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Southwestern Illinois College

School Overview:

School Notes:

• Southwestern Illinois College is a comprehensive educational institution committed to providing you the best learning opportunities. We are the starting point for higher education, the bridge to developing career skills and the pathway to personal achievement.
• SWIC is the sixth largest community college in the state of Illinois. We operate campuses in Belleville, Granite City and Red Bud, plus more than 20 off-campus sites located throughout the district.
• SWIC began as Belleville Junior College in 1946. The first graduating class, the class of 1948, had 48 graduates. Today, SWIC operates three campuses and more than 20 off-campus sites, and provides educational opportunities to more than 25,000 students each year.
• At SWIC, our students benefit from the variety of programs from which they can launch a career or transfer to a four-year college or university; smart classrooms equipped with the latest technology; and a wide array of student services and activities that enhance the college experience. SWIC offers more than 150 associate degree and occupational certificate programs.
• SWIC is accredited through the Higher Learning Commission's (HLC) Academic Quality Improvement Project (AQIP). As an AQIP institution, continuing accreditation is contingent on an ongoing cycle of self-examination, identification of programmatic and institutional needs, and a program of positive action that leads to self-improvement. Extending an uninterrupted streak to 70 years, SWIC has been re-accredited through 2016.
• Profile last updated: 12/17/2009.

In the News:

• St. Clair County news and events (Suburban Journals)
  posted on March 17, 2010 at 09:06:15 am
  SWIC to host job fair March 31 The Southwestern Illinois College Red Bud campus, 500 W. South Fourth St., will host a job fair on Wednesday, March 31, from 2:30-5p.m.
• SWIC holding wellness fairs for Women's History Month (Belleville News-Democrat)
  posted on March 16, 2010 at 08:04:52 am
  Southwestern Illinois College will hold several Wellness and Advocacy Fairs throughout the metro-east next week as part of its Herstory, or Women's History Month, celebrations.
• 80-year-old woman earns GED (WBBM Newsradio 780 Chicago)
  posted on March 15, 2010 at 01:18:02 pm
  BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) -- After a 20-year attempt to finally earn her GED, 80-year-old Ora Lee Rivers doesn't want to stop learning. "I want to keep going," Rivers said of the computer class she takes through Southwestern Illinois College's Programs and Services for Older Persons.
• SWIC and McKendree both have gotten good starts (Belleville News-Democrat)
  posted on March 13, 2010 at 08:04:56 am
  The fields have been soggy and the temperatures far from ideal, but the elements haven't effected the bottom line for Southwestern Illinois College's baseball team.
• Blue Storm soccer squad begins to build for 2010-11 (Belleville News-Democrat)
  posted on March 13, 2010 at 08:04:52 am
  Southwestern Illinois College men's soccer coach Larry Petri has a simple and -- for the most part -- a successful philosophy when it comes to recruiting high school players.

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