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The Illinois Fire Service Institute (IFSI) is the statutory State Fire Academy for Illinois. It serves as the oldest continuous fire training institution in the United States. Since 1925, first responders from across the state and world have relied on IFSI to deliver hands-on, innovative, and top quality training, education, and research. Our Mission: Helping Firefighters Do Their Work Through Training, Education, Information, and Research Located in Champaign, the main IFSI campus offers a 28-acre training ground with class-A live fire props and training equipment. Courses are delivered on campus, at state regional training centers, and local fire departments across the United States and internationally.

Bradley University: where boundary breakers and new thinkers thrive. Founded in 1897 by visionary Lydia Moss Bradley, who brushed off convention to create a school the world needed. Today, Bradley University continues to evolve and embrace progress, leading through innovation and excellence. Bradley offers a comprehensive array of undergraduate and graduate academic programs in business, communications, education, engineering, fine arts, health sciences, liberal arts and sciences, and technology. Distinctive programs include entrepreneurship, game design, hospitality leadership, internal auditing, music and entertainment industry studies, sports communication and physical therapy. Bradley’s 85-acre residential campus is located in a historic neighborhood just one mile from downtown Peoria, Ill. — the largest metropolitan area in downstate Illinois — and is three hours from Chicago, St. Louis and Indianapolis.

Founded in 1860, Augustana College is a selective four-year residential college of the liberal arts and sciences. The college offers 90 majors and areas of study, a student-faculty ratio of 12:1, average class sizes of 18, 25 varsity athletic teams and 13 music ensembles. Augustana is recognized for the innovative program Augie Choice, which provides each student up to $2,000 to pursue a high-impact learning experience such as study abroad, an internship or research with a professor. The college enrolls 2,600 students and is located in the Quad Cities (pop. 400,000) along one of the world's most important waterways, the Mississippi River, in a community that reflects the diversity of the United States. Find more information online at www.augustana.edu.