Chicago State University is a public, state-supported institution of higher learning in Chicago. It was founded in 1867 as Teacher Training School in Blue Island. It later became Cook County Normal School. The school went through a series of name changes early in its history, becoming Chicago Normal School in 1897, Chicago Normal College in 1913, and Chicago Teachers College in 1938. In 1965, the college became Illinois Teachers College Chicago-South, but the name soon changed again, to Chicago State College in 1967 and to Chicago State University in 1971. Chicago State was the first college in the Midwest to award bachelor’s degrees to African Americans. The university’s athletic teams are called the Cougars.
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