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Bradley University is a private, co-educational university located in Peoria, Illinois . It is a medium sized institution with an enrollment of approximately 6,100 undergraduate and postgraduate students.

History

The Bradley Polytechnic Institute was founded by philanthropist Lydia Moss Bradley in 1897 in memory of her husband Tobias and their six children, all of whom died early and suddenly, making Bradley a childless widow. In 1896, Bradley was introduced to the president of the University of Chicago, who convinced her to move ahead with her plans to establish the institute. Bradley provided seventeen and a half acres of land, $170,000 for buildings, equipment, and a library, and $30,000 per year for operating expenses.
Originally, the institute was organized as a four-year academy as well as a two-year college. There was only one other high school in the city of Peoria at the time. By 1899 the institute had expanded to accommodate nearly 500 pupils, and study fields included biology, chemistry, food work, sewing, English, German, French, Latin, Greek, history, manual arts, drawing, mathematics, and physics. By 1920 the institute dropped the academy orientation and adopted a four-year collegial program. Enrollment continued to grow over the coming decades and the name Bradley University was adopted in 1946.

Academics

Bradley University was recently ranked 6th among Midwestern comprehensive masters-degree-granting universities in the 2007 edition of America's Best Colleges published by U.S. News & World Report. In addition, Bradley's Department of Industrial Engineering was ranked second among colleges that don't grant PhDs.
   Bradley University was named 24th on the list of "Top 25 Most Connected Campuses" and "Top 25 Most Entrepreneurial Campuses" in the nation by The Princeton Review and Forbes magazine.
   The College of Education at Bradley University is NCATE-approved. Additionally, of the nation’s 3623 colleges and universities, Bradley University's Foster College of Business Administration is one of only 160 schools whose business and accounting programs are both accredited by AACSB International.
   Bradley University is organized into the following colleges and schools:

Undergraduate School

College of Education and Health Sciences
College of Engineering and Technology
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Foster College of Business Administration
Slane College of Communications and Fine Arts
Academic Exploration Program (AEP), for students without a declared major

Graduate School

Through its Graduate School, Bradley University offers Masters level graduate degrees in 5 of its departments; business, communication and fine arts, education and health sciences, engineering, and liberal arts and sciences. Each has its own hourly requirements and varies in completion time. The program of physical therapy provides a Doctor of Physical therapy degree.

Campus

Bradley's 85 acre campus is located on Peoria's west bluff and is minutes from the city's downtown. The campus of Bradley University is relatively compact. There are few places on campus which can't be reached from any other part of campus in under ten minutes on foot. Bradley's student housing is concentrated on the campus's east side, and the dormitories include College (all women's), Geisert, Harper, Heitz, University, Williams, and Wyckoff Halls. There is also a complex of singles dormitories and two university-owned apartment complexes.
Also located on the south side of Bradley's campus is Dingeldine Music Center, which was acquired from the Second Church of Christ, Scientist in 1983. The Center serves as the main performance and practice facility for Bradley's instrumental and choral programs. Bradley University is also the site of Peoria's National Public Radio affiliate, WCBU-FM, located on the second floor of Jobst Hall.

Groups and activities

Bradley University is a member of the Missouri Valley Conference. Conference-approved sports at Bradley for men are baseball, basketball, cross country running, golf, soccer, and tennis. Women's' sports consist of basketball, cross country running, golf, indoor and outdoor track, softball, tennis, and volleyball. The men's basketball team has appeared eight times in the NCAA Tournament: 1950, 1954, 1955, 1980, 1986, 1988, 1996, and 2006. In 1950 and 1954 they were in the Final Four, and in 2006 the Braves made their first Sweet Sixteen appearance since 1955, defeating 4th seed Kansas and 5th seed Pittsburgh. However, Bradley's run came to an end in the Sweet Sixteen with a loss to the University of Memphis. Bradley also won the National Invitation Tournament in 1957, 1960, 1964, and 1982. In 2008, the men's basketball team was selected to participate in the inaugural College Basketball Invitational. They reached the Championship game but lost to Tulsa 2-1 in a 3 game series.
In 2006, the Bradley soccer team lost in the MVC Championship. In 2007, the Bradley soccer team returned to the MVC Championship and defeated Creighton 1-0 to claim their first MVC Tournament Championship and fourth appearance in the NCAA postseason soccer tournament. they'd never won a game in the NCAA tournament. Following their first ever NCAA tournament game victory over DePaul 2-0, the Braves continued on a magical run to the Elite Eight by defeating seven-time national champion Indiana University on penalty kicks (5-4)and the University of Maryland in overtime, both on the road. During the Maryland game they were down 3-0 with 2 minutes left and won. They called the Miracle in Maryland. Bradley’s coach, Jim DeRose, was named the national Coach of the Year by Soccer America after there great season.
The university doesn't have a football team, having disbanded its football program in 1970. They quit the sport because they thought it would be too much money to have kids on scholarships, and if they didnt have scholarships then they wouldnt compete well against the school that did in the gate way league.

Controversy

The schools teams were originally named the "Braves" in reference to the Peoria tribe from which the city takes its name.
In August of 2005, the National Collegiate Athletic Association, which conducts collegiate athletics, instituted a ban on schools that use "hostile and abusive" American Indian nicknames from hosting postseason games, beginning February 2006. Bradley, whose athletic teams are known as the "Braves," was placed on the list. In April 2006, the NCAA removed Bradley from the list but placed it on a 5-year watch list. The university doesn't have a mascot.

Forensics

Bradley University boasts the nation's most prolific college forensics team, with their American Forensics Association Championship winning streak from 1980 through 2000 only broken in 1994 and 1995. Originally established as an Oratorical Competition in 1897 by founder Lydia Moss Bradley, the Speech Team has become the most successful intercollegiate team in history.
Since 1979, Bradley University has had one hundred and fifteen individual national champions. No other team has attained as many individual national champions. Since 1980, Bradley has won nationals thirty-three times. This record of success is unmatched by any other college forensics team in the United States.

Greek

Bradley chapters of the North-American Interfraternity Conference, National Panhellenic Conference, and National Pan-Hellenic Council are primarily located on the south side of campus.

North-American Interfraternity Conference chapters

Alpha Epsilon Pi

Delta Tau Delta

Delta Upsilon

Lambda Chi Alpha(Colony)

Phi Gamma Delta(FIJI)

Phi Kappa Tau

Tau Epsilon Phi - closed in 2006

Alpha Psi Omega (National Honorary Theatre Fraternity)

The Scout

The student-run weekly newspaper, The Scout, covers student life and issues on campus, Bradley sports, and local Peoria news that concerns students. Dates for local concerts, movie and music reviews can all be found written by students in The Scout’s "Voice" section. Student staff rotates and changes yearly.

Notable people

Alumni

Government, public service, and public policy

Joseph R. Holzapple — United States Air Force four star general

Ray LaHood — U.S. Congressman from Illinois' 18th District

Judge Joe Billy McDade — Federal district court judge for the Central District of Illinois. (BS '59, MS '60)

Robert H. Michel — retired Congressman from Illinois' 18th District and longest serving Republican leader of the U.S. House of Representatives

Nicholas Scoppetta — New York City Fire Commissioner

General John M. Shalikashvili — retired chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO

David Brant — Former Director of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service

Literature, arts, and media

Jack Brickhouse — former radio and TV announcer for the Chicago Cubs

Devon Michaels — fitness and adult model

Jill Bennett — actress

Philip José Farmer — an American author, principally known for his science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories

Neil Flynn — actor on Scrubs

Jerry Hadley — former leading lyric tenor for the New York Metropolitan Opera

Chick Hearn — former play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Lakers

David Horowitz — consumer advocate

Tami Lane — Academy Award winner (Makeup, )

Ralph Lawler — TV play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Clippers

Charlie Steiner — former host of ESPN's SportsCenter, former radio announcer for the New York Yankees, current announcer for the Los Angeles Dodgers

Serria Tawan Bishop — Playboy Miss November 2002 Playmate

Business and science

Howard L. Lance — chairman, president, and chief executive officer at Harris Corporation

Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr. — Became the first African American astronaut in 1967

Timothy L. Mounts — agricultural chemist specializing in edible oilseed

George T. Shaheen — former CEO of Siebel Systems, Andersen Consulting, and Webvan

Richard Teerlink — retired chairman of Harley-Davidson

Athletics

Gavin Glinton — professional soccer player for the Los Angeles Galaxy and Turks and Caicos Islands national football team

Hersey Hawkins — professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls, Seattle Supersonics, Charlotte Hornets, and Philadelphia 76ers; bronze medalist, 1988 Summer Olympics. All time leading scorer for men's basketball at Bradley.

Jim Les — professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz, Los Angeles Clippers, Sacramento Kings & Atlanta Hawks; assistant coach for the WNBA's Sacramento Monarchs; current men's basketball coach at Bradley

Marcus Pollard — professional football player for the Detroit Lions and Indianapolis Colts and Seattle Seahawks

Bobby Joe Mason — professional basketball player for the Harlem Globetrotters

Gene Melchiorre — basketball player: first overall pick in the 1951 NBA Draft

Bryan Namoff — soccer player: defensive starter for Major League Soccer team D.C. United

Patrick O'Bryant — professional basketball player drafted ninth overall in the 2006 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors

Anthony Parker — professional basketball player for the Toronto Raptors, Orlando Magic and Philadelphia 76ers

Kirby Puckett — was a professional baseball player for the Minnesota Twins and inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame

Matt Savoie — figure skater: U.S. bronze medalist, member of 2006 Winter Olympics U.S. team

Brian Shouse — professional baseball player for the Milwaukee Brewers

Bill Stone — American football player: former halfback Baltimore Colts, Chicago Bears ('51–'54), former Bradley Football head coach.

Lavern Tart — basketball player: Most Valuable Player of the 1964 National Invitational Tournament and two time all star in the American Basketball Association

David Thirdkill — professional basketball player and a member of the 1985-86 Boston Celtics championship team who also played for the Detroit Pistons and the Phoenix Suns

Chet Walker — professional basketball player for the Syracuse Nationals, Philadelphia 76ers, and Chicago Bulls

Infamous

Matthew F. Hale — white supremacist and founder of the Creativity Movement, currently in prison for soliciting an undercover FBI agent to kill a federal judge

Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri — unlawful combatant designee: arrested in December 2001; claimed as an unlawful combatant in 2003

Other staff and faculty

People who didn't attend Bradley as a student but were on the Bradley staff or faculty.

Ernst Ising — German physicist: developed the Ising model in statistical mechanicsFurther Information

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