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| city = Chicago
| state = Illinois
| country = United States
| former_names = Roosevelt College (1945–1954)
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| campus = Large city|Dr. Theodore L. Gross|1988–2002|Dr. Rolf WeilFirst as Acting President, then in 1967 as elected President.|1965–1988|Dr. Edward J. Sparling|1945–1963

Charles R. Middleton |2002–2015

34	km2}}FACTS AT A GLANCE >URL=HTTPS://WWW.ROOSEVELT.EDU/ABOUT/FACTS-AT-A-GLANCE	ACCESS-DATE=6 JANUARY 2022, HTTPS://WWW.USNEWS.COM/BEST-COLLEGES/ROOSEVELT-UNIVERSITY-1749/CAMPUS-INFO>TITLE=US NEWS – CAMPUS, (total) | faculty = 216 (Spring 2022)WEB,nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=roosevelt+university&s=all&id=148487, College Navigator - Roosevelt University, Nces.ed.gov, October 25, 2002, June 20, 2019, | students = 4,015 (Fall 2023www.roosevelt.edu/stories/news/roosevelt-celebrates-historic-new-student-enrollment-growth | undergrad = 2,413 (Fall 2022) | postgrad = 1,312 (Fall 2022) | colors = Green and white{{color box|#00843d}} {{color box|white}} | academic_affiliations = NAICUWEB,www.naicu.edu/membership/membership-directory/member-detail?MemberId=%7B9FE55C04-6142-E411-BEB5-00505683000D%7D&Alpha=&keyword=roosevelt, NAICU – member-detail, | sports_nickname = Lakers | accreditation = HLC | mascot = Fala the Laker | sporting_affiliations = {{hlist|NCAA Division II – GLIAC|ACHA|CCWHAWEB,www.d1.ccwha.net/, Division I, Central Collegiate Women’s Hockey Association, }} | endowment = $161.2 million (2021)As of March 7, 2022. REPORT,www.nacubo.org/-/media/Nacubo/Documents/research/2021-NTSE-Public-Tables--Endowment-Market-Values--REVISED-February-18-2022.ashx?la=en&hash=FA57411CC4244B7D49C25377165FEC42FFBDEB56, U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2021 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY20 to FY21, National Association of College and University Business Officers and TIAA, February 19, 2021, February 20, 2021, | website = {{official URL}} | logo = Roosevelt University Logo.svg | free_label2 = Newspaper | free2 = The Torch| free_label = Other campuses	Schaumburg, Illinois>Schaumburg}}Roosevelt University is a private university with campuses in Chicago and Schaumburg, Illinois. Founded in 1945, the university was named in honor of United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. The university enrolls around 4,000 students between its undergraduate and graduate programs. Roosevelt is home to the Chicago College of Performing Arts.The university’s newest academic building, Wabash, is located in The Loop of Downtown Chicago. It is the tallest educational building in Chicago, the second tallest educational building in the United States, and the fourth-largest academic complex in the world.WEB,www.roosevelt.edu/campuses/conference-events/chicago/wabash, Wabash Building, April 22, 2020, History File:Franklin D Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt 1920.jpg|thumb|The university is named in honor of both the late President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and former First Lady Eleanor RooseveltEleanor RooseveltThe university was founded in 1945 by Edward J. Sparling, the former president of Central YMCA College in Chicago. He refused to provide Central YMCA College’s board with the demographic data of the student body, fearing the board would develop a quota system to limit the number of African Americans, Jews, immigrants, and women at the school. Sparling resigned under protest and took with him many faculty and students to start a new college. Faculty voted in favor 62 to 1, and students 488 to 2 for the school.WEB,www.roosevelt.edu/About/History.aspx, Our Story, roosevelt.edu, March 31, 2017, WEB,libguides.roosevelt.edu/ruhistory, Research Guides: Roosevelt University History: Roosevelt University, Estevan, Montaño, roosevelt.edu, March 31, 2017, In the beginning, the university had no library, campus, or endowment.The new college was chartered as Thomas Jefferson College on March 28, 1945, and had financial backing from Marshall Field III, the Julius Rosenwald Foundation, the International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union, and numerous other individuals and organizations. Two weeks later, President Franklin D. Roosevelt died. The college obtained his widow Eleanor’s permission to rename the institution as Roosevelt College in his memory.BOOK, Brenner, Morgan G.,www.worldcat.org/oclc/52216219, The encyclopedia of college & university name histories, 2003, Scarecrow Press, 0-8108-4849-X, Lanham, Md., 219, 52216219, In 1947, the college purchased the Auditorium Building for one dollar, and it became the permanent home. The college was rededicated to both Franklin and Eleanor in 1959. Early advisory board members included Marian Anderson, Pearl Buck, Ralph Bunche, Albert Einstein, Thomas Mann, Gunnar Myrdal, Draper Daniels, and Albert Schweitzer. In August 1996, the university opened its Albert A. Robin Campus in Schaumburg, after a donation from Albert A. Robin, an entrepreneur and immigrant.Robert Morris University Illinois merged with Roosevelt University in 2020. The integrated university continued under the name of Roosevelt University. Robert Morris added its majors to Roosevelt’s large portfolio of programs under the name Robert Morris Experiential College, now one of several colleges of Roosevelt University.NEWS,www.roosevelt.edu/news-events/news/20200309-RU-RMU-Integration-Approval-Announcement, Roosevelt.edu Gets Approval to Integrate Robert Morris Illinois, Roosevelt University, March 9, 2020, March 14, 2020, {| class=“infobox” cellpadding=“2” cellspacing=“2” style="font-size: 90%;”
Roosevelt University, p. 66. See also: HTTPS://WWW.NYTIMES.COM/1964/12/18/ARCHIVES/PITCHELL-HEAD-OF-ROOSEVELT-U-QUITS-IN-ADMINISTRATIVE-CONFLICT-IN.HTML	WORK=NEW YORK TIMES, December 18, 1964, |1963–1964

Campus

Downtown Chicago campus

File:RU Auditorium Building.jpg|thumb|Auditorium TheatreAuditorium TheatreFile:RU Wabash Building.jpg|thumb|Roosevelt University Wabash Tower is a skyscraper in the Chicago LoopChicago LoopChicago classes are held within Roosevelt’s historic Auditorium Building at 430 S. Michigan Avenue, blocks from the Magnificent Mile. The Auditorium Building houses the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University and numerous administrative offices for the university. Pro football’s 2015 NFL Draft was held in the Auditorium on April 30, 2015, the league’s first time hosting the draft in Chicago in more than 50 years.The Wabash Building for the downtown campus was completed in 2012. The 32-story vertical campus is the second-tallest higher-education building in the United States and the sixth tallest in the world. It serves as a multipurpose building: housing student services, classrooms, contemporary science labs, administrative offices, and student residences.WEB,mobile.roosevelt.edu/persona_selection/exteriormap/index?feed=exteriormap2&selected=map&id=wb&parentId=, Map, mobile.roosevelt.edu, Student residences are on the top floors (14-32), with a shared lounge overlooking Lake Michigan on each floor. The university held an open house in the summer of 2012, with classes beginning in the new addition during the fall 2012 semester.WEB,blogs.roosevelt.edu/mbryson/2012/04/26/rus-wabash-building-reviewed-by-the-chicago-tribunes-blair-kamin/, RU’s Wabash Building Reviewed by the Chicago Tribune’s Blair Kamin, Michael, Bryson, April 26, 2012, April 22, 2020, The Lillian and Larry Goodman Center,WEB,www.rooseveltlakers.com/f/Goodman_Center.php, Roosevelt.edu Athletics – Goodman Center, rooseveltlakers.com, March 31, 2017, the first stand-alone facility for college athletics in Chicago’s Loop, is the latest addition to Roosevelt University’s downtown Chicago campus and serves as the home for Roosevelt Lakers athletics.

Albert A. Robin Campus, Schaumburg

File:RU Roosevelt University Schaumburg.jpg|thumb|Roosevelt University’s campus in Schaumburg, IllinoisSchaumburg, IllinoisRoosevelt University’s campus in Schaumburg is the largest four-year university in Chicago’s Northwest suburbs, serving approximately 2,500 students. The campus is located in the former headquarters office building of the Pure Oil Company. Roosevelt converted the building into a comprehensive campus in 1996. The Albert A. Robin Campus is home to the Doctor of Pharmacy program, which accepted its inaugural class in July 2011.WEB,www.roosevelt.edu/colleges/science-health-pharmacy/pharmacy, Doctor of Pharmacy Program | Roosevelt University, www.roosevelt.edu, Located on 30 acres, the Schaumburg Campus is on the north side of Golf Road Illinois Route 58 across from the Woodfield Mall and near the intersection with Meacham Road ({{coord|42|03|15|N|88|02|19|W|region:US-IL_type:edu|display=inline}}). Recently, campus administrators have created prairies on sections of the land for environmental and educational purposes.WEB,mobile.roosevelt.edu/persona_selection/exteriormap/index?feed=exteriormap2&selected=map&id=sch&parentId=, Map, mobile.roosevelt.edu,

Academics

The university offers undergraduate and graduate degrees through six colleges:Chicago College of Performing Arts (Music Conservatory), Chicago College of Performing Arts (Theatre Conservatory), College of Arts & Sciences, College of Education, College of Pharmacy, and the Heller College of Business.WEB,blogs.roosevelt.edu/stronger/, Building a Stronger University, Roosevelt.edu, March 11, 2020, WEB,www.roosevelt.edu/colleges, Colleges, Roosevelt.edu, April 24, 2020, In addition, the university operates a variety of centers and institutes:WEB,www.roosevelt.edu/centers, Centers & Institutes, Roosevelt.edu, April 24, 2020, St. Clair Drake Center For African And African-American Studies,WEB,www.roosevelt.edu/centers/st-clair-drake, The St. Clair Drake Center | Roosevelt University, www.roosevelt.edu, The Mansfield Institute for Social Justice and Transformation,WEB,www.roosevelt.edu/centers/misjt, Mansfield Institute for Social Justice and Transformation | Roosevelt University, www.roosevelt.edu, Roosevelt University Cyber Security Center,WEB,www.roosevelt.edu/centers/cyber-security, Cyber Security Center | Roosevelt University, www.roosevelt.edu, The Center for New Deal Studies,WEB,www.roosevelt.edu/centers/new-deal-studies, Center for New Deal Studies | Roosevelt University, www.roosevelt.edu, Policy Research Collaborative,WEB,www.roosevelt.edu/centers/policy-research-collaborative, Policy Research Collaborative | Roosevelt University, www.roosevelt.edu, The Montesquieu Forum,WEB,www.roosevelt.edu/centers/montesquieu-forum, The Montesquieu Forum | Roosevelt University, www.roosevelt.edu, The Marshall Bennett Institute of Real Estate,WEB,www.roosevelt.edu/centers/real-estate, Marshall Bennett Institute of Real Estate | Roosevelt University, www.roosevelt.edu, The Institute for Politics,WEB,www.roosevelt.edu/centers/institute-for-politics, Institute for Politics | Roosevelt University, www.roosevelt.edu, and The Institute of Tourism Studiewww.roosevelt.edu/centers/institute-for-tourism-studies. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608030019www.roosevelt.edu/centers/institute-for-tourism-studies |date=2021-06-08 }}Social justice, a cornerstone of Roosevelt’s history and development, has been purposefully embedded into the school’s curriculum and is part of every student’s academic experience. Topics previously covered have included such issues as public versus private rights to use city parks, the impact of gentrification following urban modernization projects, and the impact one can have to preserve the earth’s natural resources. Student-led research projects and theses have also touched areas such as gender equality and the effects of minimum wage on the economy.WEB,www.usnews.com/best-colleges/roosevelt-university-1749, Roosevelt.edu, 2017, U.S. News & World Report, October 8, 2017,

Rankings

For 2024, U.S. News & World Report ranked Roosevelt tied at #390 out of 439 in National Universities and tied at #174 out of 434 in Top Performers on Social Mobility.WEB, Roosevelt University,www.usnews.com/best-colleges/roosevelt-university-1749, usnews.com, U.S. News & World Report, 24 March 2024,

Student life and residence life

Roosevelt University currently has three residence hall options, including the new vertical campus. The new Wabash building serves as housing for all incoming freshmen and transfers. The University Center of Chicago is the other main residence hall, with apartment style options.WEB, About UC,www.universitycenter.com/about/, University Center, January 22, 2013, It was officially opened in the fall of 2004 and is located at 525 S. State Street. The UCC houses students from Roosevelt University, DePaul University, and Columbia College Chicago, totaling 1700 residents from these three schools combined. The second residence hall is Fornelli Hall, with apartment-only options, located in the Pittsfield Building at 55 E. Washington Street, Chicago. It opened in the fall of 2008.NEWS,www.roosevelttorch.com/2.14110/row-now-a-go-1.1954769, ROW now a go, The Torch, September 7, 2008, September 5, 2009,www.roosevelttorch.com/2.14110/row-now-a-go-1.1954769," title="web.archive.org/web/20110805012603www.roosevelttorch.com/2.14110/row-now-a-go-1.1954769,">web.archive.org/web/20110805012603www.roosevelttorch.com/2.14110/row-now-a-go-1.1954769, dead, August 5, 2011, It provides apartment-style housing for upperclassmen from Roosevelt University.WEB,www.fornellihall.com/, Fornelli Hall – Chicago Test, fornellihall.com, March 31, 2017, The Herman Crown Center, located at 425 S. Wabash Avenue, Chicago, was the main residence hall for Roosevelt until it was closed in the spring of 2008.NEWS,www.roosevelttorch.com/2.14126/hcc-demolition-begins-this-1.1955065, HCC demolition begins this, February 11, 2008,www.roosevelttorch.com/2.14126/hcc-demolition-begins-this-1.1955065," title="web.archive.org/web/20110805012610www.roosevelttorch.com/2.14126/hcc-demolition-begins-this-1.1955065,">web.archive.org/web/20110805012610www.roosevelttorch.com/2.14126/hcc-demolition-begins-this-1.1955065, September 5, 2009, dead, August 5, 2011, Like the Herman Crown Center, the new 32-story vertical campus is connected to the Auditorium Building and provides direct access between the two buildings.WEB,www.gazettechicago.com/index/?p=265, Gazette Chicago » Jones, Roosevelt expanding their South Loop facilities, gazettechicago.com, March 31, 2017,

Student activities

(File:1 RU Wabash-Building-entrance.jpg|thumb|Roosevelt University Wabash Building entrance)There are many active student organizations at both of the Roosevelt University campuses.WEB,www.roosevelt.edu/student-experience/student-orgs, Student Organizations & Activities, Roosevelt.edu, April 24, 2020,

• Alpha Gamma Delta Women’s Fraternity: an international fraternity and a member of the National Panhellenic Conference; was installed at Roosevelt in 2008 and was the 182nd chapter
• Alpha Phi Omega: co-ed National Service Fraternity; charter for the Alpha Phi Omega chapter was originally at Central YMCA, transferred on reactivation at Roosevelt
• Sigma Alpha Iota: International Music Women’s Fraternity. Mu Xi chapter at Chicago College of Performing Arts initiated April 2015.
• Oyez Review: Roosevelt’s national and award-winning literary journal.WEB,www.roosevelt.edu/oyezreview/, Welcome to the Oyez Review, Oyez Review, Medium, May 9, 2019,
• Black Student Union: represents the interests and concerns of black students, faculty and administration at Roosevelt University, and brings together all aspects of black student life for the purpose of improving the campus environment
• Colleges Against Cancer: an initiative originally started by the American Cancer Society and brought to Roosevelt to educate advocacy, recognize survivors, and participate in the Relay for Life.
• Mansfield Institute Student Organization (MISO)
• RU Green: develops sustainable practices and systems throughout campus to promote an ecologically conscious student body and to implement green methodologies throughout campus
• PULSE: GSM (Gender and Sexual Minority) Society: an organization that focuses on uniting students who are accepting of differences; an alliance among all gender and sexual minorities. Was renamed in 2016 after the PULSE massacre in Florida.
• RU Sociological Society (RUSS): fosters the advancement of sociological study at undergraduate and graduate levels by providing outlets for students to present research, exchange ideas, and build relationships
• Society for Human Resource Management: a gateway into the human resources profession by encouraging personal and career growth for its student members
• Student Government Association
• Students for Sensible Drug Policy
• The Torch: Roosevelt’s student newspaper (7,500/weekly); noted for first publishing Shel SilversteinWEB,www.roosevelttorch.com, data, roosevelttorch.com, March 31, 2017,
• WRBC The Blaze: Roosevelt’s online student radio stationWEB, About WRBC,wrbcblaze.blogspot.com/p/about-wrbc.html, WRBC The Blaze, January 22, 2013,

Athletics

(File:Roosevelt University, Lillian and Larry Goodman Center.jpg|thumb|The Lillian and Larry Goodman Center serves as the home for Roosevelt Lakers athletics.)The Roosevelt athletic teams are called the Lakers. The university is a member of the NCAA Division II ranks, primarily competing in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) since the 2023–24 academic year. The Lakers previously competed in the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) from 2010 to 2011 (when the school revived its athletics program and joined the NAIA) to 2022–23.Roosevelt competes in 25 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men’s sports include baseball, basketball, bowling, cross country, football, golf, ice hockey (D-I & D-II), soccer, tennis, track & field and volleyball; while women’s sports include basketball, bowling, cross country, ice hockey, soccer, softball, tennis, track & field and volleyball; and co-ed sports include cheerleading, dance, eSports performing arts.WEB, Roosevelt Lakers, Roosevelt University,www.rooseveltlakers.com, May 18, 2017,

Move to NCAA Division II

On August 1, 2022, Roosevelt announced that it would move to the NCAA Division II and join the GLIAC, starting in the 2023–24 school year as a provisional member, before competing in full GLIAC membership in 2024–25.Roosevelt University approved as provisional member of the GLIAC - GLIAC

Athletic expansion

The Lakers announced in April 2020 their addition of football and men’s/women’s ice hockey for the 2020–21 academic year, having been acquired from Robert Morris when they competed as the Eagles. The ice hockey teams joined the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) and inherited the Eagles’ former ACHA affiliation.NEWS, Football Is Coming to Roosevelt University This Fall,www.rooseveltlakers.com/article/3292.php, May 6, 2020, Roosevelt Lakers, April 3, 2020, NEWS, Men’s Hockey Is Coming to Roosevelt University This Fall,www.rooseveltlakers.com/article/3295.php, May 6, 2020, Roosevelt Lakers, April 6, 2020, NEWS, Women’s Hockey is Coming to Roosevelt University This Fall,www.rooseveltlakers.com/article/3296.php, May 6, 2020, Roosevelt University Athletics, April 6, 2020, Roosevelt University revived its athletic program after a 20-year absence in 2010. Roosevelt added women’s volleyball for the 2011–12 academic year, followed by men’s golf, men’s and women’s soccer, and softball for the 2012–13 academic year.NEWS, The New York Times,www.nytimes.com/2009/07/12/sports/12college.html, A Rebuilding Program at Chicago’s Roosevelt University, July 11, 2009, April 24, 2011, The 20,000-capacity SeatGeek Stadium was previously the home of the Roosevelt Lakers soccer teams. The team currently plays at Morris Field in Arlington Heights.WEB, Roosevelt Athletic Facilities,www.rooseveltlakers.com/roosevelt-athletic-facilities, 17 March 2024, en, The expansion of the university’s athletics has brought the number of sport offerings from the initial seven sports to fourteen. After the 2020 merger, Roosevelt completed its acquisition of Robert Morris’s football and men’s/women’s ice hockey teams.The Lillian and Larry Goodman Center is located at 501 S. Wabash Avenue, which is the southeast corner of the intersection known as Ida B. Wells Drive and Wabash Avenue. The Goodman Center is a two-story, 27,834-gross-square-foot field house featuring a multi-purpose gymnasium on the second floor and first-floor space containing offices, meeting rooms, a team lounge, locker rooms, an athletic training room, and a strength and conditioning center.WEB,www.roosevelt.edu/campuses/conference-events/chicago/goodman, Lillian and Larry Goodman Center, Roosevelt.edu, April 24, 2020, “>

Men’s teams{| class“wikitable“|+ Roosevelt Lakers men’s sports teams

! Sport !! VenueOzinga Field in Crestwood, Illinois>Crestwood | Goodman Center in Chicago| Diversey River Bowl in ChicagoMorris Field (Roosevelt–Illinois)>Morris Field in Arlington Heights Flossmoor Golf Club in Flossmoor, Illinois>FlossmoorEdge Ice Arena in Bensenville, Illinois>Bensenville | Morris Field in Arlington Heights | XS Tennis in Chicago | Goodman Center in Chicago“>

Women’s teams{| class“wikitable“|+ Roosevelt Lakers women’s sports teams

! Sport !! Venue| Goodman Center in Chicago| Diversey River Bowl in ChicagoEdge Ice Arena in Bensenville, Illinois>Bensenville Morris Field (Roosevelt–Illinois)>Morris Field in Arlington HeightsBallpark at Rosemont in Rosemont, Illinois>Rosemont| Goodman Center in Chicago | XS Tennis in Chicago | Goodman Center in Chicago

In popular culture

File:1 The Auditorium Building.jpg|thumb|Roosevelt University Auditorium Building ]]The lobby stairwell of the Auditorium Building (430 S. Michigan Avenue) was featured in the film The Untouchables (1987).WEB,www.imdb.com/title/tt0094226/locations, The Untouchables, March 31, 2017, IMDb, The lobby was also the set of a nightclub scene in the 2009 film Public Enemies.NEWS,www.chitowndailynews.org/Culture/Locals_angle_for_roles_in_Johnny_Depp_film,14934, Locals angle for roles in Johnny Depp film, Chi-Town Daily News, June 23, 2008, March 27, 2010, dead, December 21, 2010,www.chitowndailynews.org/Culture/Locals_angle_for_roles_in_Johnny_Depp_film,14934," title="web.archive.org/web/20101221141229www.chitowndailynews.org/Culture/Locals_angle_for_roles_in_Johnny_Depp_film,14934,">web.archive.org/web/20101221141229www.chitowndailynews.org/Culture/Locals_angle_for_roles_in_Johnny_Depp_film,14934, In the summer of 2005, the Murray-Green Library on the 10th floor of the Auditorium Building was used as a set for the film The Lake House, in which the room doubled as an architect’s office.

Notable people

The university’s alumni include many entertainers, academics, and politicians such as Robert Lamm, Anthony Braxton, Jacques Paul Klein, Danitra Vance, and Harold Washington.File:Robert Lamm profile plus.jpg|Robert LammFile:Anthony braxton 5268134w.jpg|Anthony BraxtonFile:Civilian Image of Jacques Paul Klein.jpg|Jacques Paul KleinFile:Harold Washington (9519692588).jpg|Harold Washington

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