Spoon River College
Macomb, Illinois campus
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Former names
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Canton Community College |
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| Type | Public, 2 year Community College |
| Established | 1959 |
| President | Curtis Oldfield |
| Students | 2,218 |
| Undergraduates | 1,906 |
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Other students
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94 (non-credit) |
| Location |
 Canton; large extension campus in Macomb, Illinois, IL, USA40°31′40″N 90°4′21″W / 40.52778°N 90.07250°WCoordinates: 40°31′40″N 90°4′21″W / 40.52778°N 90.07250°W |
| Colours | Navy Blue Green |
| Athletics | Four Varsity Teams Mid-West Athletic Conference NCJAA Division II |
| Sports | Baseball, Softball, Cross Country, Golf |
| Mascot | Snappers |
| Affiliations |
NCJAA Illinois Community College System |
| Website | http://www.src.edu/ |
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Spoon River College (SRC), located in Canton, Illinois, is one of 48 two-year, open-admission colleges of the Illinois Community College System (ICCS), organized under the Illinois Public Community College Act. Spoon River College's district comprises parts of Schuyler County, McDonough County, Mason County, and Knox County in West-Central Illinois.
Spoon River College was founded on October 17, 1959 as Canton Community College, after the Canton Union School District passed a referendum to establish a junior college, to allow students from the local high school district the opportunity to receive post-secondary education similar to university curriculum. It held its first classes in 1960, using space in the Canton Senior High School building.
Authorized by the Illinois General Assembly and signed by Illinois Governor Otto Kerner, Jr. in 1961, legislation was later enacted that created the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE). The IBHE was tasked by statute with formulating a master plan for higher education in the state of Illinois. In July 1964 the higher education master plan was published by the IBHE, which led to the Junior College Act of 1965. Under the Junior College Act, Canton was classified as a Class II Junior College.
In the mid-1960s, the college moved its operations out of the high school building and into leased space in Canton. In 1968 the formation of Junior College District 534 completed the college's separation from the Canton public school district, and the institution was officially renamed Spoon River College and reclassified as a Class I institution.
Spoon River College currently has its main campus in on 160 acres (0.65 km2) of land four miles from the city of Canton, Illinois. In 1984, a large second location, known as the Macomb Campus, was opened in Macomb, Illinois, and occupied the old Macomb High School building. The building required extensive renovation which took ten-years and $2.6 million to complete.
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