Richard J. Daley College and Illinois Institute of Technology
- Richard J. Daley College and IIT have long enjoyed a productive relationship over the last decade. For instance, Tanye Harrison, Managing Director of IIT’s Career Management Center holds degrees from both Richard J. Daley College and IIT.
- In Winter 2009, at a meeting of the Illinois Articulation Initiative, Dr. Amarin, Dean of Instruction at Richard J. Daley College, became the driving force to reinvigorate the cooperation between the two institutions and called for a higher and broader level of partnership between the two institution. In the following months, we have moved forward to increase the levels of cooperation beginning to significantly extend relationships among a variety of offices including financial aid, admission, international student centers, and minority student affairs as well as academic units.
- The development of a comprehensive recruitment and transition program will allow Richard Daley College to identify highly qualified students for transfer to IIT. This partnership will allow IIT to enhance its orientation and academic advising programs for these students, ensuring the highest level of success.
- Our goal is to develop a unique partnership among our institutions which will serve as a model program for other urban community colleges and universities; a partnership which provides a strong and confident message to secondary school students, resuming students, international students, immigrant students and undocumented students that there are strong, vibrant and developed pathway programs to support an individual's goals and aspirations.
- Our goal is to develop an institutional partnership built on the foundation of a community of strong professional and personal commitments by the staff and faculty at each institution.
- At IIT, the Office of Admission is committed to partnering with our lead colleagues — Dr. Amarin, Dean of Instruction, and Professor Misayah, Director of the Honors Program and Advisor to Phi Theta Kappa — on a number of initiatives, including but not limited to:
- A series of one-stop admission and review sessions at Richard J. Daley College
- A Richard J. Daley College day at IIT's two annual IPRO days on campus
- A reserved number of Undergraduate Research Summer Scholarships with a $5,000 stipend for Daley College students
- Merit-scholarships of up to $12,000 per year for Richard J. Daley College students
- Phi Theta Kappa Scholarships of $5,000 per year for Richard J. Daley College students who are members of PTK
- An annual symposium of Richard J. Daley College, other City Colleges and IIT to explore further initiatives to enhance our relationship
A final note: At IIT, we very much value the contributions that the Daley College faculty and staff make in the education of their students who matriculate at IIT. Daley College students have successfully matriculated after completing their Associates degree or after completing a semester or two at Daley College. Each of these students in their essays mentions the specific role that Daley College has provided in their transition to IIT.
For information on the transfer process to IIT, visit our Transfer Students page.
