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Moraine Valley Community College
Type	Community college
Established	1967
President	Dr. Vernon O. Crawley
Vice-president	Dr. Normah Salleh-Barone
Students	35,000
Location	Palos Hills, Illinois, United States ; 41°41′35″N 87°50′16″W / 41.69306°N 87.83778°W
Campus	Suburban
Colors	Green and white
Website	www.morainevalley.edu
	"Changing Lives for a Changing World"

Moraine Valley Community College is a community college located in Palos Hills, Illinois in the southwest suburbs of Chicago. Founded in 1967,^[1] it is the second largest community college in the state^[3]. It has an enrollment of approximately 35,000.^[1] The main campus of 294 acres (1.19 km²) is nestled in the Cook County forest preserves, and the college operates two satellite facilities: one in Blue Island, Illinois and another in Tinley Park, Illinois.^{[citation needed]}

History

In 1967, the college was officially created after two years of effort, which included proposals, approval, and planning. It opened its first temporary office in Oak Lawn, Illinois. A year later, a contest was held to give the college its name, Moraine Valley Community College. The name was chosen because of its location: “where the Valparaiso and Tinley moraines meet to form a valley. “ Since no campus was yet established, the first classes, starting that year, were held in leased warehouses in Alsip, Illinois. Enrollment was 1,218.

A year later in 1969, seven “temporary buildings” were opened on the Palos Hills campus. In 1970, with enrollment at 4,089, construction began on the first permanent building on the campus, which opened two years later in 1972. From that point on, buildings have been continually added to the campus until as recently as 2008, while the temporary buildings were torn down until the last one in 1994. In 2004, the first extension site, The Moraine Valley Education Center, opened in Blue Island, Illinois. On October 6, 2010, the college’s second extension site, the Southwest Education Center, was opened in Tinley Park, Illinois.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Facts and Figures". Moraine Valley Community College. Retrieved November 9, 2006.
^ "Athletics". Moraine Valley Community College. Retrieved September 5, 2010.
^ [1] From "The President's Message", Catalog 2007-2009. Retrieved November 23, 2009