Kishwaukee College is a community college located west of Malta, Illinois. The campus is rural in nature, and is surrounded on all four sides by corn fields. The college was founded in 1968, and is fully accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. The student population is approximately 11,000. The Kishwaukee College sports teams compete as the Kougars. The Kougars have won national championships in baseball (1999) and volleyball (2006). Kishwaukee College publishes the Kamelian, a literary and arts magazine, each spring. The Kamelian, first published in 1968, is the only Illinois literary arts magazine to have won three awards in the Community College Humanities Association National Literary Magazine Competition since 2000.