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At Aurora University, we are an inclusive community dedicated to the transformative power of learning. We combine a wide range of programs expected at a university with a small college's attention. Our award-winning faculty members are accessible, our partnerships with the community provide hands-on opportunities and internships, and our academic and support programs are designed to help you succeed.
Aurora University is an inclusive community dedicated to the transformative power of learning. Aurora University traces its origins to the 1893 founding of a seminary in the small town of Mendota, Illinois. Though established initially to prepare graduates for ministry, the institution soon adopted a broader mission. It moved to a new campus on the western edge of the nearby community of Aurora. With this change came a different name, Aurora College, and a growing enrollment.
When World War II ended, the campus population swelled again as veterans enrolled in the college's innovative evening degree program. The 1970s and 1980s saw an expansion of curricular offerings in several professional fields and awarding advanced degrees in selected disciplines. These changes culminated in the 1985 decision to rechristen the institution Aurora University.
Today, Aurora University operates two primary campuses: a campus of 37 acres in Aurora, Illinois, and the 137.5-acre George Williams College on Geneva Lake in Williams Bay, Wisconsin. Aurora University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission to award degrees at the baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral levels. The institution enrolls approximately 5,500 degree-seeking students a year on its campuses. Classes are also offered at the Orchard Center in Aurora, Illinois, and the Woodstock Center in Woodstock, Illinois.
On the Aurora campus, AU offers academic programs through the College of Arts and Sciences, the Dunham School of Business and Public Policy, the School of Education and Human Performance, the School of Nursing and Allied Health, and the School of Social Work. Undergraduate students participate in a wide range of on- and off-campus learning experiences. Students participate in more than 50 musical, literary, religious, social, and service organizations and play active campus governance roles.
The university also fields 24 NCAA Division III, intercollegiate athletic teams. At AU, we believe that our students' educational needs are served best through the formation of strategic partnerships with institutions of like vision, mission, and values. For example, our innovative collaborations with area corporate, civic, nonprofit, business and education partners fostered the launch of the John C. Dunham STEM Partnership School, which serves elementary and middle school students from area school districts and is staffed via a unique professional model.
Aurora University draws upon the rich legacies and distinctive traditions of Aurora College and George Williams College. This history has helped shape Aurora University, which will continue to build upon its important past to help shape the future.
Aurora University's leadership oversees the university's strategic vision, ensuring that students always come first and that our mission – an inclusive community dedicated to the transformative power of education – is prevalent in all we do.
The Office of Institutional Research provides data, information, and analysis to the AU community to support university planning and decision making. We also provide the university's annual responses to the Common Data Set, a collaborative effort of The College Board, Peterson's, and U.S. News & World Report to publish standard information about colleges and universities.
The Office of University Communications manages outreach to the broader world, including public relations, publications, and digital communications.
Our thriving student population and expanding academic programs require us to set long-term plans for our main campus's physical growth and evolution in Aurora. Our current master plan outlines future expansion areas, envisions new buildings, and addresses parking needs.
The Hill Welcome Center will provide distinguished gathering spaces for campus and community functions. Within the center is the Ethel Tapper Recital Hall, offering intimate performance space for up to 80 guests, and the Schingoethe Museum, which celebrates Native American culture. The museum's art gallery will showcase professional and student artists during several exhibitions throughout the year. The 20,000 square-foot building is the latest addition to the AU campus, and it will be dedicated later in 2015. Aurora University reported the following enrollment figures to the National Center for Education Statistics with its submission of IPEDS reports (Integrated Post-Secondary Education Data System) as required by the U.S. Department of Education. The full-time equivalency (FTE) figures act as the basis for on-campus parking requirements as determined by a City of Aurora formula outlined in the master plan.
The roots of George Williams College run deep in the YMCA movement of the 19th century. In 1884, leaders from America's "western" YMCAs gathered on the shores of Geneva Lake in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, to attend a summer training program. Two years later, the camp was incorporated, and the first parcel of the current Williams Bay campus was purchased. Since that time, "college camp" has been a source of inspiration, recreation, education, and renewal for thousands of guests and students. In 1992, Aurora University and George Williams College traditions blended when the two institutions entered into an affiliation agreement that paved the way for a merger eight years later.


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