Carthage College [SEP] inception
22, 1847 and was known as The Literary and Theological Institute of the Lutheran Church in the Far West, which was soon shortened to Lutheran College and known locally as Hillsboro College. With a two-person faculty and 79 students, Hillsboro promised "a course of study designed to be thorough and practical, and to embrace all the branches of learning, usually pursued in the best academies and colleges."
In 1852, the college moved to Springfield, Illinois, and assumed the name of Illinois State University. During
women's tennis, men's and women's indoor track & field, men's and women's outdoor track & field, women's volleyball and wrestling. Men's volleyball will become the 24th conference sport in the 2020 season (2019–20 school year).
CCIW membership has experienced several changes since its inception. After Carthage left in 1952, Illinois College withdrew the following year (1953). Elmhurst and Wheaton withdrew following the 1959-60 academic year. Wheaton re-joined for all sports but football in 1967 (