Illinois is a Midwestern state that is bordered by Indiana in the east and the Mississippi River in the west. It is known for its prairies, farmland, forests, rolling hills and wetlands. Chicago, one of the largest cities in the United States, is located in the northeast on the shores of Lake Michigan. It is renowned for its iconic skyscrapers such as the 1,451-foot Willis Tower and the Neo-Gothic Tribune Tower.
Lewis University is a private nonprofit university located in Romeoville, Illinois, 35 miles southwest of downtown Chicago. It is the seventh largest university in Illinois and is an NCAA Division II school that is part of the Great Lakes Valley Conference and the Midwest Intercollegiate Volleyball Association. Business and aviation degrees, as well as computer science, information security systems and data science are some of the most popular majors among international students at Lewis University. In 2019, Dr.
David Livingston was appointed as the tenth president of Lewis University, replacing Brother James Gaffney, FSC. The Princeton Review named Lewis one of the best universities in the Midwest and it was included in a select list of 23 universities in Illinois and 158 institutions in the Midwest. International students who are interested in being admitted to Lewis University must go through a rigorous application process that is established by the U. S.
Department of Education. After financial documents are filed, it usually takes 1-2 weeks for Lewis University to process Form I-20.
