Triton College is a two-year community college located in River Grove, Illinois, a suburb 14 miles (23 km) northwest of downtown Chicago. Triton College facilitates accredited degrees, career-oriented learning opportunities, and English as a second language (ESL) and GED classes. Over 17,000 students enroll at Triton College each semester. Triton College's athletic teams go by the name of "Trojans".
Alumni include baseball Hall of Famer Kirby Puckett, former Chicago White Sox and Chicago Cubs outfielder Lance Johnson, and former Chicago Cubs pitcher Tom Gorzelanny. Comedienne Kathy Griffin attended the college in the late 1970s, although she did not finish. Triton College’s campus covers 100 acres (40.5 ha) and features electronic classrooms, labs, sports facilities, a library and bookstore, an art gallery and performing arts center, and the Cernan Earth and Space Center, which is a public planetarium. The campus is the home of Triton Troupers Circus.
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