Division III members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Teams compete independently or as members of the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference. The university fields men's teams in baseball, basketball, cross country, football, soccer, and track and field, and women's teams in basketball, cross country, soccer, softball, track and field, and volleyball. Their football team is the only team in college football since 2000 to score 100 points in a single game, beating Trinity Bible, 105–0 in 2003. Recreational and intramural club sports (including basketball and dodgeball) are also available on campus. Notable alumni Jane Addams, activist and social worker Ellen Gates Starr, activist and social reformer Julia Lathrop, social reformer Ron Kowalke, American painter, printmaker, sculptor, and art educator Sandy Cole, state representative in Illinois Arthur A. Collins, radio engineer, researcher, entrepreneur Roger Cooper, politician Hind Rassam Culhane, professor Yvonne D'Arle, opera singer Jeannette Durno, pianist and music educator Jeannette Howard Foster, important lesbian theme writer/researcher Barbara Giolitto, politician Vivian Hickey, educator/politician Joyce Holmberg, educator/politician Betty Ann Keegan, politician Doris Lee, artist Helen Douglas Mankin, politician Catherine Waugh McCulloch, suffragist Ellen Spencer Mussey, pioneer in field of women's rights to education Anna E. Nicholes, social reformer, civil servant, clubwoman Deb Patterson, women's basketball coach Mark Pedowitz, television executive Belle L. Pettigrew, educator, missionary Roland Poska, artist Barbara Santucci, children's author Robin Schone, author Harriet G. R. Wright, member of the Colorado House of Representatives See also Female seminaries Women in education in the United States References Further reading Weaks-Baxter, Mary, et al. We Are a College at War: Women Working for Victory in World War II (Southern Illinois University Press; 2010) studies the mobilization of students in support of the war effort. Nelson, Hal, et al. Rockford College: A Retrospective Look (Rockford College, Rockford, IL; 1980). External links Rockford University athletics website Education in Rockford, Illinois Educational institutions established in 1847 Buildings and structures in Rockford, Illinois Tourist attractions in Rockford, Illinois Female seminaries in the United States 1847 establishments in Illinois Private universities and colleges in Illinois Former women's universities and colleges in the United States