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MacMurray Foundation hands out $15,000 in grants to four community organizations

MacMurray Foundation and Alumni Association has handed out four grants worth $15,000 total to four west-central Illinois ...
The Telegraph

END OF AN ERA: MacMurray closure means end of rivalry with Blackburn

The impending closure of MacMurray College in Jacksonville will end one of the top athletic rivalries for Blackburn College. Separated by only 50 miles, MacMurray was one of Blackburn’s oldest, and ...
The New York Times

Economic diversity and student outcomes at MacMurray

The median family income of a student from MacMurray is $53,900, and 13% come from the top 20 percent. About 2.3% of students at MacMurray came from a poor family but became a rich adult. A new study, ...
The State Journal-Register

MacMurray president views probation as 'unjust sanction'

JACKSONVILLE -- The organization that accredits approximately 1,000 institutions of higher learning in 19 states has placed MacMurray College on probation over concerns related to "strategic planning ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Historic MacMurray College closed in the spring. Now you can own a piece of campus.

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The Telegraph

For those left behind at MacMurray, “it is — it was — a special place”

MacMurray College quarterback Elijah Trujillo, a freshman from Edinburg, Texas, looks for a receiver during a scrimmage at Illinois College last fall in Jacksonville. The Highlanders finished 5-5 in ...