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Elmhurst College

Services and Facilities

Address

190 Prospect Avenue
Elmhurst, IL 60126

Website

http://www.elmhurst.edu

Admissions E-mail

admit@elmhurst.edu

Student Services

Basic services offered:

nonremedial tutoring, women's center, placement service, health service, health insurance

Remedial learning services offered:

reading, math, writing, study skills

Counseling services offered:

minority student, career, personal, academic, psychological, birth control, religious

Career Center

Career services include:

internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interest inventory, interview training

Graduates who enter job market in field related to major:

Within six months of graduation:

75%

Within one year of graduation:

80%

Within two years of graduation:

80%

Firms that most frequently hire graduates:

Alexian Brothers Medical Center; Allstate Insurance; Ameritech; Bank One Corporation; Bank of America; Baxter Healthcare Corporation; CNA Insurance Company; Central Dupage Hospital; Charter One Bank; Chicago Board of Education; Chicago Board of Trade; Chicago Tribune; Children's Memorial Hospital; Citigroup, Inc.; City of Elmhurst; Con-Way Logistics, Inc.; Downers Grove School District #58; Driehaus Capital Management; E&J Gallo Winery; Elmhurst Memorial Hospital; Elmhurst School District #205; Federal Express; Fifth Third Bank; GBF Graphics; Hewitt & Associates; Hinsdale School District #181; IBM Global Services; Illinois Gymnastics Institute; Jewish Children's Bureau; Keebler Company, Inc.; Kraft Foods; L'Oreal USA; Lagrange School District #105; Lombard School District #44; Lutheran General Hospital; M&M Mars Corporation; McDonald's Corporation; McMaster-Carr Supply Company; Midwest Physician's Group; Motorola; Naperville School District #203; National College of Chiropractic; Nestle Foods, Inc.; Nordstrom, Inc.; Now Natural Foods; Osco; Ray Graham Association; Schaumburg Academy of Music; Sears Roebuck & Co.; Siemens Inc.; Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.; St. Luke's Medical Center; Synergistic Networks, Inc.; TCF Bank; Tellabs; The Art Institute of Chicago; US Gypsum Company; Underwriters Laboratory; United Parcel Service; United States Postal Service; 3M Corporation; W.W. Grainger, Inc.; WBBM-B96; WJMK; WUSN-FM; Walgreens; West Suburban Living Magazine

Library

School has a library on campus?

Yes

School is a member of library consortia?

Yes

Number of books, serial backfiles, and other material including government documents:

221,950

Number of current serial subscriptions:

1,202

Number of microforms:

53,885

Number of audiovisual materials:

47,549

Number of E-books:

23,723

Additional library facilities:

Chicago Imagist Art Collection

Museums or special academic buildings on campus:

Accelerator Art Space

Computer Resources

Students required to take a computer course?

No

Students required to lease/own a computer?

No

Number of computers available to all students:

440

Internet access available to all students?

Yes

E-mail accounts available to all students?

Yes

Computers available for student use in:

computer center/labs, residence halls, library, student center

Number of open, wired network connections available to students:

In the library (excluding computer labs):

70

In classrooms:

230

In computer labs:

300

Elsewhere in the school/university:

810

Does the school have a wireless network?

Yes

Areas where wireless network is available:

in all the libraries; in some classrooms; in computer labs; in administrative/faculty offices and work areas; in some of the college-owned, operated, or affiliated housing

Total approximate number of simultaneous users that can be accommodated by the wireless network:

1,000

Recommended computer operating system on campus:

Microsoft Windows

Percentage of college-owned, operated, or affiliated housing units wired for high-speed Internet access:

100%

Student webpages permitted?

Yes

Is online registration for classes available?

Yes

Campus Safety

Campus safety and security services offered:

24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc)

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