Robert Morris Kicks Off Sept. 1 at 1 p.m.

Robert Morris University is getting ready for the fall quarter with its first home football game of the season on Sept. 1, and offering tuition grants to northwest suburban area residents for adult students who enroll by Sept. 14.

Saturday's kickoff is at 1 p.m. as the RMU Eagles take on Olivet College of Michigan at Morris Field, 2123 South Goebbert Road in Arlington Heights. Community residents are invited to cheer on the Eagles and enjoy college football right in their own neighborhood.

The community grants are in addition to several being awarded to area residents who began their studies in a bachelor’s degree program last September and this past February.

Recipients attending the Arlington Heights campus on Goebbert, including residents of Buffalo Grove, Wheeling, Prospect Heights and Arlington Heights, are eligible to receive the RMU community grant.

The grant reduces the out-of-pocket cost to $5,000 per academic year once state, federal and the RMU Arlington Heights Program Grant are applied. The University’s College of Adult Continuing Learning enrolls students on a full-time basis, allowing them to attend classes two nights a week and to select a third class from a variety of options.

Area residents interested in obtaining a Robert Morris degree and using the Arlington Heights Program Grant should call847-718-6700 by September 14. Fall classes start on Sept.  24.

Robert Morris University Illinois is a not-for-profit, accredited baccalaureate and graduate degree granting institution, serving over 7000 students interested in getting an education in business, graphic arts, nursing and health care, culinary and computer studies at its main campus in Chicago, as well as at locations in Arlington Heights, DuPage, Elgin, Orland Park, Bensenville, Springfield, Peoria, Schaumburg and Lake County. For more information, call 800-762-5960 or visit the web site at www.robertmorris.edu