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Driving strategic growth

Knox College must be on the cutting edge of teaching and learning in order to lead, grow, and thrive in the 21st century.

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Ensuring a successful and sustainable future

Knox must attract a new generation of creative and promising young minds from around the world to ensure a successful and sustainable future for the College.

Here's how.

Four students perform an African dance at Knox College. Four students perform an African dance at Knox College.

Promote a distinctive global identity

Just a short train ride southwest of Chicago, students and families will find one of the most diverse liberal arts colleges in the nation. Attracting more students from around the world to this community on the prairie is key to building a vibrant community.

A Knox student wearing a mortar board, Commencement robe, and a variety of sashes waves as she walks across the Commencement stage A Knox student wearing a mortar board, Commencement robe, and a variety of sashes waves as she walks across the Commencement stage

Increase demand for a Knox education

A campus community alive with diverse students engaged in learning, athletics, performance leads to intellectual and personal growth is one of the key reasons students choose to attend Knox. Growing the student body is key to Knox's success.

The sun casts shadows on Knox's Whitcomb Art Center The sun casts shadows on Knox's Whitcomb Art Center

Prepare for sustainable philanthropic growth

Meeting Knox’s mission while driving strategic growth will require an investment from the Knox community and beyond.

  • Enriching the student experience
    Knox will create a signature education that gives students opportunities to pursue and apply knowledge.
  • Investing in our community
    Knox is dedicated to a liberal arts education, supported by world-class faculty, staff, and facilities.

Bold Ventures

Four smiling Knox students pose with Blaze, the Prairie Fire Athletics mascot.

Knox Welcomes Record-Setting Class of 2028

Knox College officially welcomed more than 400 new students to campus, its third-largest class of new students in its history, on Tuesday, September 3, 2024.

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Three men in a discussion on a stage with the words, "Civic Discourse and the Liberal Arts,' on a screen behind them.

Etz Family Institute for Civic Leadership & Dialogue

Established through the generosity of Board Chair Tony Etz ’83 and Nancy Etz, the institute will prepare students to have the difficult dialogues necessary to create lasting and positive change in the world.

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Sparks fly as a construction worker drills into a wall on the Knox campus

Campus Transformations Underway

Several construction and renovation projects aimed at enhancing campus facilities and accessibilty are underway at Knox.

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