy walk or bike ride. Galesburg itself is roughly 200 miles (320 km) from either Chicago or St. Louis—and just 45 minutes from Peoria and the Quad Cities—making it easily accessible by car, train (the Amtrak station is just two blocks from campus), and plane.

Because Knox and Galesburg were established at the same time by the same people (and both places are friendly, unpretentious, and likeable), it’s hard to tell where one ends and the other begins. Nearly all of our professors live within 10 minutes of campus and are active in the civic life of Galesburg. Many of our students work at jobs or internships in town, attend its churches and temple, and volunteer at its social service organizations. Some even perform with the acclaimed Knox-Galesburg Symphony or the Prairie Players Civic Theatre, or exhibit works at the Civic Art Center. To generations of Knox students, Galesburg is “The Burg” that grows in their affection with each passing year.m

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THINGS TO DO AT THE ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL FAIR ... > Savor food delicacies from all continents of the world > Get your “passport” stamped at a multitude of cultural booths > Watch the Parade of Flags that represents Knox’s international community > See Knox students showcase their talents with folkloric dances, songs, and stories > Attend a reggae/rock concert with band members from Sierra Leone, Mexico, and Wisconsin

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VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS The Ford Center for the Fine Arts provides studio and exhibition space for everything from painting and sculpture to pottery and printmaking. The 600-seat Harbach Theatre, with its revolving stage, the 100-seat Studio Theatre, and Kresge Recital Hall host dozens of student theatre, dance, and musical productions each year. Knox also has a dedicated dance center in an adjacent building.

... and THINGS TO DO between cherry and seminary streets in galesburg. > Hear live jazz every Thursday evening at McGillacuddy’s > Grab a hot dog at Coney Island > Eat “Mud” at Cherry Street Restaurant > Get fresh roasted coffee at Innkeeper’s or a latté at The Beanhive > Shop the 20+ specialty stores in the historic Seminary Street district > Pick up some fresh food at the Cornucopia Natural Food Store or Uncle Billy’s Bakery > Catch the annual Black Earth Film Festival and the biannual “Rocky Horror Picture Show” at the Orpheum

Contagious Spirit

... but AVOID DIVING into a prairie burn. The Prairie Burn is the ecological restoration project that inspired the name for our Prairie Fire athletic teams, and the annual spring tradition of the Prairie Burn has become one of the most communal of Knox experiences. Students gather at Knox’s Green Oaks Biological Field Station, and they take on the role that lightening plays in nature: They set fire to the prairie. Fire is critical to the life of the prairie so native plant species, which tend to be more fire-resistant than non-native species, can continue to thrive. Students control the burn and work together afterwards to clear tree limbs from the prairie and from trails throughout the extensive forest at Green Oaks.

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The Prairie Fire baseball and men’s golf teams were both 2008 Conference Champions and competed in the NCAA Division III Championships.

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The Prairie Fire is the name of our intercollegiate athletic teams. Even Knox students who are not scholar-athletes catch the spirit of competition in NCAA Division III, where our teams compete with a passion and intensity that makes Prairie Fire the only appropriate name for them. With 21 varsity sports, more than a quarter of Knox students participate in athletics. Yes, academics come first here, but our student-athletes play just as hard as they study, and they’re just as successful on the fields, courts, tracks, courses, and mats as they are in the classroom. Over the years, Knox teams have won more than 60 conference championships.

PRIDE OF THE PRAIRIE Jaran Rutledge, senior biology major, football player, and two-time NCAA Division III All-American wrestler, says:

“I came to Knox for academics first. I was happy to also find dedicated coaches and great team chemistry and interaction.” Katie Schneider, senior softball player and Knox’s first appointee to the NCAA Division III Competition in the Midwest Conference is intense and spirited, including the local Knox-Monmouth rivalry—the sixth-oldest (and most exciting) athletic rivalry in the nation. It began with a football game in 1891, and now the winner takes home the coveted Bronze Turkey trophy. It’s no surprise that the Prairie Fire’s rivalry with Monmouth has extended to other sports, as well.

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“I’m serving out of love for the game, to ensure that students in years to come experience the joy and passion of athletics.”

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During his senior year, Mike Prentice (from Casper, Wyoming), who majored in philosophy and psychology, was accepted to the graduate program in social and personality psychology at York University in Toronto. He says, “I’ll be doing research on reactions to psychological threats, goal regulation, psychological growth, and maybe some integrative neuroscience work in those areas of interest.”

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institutions in the production of successful Ph.D. candidates, and ranks 11th in math and sciences responsibility for their own educations. Knox candidates. They earn those advanced degrees at graduates have been challenged and nurtured such prestigious institutions as Yale, Vanderbilt, along the way by a demanding yet supportive faculty. They have mastered a curriculum that has University of Chicago, Northwestern, and New York given both breadth and depth to their learning. University, often after winning National Science And they’ve lived in a remarkably diverse, active, Foundation Graduate Fellowships, Fulbright and engaging campus community. This all adds Scholarships, and fellowships and assistantships offered by their graduate programs. up to create flexible, resourceful thinkers who can thrive in a variety of professional, academic, and And they are not just excelling as graduate and social settings. Ph.D. students. Knox alumni successfully pursue a wide variety of careers in business, the sciences, Just look at where our alumni have gone with their the arts, social services, and foreign affairs. Knox degrees. Knox is in the top 3 percent of all

Learning for a Lifetime VINCENT IS AN AWARD-WINNING FILM DIRECTOR …

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In the few years since his graduation from Knox in 2003, Vincent has already earned an M.F.A. in film and video from Columbia College in Chicago, landed a job as a director with the production company Pivotal Pictures, and become an adjunct faculty member teaching film production at Columbia College and presenting seminars at the Chicago Filmmakers Co-op. He also serves on the Kankakee HomeGrown Film Festival Committee and has produced public service announcement videos for several non-profit organizations.

While at Knox, Vincent was a McNair Scholar and president of ABLE, played three sports (football, wrestling, track), studied abroad in Barcelona, drew cartoons for the campus newspaper, and worked for the Galesburg Police Department as a community service officer. He and some friends started an informal filmmaking club on campus, and that’s when he discovered his directing talent. “The freedom I felt to explore all of my interests in a supportive environment was crucial to preparing me for the challenges I’ve faced so far in my filmmaking,” he says. “At Knox, you Vincent Singleton ’03, who now lives learn to formulate your own ideas and find your own in Chicago, majored in psychology answers—and that’s especially valuable within today’s and minored in Spanish at Knox. media industry, which is undergoing such rapid change.”

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You may not be able to tell it by her official job title (it’s 747- 8 Technical Integration and Engineering Operations), but 2006 graduate Christin Datz is doing something she always dreamed of—working in the aerospace industry. Christin’s team, at one of Boeing’s airplane manufacturing sites, handles changes made to a new derivative of the 747, the 747- 8. “We help direct the different engineering teams to study the impact that their group will have on a change,” she says. Through Knox’s dual-degree program in engineering, Christin studied three years at Knox, then two years at Washington University in St. Louis, earning both a B.A. in physics with a minor in dance from Knox and a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Washington University. During her time at Knox, she was a resident advisor, worked in the Campus Life Office, and conducted research in the physics department. When she applied for a summer internship at Boeing (which ended up leading to four job offers with the company, two in St. Louis and two in Seattle), her dance minor stood out on her résumé, and she was told it played a role in the decision to hire her. “My manager said that as a dancer, I had an awareness of motion that provides a unique perspective in engineering design decisions. There are probably very few schools which would allow a physics major to minor in dance,” Christin says. “Besides that, I think that the small class sizes and frequent interaction with professors at Knox really prepared me for the human interaction aspect of my job, which plays a huge part!”

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EXCELLENCE ENDORSED Our pre-medical program is endorsed by The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and Rush Medical College in Chicago via our cooperative agreements that allow early admission to these institutions’ medical schools for selected first-year students and sophomores at Knox. Similarly, junior and senior students who intend to earn an M.B.A. benefit from Knox’s direct admission partnership with the University of Rochester’s Simon School of Business.

Christin Datz ’06, who now lives in Everett, Washington, majored in physics and minored in dance at Knox.

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Talk about an eclectic body of work! For Vincent Singleton, it started with a documentary exploring interactions among social groups at Knox. Then after several other short video productions came a 35mm film about some Buffalo Soldiers called “The Forgotten West.” Then he won the top Judge’s Choice Award for his short film “The Porter” during a screening at HBO’s New York headquarters for the national Chase Legacy of Homeownership Film Challenge. And now he’s wrapping up a D. Jeremy music video shoot.

… AND CHRISTIN ENGINEERS BIG JET AIRLINERS.

Knox has a tradition of sending graduates into international service careers such as the Peace Corps, which made Knox the ideal site of the first official Peace Corps Preparatory Program on a college or university campus. Through coursework in international studies, education, and foreign language study, as well as a community service project or study abroad, students are trained for the Peace Corps or other international service.

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Perhaps you’ve seen something of yourself in our intellectually engaged students who like to have fun, in the broad range of academic enterprises and campus activities that let you pursue your passions, or in the unlimited paths you can take toward

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enlightenment and success—everything that collectively says, “This is Knox.” If you look forward to experiencing the freedom to flourish that will help you become your best self, then maybe you too are Knox. If so, we invite you to apply for admission.

Art (major, minor) Creative Writing (major, minor) Dance (minor) Music (major, minor) Theatre (major) Design and Technology (minor) Directing (minor) Dramatic Literature and History (minor) Performance (minor) Playwriting (minor)

HUMANITIES

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Art History (major, minor) Chinese (minor) Chinese Studies (minor) Classics Greek (major, minor) Greek and Roman Culture (major, minor) Latin (major, minor) English Literature (major, minor) Film Studies (minor) French (major, minor) German (major, minor) Japanese (minor) Japanese Studies (minor) Modern Languages (major) Modern Languages and Classics (major) Philosophy (major, minor) Religious Studies (minor) Spanish (major, minor)

Sciences Biochemistry (major, minor) Biology (major, minor) Chemistry (major, minor) Computer Science (major, minor) Earth Science (minor) Environmental Studies (major, minor) Mathematics (major, minor) Medicine (pre-professional and early admission programs) Neuroscience (major, minor) Physics (major, minor) Psychology (major, minor)

Come Visit Us We’ve done our best to give you a feel for everything a Knox education encompasses, but the best way to know if Knox is for you is to visit our campus. Sit in on a class, meet with a professor or a Prairie Fire coach, have lunch in the Hard Knox Café, and talk to the people who will be your friends and classmates.

Call us toll-free at 800-678-KNOX or at 309-341-7100 to schedule an opportunity to experience Knox for yourself or register online at www.knox.edu/visit.

SOCIAL Sciences American Studies (major, minor) Anthropology and Sociology (major, minor) Asian Studies (major) Black Studies (major, minor) Business and Management (minor and early admission program) Economics (major, minor) Educational Studies Educational Policy Studies (minor) Elementary (major) Secondary (major) Social Science Education (major) Gender and Women’s Studies (major, minor) History (major, minor) Integrated International Studies (major) International Relations (major, minor) Journalism (minor) Latin American Studies (minor) Law (pre-professional and cooperative program) Political Science (major) American Politics (minor) Comparative Politics (minor) Social Service (minor)

Self-Designed Studies Self-Designed Major Self-Designed Minor

OTHER PROGRAMS College Honors Program Cooperative Programs (Business, Engineering, Environmental Management, Forestry, Law, Medical Technology, Medicine, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Optometry) Peace Corps Preparatory Program Sports Studies (courses) Teacher Certification Program

Knox at a Glance A P P L I C AT I O N P R O C E S S To apply for admission to Knox, use the Common Application form, which is available online and can be used to apply to nearly 350 selective colleges and universities in the United States. An application includes the Common Application and supplement, transcripts, counselor and teacher recommendations, and a personal statement. An admission interview is strongly encouraged for all students.

STUDENT PROFILE Size: 1,392

ADMISSION CALENDAR FOR FALL ENROLLMENT Early Action I deadline: November 1 Early Action I notification: Rolling (14 days) Early Action II deadline: December 1 Early Action II notification: December 31 Regular Decision deadline: February 1 Regular Decision notification: March 31 Transfer application deadline: April 1 Transfer notification: May 15

Diversity: 59% women, 41% men; 21% students of color (7% African American, 8% Asian American, 7% Hispanic, 2% Native American); 7% international.

For complete application instructions, to download forms, or to apply online, go to www.knox.edu/apply. TUITION AND FEES Tuition: Room and Board: Activity Fee: Total:

(2010-2011) $32,679 $ 7,341 $ 345 $40,365

Points of Origin: 48 states and territories, 46 countries Credentials: 75% graduated in the top quarter of their high school class; 43% graduated in the top tenth. ACT Composite Mid-50% Range: 26-31; SAT Mid-50% Range: 1150-1410.

FACULTY PROFILE Size: 120 (104 full-time, 16 part-time) Student-Faculty Ratio: 12:1 Qualifications: 96% have Ph.D. or equivalent degree Average Class Size: 17

Off-campus study programs AFRICA Tanzania Botswana

ASIA Bodh Gaya, India Beijing, China Pune, India Tokyo, Japan

EUROPE Copenhagen, Denmark London, England Besançon, France Berlin, Germany Flensburg, Germany Magdeburg, Germany Athens, Greece Budapest, Hungary Florence, Italy Rome, Italy St. Petersburg, Russia Aberdeen, Scotland Barcelona, Spain

latin america Buenos Aires, Argentina Costa Rica Juiz de Fora, Brazil

UNITED STATES Knox College does not discriminate on the basis of sex, gender identity or expression, race, color, creed, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation or affectional preference, age, marital status, disability, or other irrelevant factors in admission, financial aid, employment, athletics, or any of its educational policies and programs. Questions and comments concerning this policy should be addressed to the Affirmative Action Officer.

organizations and activities academic–related Anthropology and Sociology Club Business Club Chemistry Club Classics Club Educational Studies Club French Club Friends of Green Oaks German Club History Club Honor Societies Mortar Board Phi Beta Kappa Philosophy Club Photography Club Physics Club Pre-Health Club Pre-Law Club Psychology Club Rocketry Club Spanish Club Speech and Debate

community service Alpha Phi Omega Best Buddies Circle K Habitat for Humanity Invisible Children KARES (Knox Advocates for Recycling and Environmental Support) Knox Community Garden Odyssey Mentoring Program Peer Education Up ’til Dawn

culture and politics AAINA (South Asian cultures) ABLE (Allied Blacks for Liberty and Equality) Alliance for Peaceful Action Amnesty International Anime Club Art Club Asian Student Association Chinese Club Common Ground (gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender group) Food for Thought Friends Across Borders Harambee Club International Club Japanese Club Knox Democrats Knox Republicans Korean Club Lo Nuestro Making Things Model United Nations Non-Traditional Students Club SASS (Students Against Sexism in Society) Students’ Health Advocacy Group Students Without Borders

FRATERNITIES and sororities Fraternities Beta Theta Pi Gentlemen of Quality Phi Gamma Delta Sigma Chi Sigma Nu Tau Kappa Epsilon Sororities Alpha Sigma Alpha Delta Delta Delta Pi Beta Phi Kappa Kappa Gamma Women of Influence Governance Interfraternity Council Panhellenic Council

literature, writing, and media Catch (literary magazine) Caxton Club Cellar Door (literary magazine) Common Room (online journal of literary criticism) Diminished Capacity (comedic literature Web magazine) Film Production Club Folio (online journal of visual and performing arts) The Knox Student (newspaper) Off Knox (open-mic performance) Quiver (genre writing) The Third Level (science fiction and fantasy Web magazine) Writers’ Forum WVKC 90.7 FM (radio station) Wynken, Blynken, and Nod (children and young adult literary Web magazine) Zine Club

performing arts Chamber Singers Galesburg Community Chorus Jazz Combos Knox College Choir Knox Jazz Ensemble Knox-Galesburg Symphony Knox-Sandburg Community Concert Band Men’s Ensemble (vocal) Sigma Alpha Iota String Ensemble Terpsichore Dance Collective Wind Ensemble Women’s Chorale

religion Fellowship of Christian Athletes Hillel Club Interfaith Club Intervarsity Christian Fellowship Islamic Club Newman Club Pagan Student Alliance

student governance Conduct Council Honor Board Intramurals Board Student Senate Union Board

recreation and games Badminton Club Ballroom Dancing Club Cricket Club Cycling Club Gaming Information Network Knox Dance Squad LARC (Live Action Role-playing Club) Martial Arts Club Outdoor Recreation Club Racquetball Club Yoga Way Club Sports Co-ed Water Polo Fencing Men’s Lacrosse Ultimate Frisbee Women’s Rugby Women’s Water Polo Intramural Sports Basketball Indoor Soccer Softball Volleyball

varsity sports Men’s Baseball Basketball Cross-Country Football Golf Indoor Track and Field Soccer Swimming and Diving Tennis Track and Field Wrestling Women’s Basketball Cross-Country Golf Indoor Track and Field Soccer Softball Swimming and Diving Tennis Track and Field Volleyball

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