Elmhurst College
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| Latin: Collegium Elmhurstiense | |
| Motto | In Lumine Tuo Videbimus Lumen |
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Motto in English
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In your light we shall see light |
| Type | Private |
| Established | 1871 |
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Religious affiliation
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United Church of Christ |
| President | Troy VanAken |
| Provost | Heather Hall |
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Academic staff
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160 |
| Students | 3,350 |
| Location |
Elmhurst, Illinois, U.S. 41°53′46.7082″N 87°56′46.2078″W / 41.896307833°N 87.946168833°WCoordinates: 41°53′46.7082″N 87°56′46.2078″W / 41.896307833°N 87.946168833°W |
| Campus | Suburban, 48 acres (0.19 km2) |
| Colors | Blue and White |
| Athletics | NCAA Division III – CCIW |
| Nickname | Bluejays |
| Mascot | Victor E. Bluejay |
| Website | www |
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Elmhurst College is a comprehensive four-year private liberal arts college in Elmhurst, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, with a tradition of service-oriented learning. Elmhurst has an affiliation with the United Church of Christ.
In 1871, Jennie and Thomas Bryan gave land in Elmhurst to the German Evangelical Synod of the Northwest. This land was given for the purpose of establishing a school to prepare young men for the theological seminary and to train teachers for parochial schools, and was named the Elmhurst Proseminary. The first students, who were all male, studied Latin, Greek, English, German, music, history, geography, mathematics, science, and religion. All classes were taught in German. It wasn't until 1917 that the catalog was published in English. In 1919, the name was changed to the Elmhurst Academy and Junior College, and the expanded curriculum included courses in public speaking, physical education, economics, psychology, and the history of education. In 1924, the school was renamed Elmhurst College and became a four-year college for men. The college seal was designed in the 1920s by Robert Leonhardt, first registrar of the College, who also served as coach of the football team. Women first enrolled in 1930, and four years later, the college was accredited. The college began its graduate programs in 1998, and in 2012 the Elmhurst College School for Professional Studies (SPS) was established to offer a wide range of online programs, including undergraduate degrees, graduate degrees and certificate programs.
The campus is 48 acres (19.4 ha) in Elmhurst, Illinois, a Chicago suburb. It is a certified Level 2 Arboretum and a member of Tree Campus USA, with more than 850 different species from around the globe.
In 1943-44, Elmhurst College admitted four new students from California—American citizens of Japanese descent, or Nisei—at a time when more than 110,000 people of Japanese descent had been sent to 10 government “relocation centers’’ in desolate regions of the American West. Elmhurst was one of a number of colleges and universities that attempted to right the wrong of the relocation camps by opening its doors to Japanese-American students during World War II. (The U.S. government agreed that the Nisei could enroll in participating schools, provided that they passed an FBI background check.) The Student Refugee Committee, a new campus organization, and President Timothy Lehmann paved the way for the students to enroll—over the vocal opposition of a small group of local residents, including members of the American Legion. The Elmhurst Press ran a front-page editorial with the headline, "No Room For Jap Students in this Town". However, support for the Nisei on campus was "practically 100 percent," President Lehmann noted at the time.
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