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    New Indoor Athletic Facility to Feature Cress “Bud” Maddox Golf Performance Center

    Pictured left to right are Dr. John Lapp, Terry Hammer, and Cress Maddox in the Blackburn College indoor athletic facility. Cress Maddox, Blackburn Trustee, provided a lead gift naming the […]

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    Renowned Criminal & Restorative Justice Advocate Dr. Larry D. Terry II to Speak at Blackburn

    Event is Part of the Kathleen J. Eberle Social Science Lecture Series Blackburn College will host Dr. Larry D. Terry II, a distinguished criminal and restorative justice scholar, author and […]

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    Blackburn College On Fontbonne University and Students Impacted by Closure Announcement

    Blackburn will match existing financial aid awards and work with students individually to get them to the finish line as soon as possible. Blackburn College is saddened to learn that […]

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    Blackburn Welcomes Dr. Michael Cummings as Chief Diversity Officer and Executive Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging

    Blackburn College has appointed Dr. Michael Cummings as the institution’s new Chief Diversity Officer, Executive Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging, and Title IX Coordinator. In this senior leadership […]

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    Music and Theatre Department Announces Spring Performance Season

    As the frosty air blankets the region, the Blackburn College Department of Music & Theatre is pleased to look towards the next season and announce its Spring Performance Schedule. From […]

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    Winter Open House Event Set for February 19

    Meet Professors and Current Students, Learn about Opportunities, Tour Campus, and Get Instant Admissions Decisions Blackburn College in Carlinville, Illinois, will host prospective students and their families for an Open […]

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    Aryanna Harris Receives 2024 MLK Student Leadership Award

    Aryanna Harris, a senior sports management major from Springfield, Illinois, is the recipient of Blackburn College’s 2024 Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Student Leadership Award. Presented annually, this award honors […]

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    Blackburn Among 13 Colleges to Receive $3.275 Million to Tackle Student Mental Health

    First phase planning and capacity grant designed as a precursor to a total of $8.5 million toward students’ well-being To address what the U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy recognizes as […]

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    Community Invited to Join Annual Veterans Day Convocation

    Blackburn College in Carlinville, IL, will hold its annual Veterans Day Convocation on Friday, November 10, 2023, at 11 am in Clegg Chapel located in Hudson Hall on the College […]

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    Blackburn Names Sarah Koplinski Vice President for Institutional Advancement

    Koplinski Has Been a Key Member of the Advancement Team Since 2013 Blackburn College has named Sarah Koplinski Vice President for Institutional Advancement. In this senior leadership role, Koplinski will […]