14:1. Student life Residence halls , the Lincoln College campus had several residence halls: traditional Carroll Hall (Carroll North and Carroll South), Hoyle Hall, and Olin-Sang Hall; suite-style Heritage Hall West and North; suite-style Heritage Hall South; and apartment-style Lynx Village. There was a former residence hall called Forsyth Hall that was demolished in 2001 to make way for the Heritage Halls. Conservation biology The G. Dennis Campbell Creekside Outdoor Center for Environmental Education is a environmental education site, located about north of Lincoln. This was the location where a student of Lincoln College, Judd McCullum, found Illinois' largest mammoth fossil. Athletics The Lincoln athletic teams were called the Lynx. The college was a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), primarily competing in the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) from 2020–21 to 2021–22. The college began its first season in the NAIA as a four-year institution in 2018, joining the NAIA as an Independent within the Association of Independent Institutions (AII) from 2018–19 to 2019–20. Prior joining the NAIA, the Lynx were a member of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) and its primary home conference was the Mid-West Athletic Conference (MWAC), stemming from its many years as a junior college. Prior to that, Lincoln College was a member of the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) from 1910–11 to 1927–28. Lincoln competed in 19 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports included baseball, basketball, bowling, cross country, golf, soccer, swimming & diving, track & field, volleyball and wrestling; while women's sports included basketball, bowling, cross country, golf, softball, swimming & diving, track & field, volleyball and wrestling. Club sports included cheerleading, dance, eSports and men's volleyball. Accomplishments As a junior college, the Lincoln College wrestling team produced numerous NJCAA All-Americans and the team often placed in top positions in the NJCAA Nationals including national championships in 1989 and 1991. Lincoln College was also a basketball powerhouse and has also won back-to-back Basketball National Championships in 2010 and 2011. In 2018, the Lynx Volleyball Team won the Men's Division II National Championship in the NCVF National Collegiate Club Volleyball Championship. The Lincoln College swimming & diving teams had attracted a number of athletes in recent years who have represented their home countries in the Olympics. Lincoln Heritage Museum Lincoln Heritage Museum began as the Lincoln Room at Lincoln College in 1941 with a large donation of Abraham Lincoln artifacts