Blackburn College News

• Fame: Smith's superpower would stop bullying (The Ottawa Times)
  posted on July 13, 2011 at 02:19:36 am
  Amber Smith, 21, graduated from Streator Township High School in 2008. She attends Blackburn College, a work program school, in Carlinville and is majoring in organization leadership. Her goal is to be a camp director. Q. If you could
• Chemistry classes to produce biodiesel fuel for Blackburn college (The State Journal-Register)
  posted on July 4, 2011 at 04:38:13 am
  CARLINVILLE — A chemistry project at Blackburn College will have a residual effect on the environment and the college’s fuel bill.
• Blackburn announces Spring 2011 dean’s list (Elburn Herald)
  posted on June 25, 2011 at 06:12:11 am
  CARLINVILLE, Ill.—Cynthia Roberg of Maple Park, the daughter of Matthew and Marianne Roberg, was named to the Blackburn College dean’s list after earning a 4.0 grade point average for the Spring 2011 semester.
• Salamanders may have secret to human-limb regrowth (Post South)
  posted on June 20, 2011 at 05:01:19 pm
  Blackburn College student Tim Erton and professor Ed Zalisko are studying the axolotl, a salamander native to Mexico that may hold the key to how humans can regrow limbs.
• Coonrods help Carrollton win 1A sectional baseball title (video) (The State Journal-Register)
  posted on May 31, 2011 at 05:25:39 am
  CARLINVILLE — Joey Coonrod, Carrollton’s junior shortstop, had a hit and scored a run Monday while senior pitcher Sammy Coonrod was in control over the first six innings as the Hawks took a convincing 7-1 victory over Nokomis for the Class 1A Carlinville Sectional championship at Blackburn College.
• Okawville falls to Nokomis in regional seimifnals (Belleville News-Democrat)
  posted on May 29, 2011 at 07:20:14 am
  Nokomis broke an early tie with four runs in the bottom of the third and then held off the Okawville Rockets for a 6-5 victory Saturday in the semifinals of the Class 1A Carlinville Regional at Blackburn College.
• Dean’s List (Lake County News-Sun)
  posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:34:08 pm
  The following students were named to the dean’s list: Ashland University, Ohio: Highland Park: Maxwell Nudelman. Blackburn College, Carlinville: Waukegan: Sierra Shipley.Furman University, Greenville, S.C.: Lake Zurich: Robert Lyne.Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington: Barrington: Alyssa Schardt. Buffalo Grove: Marissa Bohrer, Sammi Grant, Beth Grinter, Mary Holm, Stephanie Khatcherian ...
• Area colleges: Blackburn, I.C. split softball twinbill (The State Journal-Register)
  posted on March 17, 2011 at 04:23:16 am
  CARLINVILLE — Illinois College and Blackburn College split a doubleheader on Wednesday, with the Lady Blues winning the opener 12-8 and the Beavers rebounding to take the second game 11-3.
• Webster Weathers the Storm (The Webster University Journal)
  posted on February 16, 2011 at 09:20:40 pm
  Shortly after the Webster University men's basketball team's shocking loss to Blackburn College, The Journal's other sports columnist, Alex King, hit the nail on the head in describing the game: "It was the perfect storm." No one saw the Blackburn Beavers' 74-71 victory coming.
• Area Colleges: Roberts' 3-pointers boost Blackburn men (The State Journal-Register)
  posted on January 25, 2011 at 07:42:55 am
  CARLINVILLE — Brandon Roberts made five 3-pointers and scored 17 points to lead Blackburn College past Central Baptist 66-63 Monday in a non-conference game.
• Area Colleges: Lynx beat Blackburn JV in women's hoops (The State Journal-Register)
  posted on January 11, 2011 at 07:48:17 am
  CARLINVILLE — Ashlin Sanders, Tonisha Sanders and Katie Kramer scored 10 points each to lead Lincoln College past the Blackburn College junior varsity 78-43 Monday.
• Area Colleges: Blackburn women's basketball team wins (The State Journal-Register)
  posted on January 5, 2011 at 07:36:49 am
  CARLINVILLE — Taheera Ali finished with 13 points, and Blackburn College rallied from a 28-23 halftime deficit to beat Webster University 58-55 Tuesday in a St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference game.
• Area colleges: White helps Robert Morris clip Blackburn in men's hoops (The State Journal-Register)
  posted on December 9, 2010 at 06:53:56 am
  CARLINVILLE — Steve White scored a game-high 25 points, including two game-winning free throws with 7.2 seconds to play, to give Robert Morris a 72-70 victory over Blackburn College on Wednesday night.